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By Admin1 (Admin) on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 10:25 am: Edit Post

Christy Coulibaly who served in C te d'Ivoire
from 73 to 75 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at ccoulagtednet


Jason Knoch who served in Cte d'Ivoire
from 97 to 99 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at jasonknochahotmaildcom

By Admin1 (Admin) on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 1:53 pm: Edit Post

Alison Millard who served in Ivory Coast
from 0 to 0 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at alimillardahotmaildcom


Donald Baskett who served in Ivory Coast
from 62 to 64 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at dbaskettagreenhillsdnet


Donald Baskett who served in Ivory Coast
from 62 to 64 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at dbaskettavax2draindgendmodus


Jack L Crowell who served in Ivory Coast
from 62 to 64 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at jlcrowelaalphaddeltadedu


Lillian BAER who served in Ivory Coast
from 66 to 68 and worked in Education TEFL
can be e-mailed at aciaendadsn


Greg Mischel who served in Ivory Coast
from 66 to 68 and worked in education - english(TEFL)
can be e-mailed at gmischelamrdnet


Maureen Dea who served in Ivory Coast
from 66 to 68 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at mdeaagwidnet


Greg de Lissovoy who served in Ivory Coast
from 67 to 69 and worked in Small Business
can be e-mailed at delissovoyamedtapdcom


michael bresler who served in Ivory Coast
from 67 to 69 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at mhbresleraaoldcom


Henry Tyszka who served in Ivory Coast
from 68 to 69 and worked in Automechanics
can be e-mailed at hdtyszkaaworldnetdattdnet


dan hirsch who served in Ivory Coast
from 68 to 70 and worked in education
can be e-mailed at danyelllaearthlinkdnet


Andrew F. Tonks who served in Ivory Coast
from 68 to 71 and worked in Rural Housing (north of Odienne)
can be e-mailed at andrewftaaoldcom


Peter Branigan who served in Ivory Coast
from 68 to 72 and worked in Voc Ed
can be e-mailed at apjbyamoaidtdnet


Christine Krom who served in Ivory Coast
from 69 to 71 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at ckromaanchordmarbleheaddcom


Sharon M. Allen who served in Ivory Coast
from 69 to 71 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at thlallenaiukdedu


Thomas L. Allen who served in Ivory Coast
from 69 to 71 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at thlallenaiukdedu


Patricia Heinzerling who served in Ivory Coast
from 69 to 72 and worked in Education
can be e-mailed at cashewsanaaoldcom


Harry Tarkington who served in Ivory Coast
from 70 to 72 and worked in Business Development
can be e-mailed at HTarkingtonamediaonednet


Robert Michael Walter who served in Ivory Coast
from 70 to 72 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at mikewalteraexcitedcom


Benedict Tisa who served in Ivory Coast
from 72 to 73 and worked in Communcation
can be e-mailed at btisaajsidcom


Olive E. Liechty-DePonte who served in Ivory Coast
from 72 to 74 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at kahekiliasandrrdcom


BOYD SORELL who served in Ivory Coast
from 72 to 75 and worked in SODERIZ
can be e-mailed at sorellamyriaddnet


Gerald Plotkin who served in Ivory Coast
from 76 to 78 and worked in Education English at ENS/Abidjan
can be e-mailed at alcofribasacompuservedcom


martha bowman who served in Ivory Coast
from 78 to 79 and worked in health
can be e-mailed at maebowmanaaoldcom


Barbara Lindsay who served in Ivory Coast
from 78 to 80 and worked in Spinning and Weaving Coop Development
can be e-mailed at lindsayainterservedcom


Targe Lindsay who served in Ivory Coast
from 78 to 80 and worked in Spinning and Weaving Coop Development
can be e-mailed at lindsayainterservedcom


Randall Monson who served in Ivory Coast
from 78 to 80 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at MIDNITEMONaaoldcom


Bennett Frye who served in Ivory Coast
from 79 to 81 and worked in national parks
can be e-mailed at bjfryeamindspringdcom

By Admin1 (Admin) on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 - 1:53 pm: Edit Post

Joe Estus who served in Ivory Coast
from 91 to 92 and worked in Urban Environmental Mgt
can be e-mailed at joeeapsidprcdcom


Joe Estus who served in Ivory Coast
from 91 to 92 and worked in Urb
can be e-mailed at joeeapsidprcdcom


Cedric L. McCay who served in Ivory Coast
from 91 to 92 and worked in Public Health
can be e-mailed at KwekuMassalaahotmaildcom


Kurt Low who served in Ivory Coast
from 91 to 93 and worked in Health
can be e-mailed at kdlowafordfounddorg


Jeanette P. Mesite Frem who served in Ivory Coast
from 92 to 94 and worked in health
can be e-mailed at jmesitefremaattdnet


Jennifer C. Seely who served in Ivory Coast
from 92 to 94 and worked in rural health education
can be e-mailed at jcseelyaartscidwustldedu


