1985: Joel Dippold served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana in Akropong, Akwapim beginning in 1985



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Joel Dippold can be contacted at joeldippoldayahoodcom

Country of Service: Ghana

Training Group: Frogmore, SC

Cities you served in: Akropong, Akwapim

Arrival Year: 1985

Departure Year: 1987

Work Description:

I ended up a beekeeper, but trained in agricultural extension and was posted to at a rural health clinic. It all worked out.

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

Freelance editor/writer/technical writer for a long time, now doing marketing and communications for the Intercultural Communications Institute (intercultural.org). I'm also a dad: www.flickr.com/photos/joelaggie

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

The toughest job you'll ever love, the most protracted case of gastrointestinal distress you'll ever look back on fondly.



Originally posted: 9/8/2008

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