2002: Peter Holtgrave served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon in Mora, Mokolo beginning in 2002



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Peter Holtgrave can be contacted at peter_holtgraveayahoodcom

Country of Service: Cameroon

Training Group: TEFL/AIDS

Cities you served in: Mora, Mokolo

Arrival Year: 2002

Departure Year: 2004

Work Description:

ENIEG (teacher training college) professor, health educator

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:

2004-2005 Director of After-School Programs, Fellowship of Lights (Baltimore, MD); Kathrina "refugee"; BU School of Public Health (MSW 2008); Director, BAHEC/Boston Public Health Commission.

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:

Guiding experience for the rest of my life; found my wife/life partner to boot!

Any message for returned volunteers?:

With patience, a good sense of humor, an openness to meet your villagers' needs (vs. your interests & training), and a realistic sense of accomplishment humility coupled with commitment and determination, you have a great chance to "succeed."



Originally posted: 8/28/2008

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