1974: Robert H. Irvin, Jr served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chad in Doba beginning in 1974



Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Robert H. Irvin, Jr can be contacted at robvineacadrrdcom

Country of Service: Chad

Training Group: TEFL

Cities you served in: Doba

Arrival Year: 1974

Departure Year: 1976

Work Description:

Professeur D'Anglais, Corps de la Paix, Edit Peace Corps Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; International Affairs industry June 1974 – June 1976 (2 years 1 month) Doba, Tchad, Afrique Centrale TEFL Teacher, Peace Corps Volunteer, 6/1974-6/1976 • Responsible To The Ministry of Education, Republic of Chad, The College D'Enseignement Generale, Doba, to teach English as a foreign language to approximately 200 students

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:

Subregional Programming and Training Coordinator Edit United States Peace Corps Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; International Affairs industry February 1996 – July 1998 (2 years 6 months) United States Peace Corps, East Africa, and Indian Ocean Sub Region 1996-1998 Subregional Programming and Training Coordinator Launched and oversaw technical support programs in culturally diverse countries of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Uganda. Conducted annual assessment of volunteer and staff training/program needs. Prepared programming/pre-service and in-service training plans for each program. Actively involved in project planning, designing course development, monitoring, and evaluation. Established and maintained technical banks of local trainers/programmers. Managed special focus workshops and established resource center materials. Selected Accomplishments: • Saved organization approximately $360K through efforts in creating project specific training designs to manifest sharing of differing and respective viewpoints in agroforesty, soil erosion, national park management, and environmental education with particular focus on inclusion of women and youth. • Planned, developed, and implemented conference for six high-level country directors to discuss budget issues and regional supervisors at inaugural conference. Spearheaded central conference location in Uganda for five-day environmental conference and coordinated programming/training schedule to generate work groups on critical environmental issues.

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

WONDERFUL!!




Originally posted: 3/20/2012

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