Patrick C. Tobin who served in Ivory Coast
from 92 to 94 and worked in Urban Env
can be e-mailed at patrick_tobinaagcsdcasdpsudedu


Geoffrey Nelson who served in Ivory Coast
from 93 to 95 and worked in Urban Environmetal Management
can be e-mailed at benjconaerolsdcom


Elizabeth Rettenmaier who served in Ivory Coast
from 93 to 95 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at lrettenmaieramarasconewtondcom


Polly Dunford who served in Ivory Coast
from 93 to 95 and worked in Health Education
can be e-mailed at pdunforamailhostdtcsdtulanededu


Rose ( Heather) Armour who served in Ivory Coast
from 93 to 95 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at rarmouradarkwingduoregondedu


gina ricigliano who served in Ivory Coast
from 94 to 96 and worked in health
can be e-mailed at MrdMcDonaldateacherdcom


Timothy Prester who served in Ivory Coast
from 95 to 97 and worked in Urban Envornmental Mgmt
can be e-mailed at tpresteramitdedu


Hope Fang who served in Ivory Coast
from 96 to 98 and worked in Urban Environmental Management (UEM)
can be e-mailed at aboissoahotmaildcom


Roberta Smith who served in Ivory Coast
from 96 to 98 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at bounaaearthlinkdnet


Gaylea Prichard who served in Ivory Coast
from 96 to 98 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at gp827ahotmaildcom


Greg Rieger who served in Ivory Coast
from 96 to 98 and worked in Water Sanitation
can be e-mailed at gregriegerahotmaildcom


Roland Lewis who served in Ivory Coast
from 96 to 98 and worked in Health
can be e-mailed at rkl1279agarnetdacnsdfsudedu


Roland Lewis who served in Ivory Coast
from 96 to 98 and worked in Health
can be e-mailed at rkl1279agarnetdacnsdfsudedu


Roberta Smith who served in Ivory Coast
from 96 to 98 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at rsmith3amisscdstatedwydus


Shari Carlson who served in Ivory Coast
from 97 to 98 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at sharicalaaoldcom


Christiaan Adams who served in Ivory Coast
from 97 to 99 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at csadams2ahotmaildcom


Jennifer Faour who served in Ivory Coast
from 98 to 99 and worked in urban environmental management
can be e-mailed at faourjlacdmdcom


Kathaleen Smarsh who served in Ivory Coast
from 98 to 99 and worked in Health, Small Business in Development
can be e-mailed at kms11antrsdcom


Palmer F. Hough who served in Ivory Coast and Cameroon
from 92 to 96 and worked in Urban Environmental Management and Agroforestry
can be e-mailed at phoughadogwooddbotanydugadedu


Henry Wheatley who served in Ivory Coast and Venezuela
from 64 to 69 and worked in Country Director
can be e-mailed at 71334d2371acompuservedcom


Robert Michael ("Mike") Walter who served in Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
from 70 to 72 and worked in TEFL
can be e-mailed at mikewalteramailexcitedcom


David Zimmerman who served in Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)
from 74 to 76 and worked in ESL, Rural Development
can be e-mailed at DZimmermanawebaccessdnet


Jason Knoch who served in Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire
from 97 to 99 and worked in Urban Environmental Management
can be e-mailed at jasonknochahotmaildcom

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, August 18, 2001 - 4:20 pm: Edit Post

Ivory Coast


Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Dennis Bilodeau can be contacted at dbilodeauausaiddgov
Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group Name: Educational Television Group

City (or cities) you served in: Korhogo, Abidjan

Year you began your peace corps service: 1971

Year you completed your peace corps service: 1975

Peace Corps Work Description:

Taught physics at the Lyce Houphouet Boigny in Korhogo (1971-73). Taught
physics at the University of Abidjan (1973-75).

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

I now work/live in Bamako, Mali, working for the US Agency for International
Development. I work as a Team Leader in the information and communications
sector.


Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Maureen Dea can be contacted at mdeaagwidnet
Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: Oberlin; St. Georges, Quebec

Cities you served in: tiebissou

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: TEFL

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

Nat Harrison
Bill Curley
Pat Jones

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, September 24, 2001 - 10:13 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Patricia Ann Heinzerline can be contacted at cashewsanaaoldcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: ?

Cities you served in: Daloa, Ivory Coast

Arrival Year: 1969

Departure Year: 1972

Work Description: TEFL Teacher

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, October 22, 2001 - 6:21 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Loretta Ishida can be contacted at ishidaloayahoodcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Cities you served in: Tabou

Arrival Year: 1993

Departure Year: 1995

Work Description: Community Development/Urban Environmental Management

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, November 17, 2001 - 10:18 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Brian F. Perry can be contacted at bperry2000ayahoodcom

Country of Service: Côte d'Ivoire

Training Group: May 99

Cities you served in: Zouan-Hounien

Arrival Year: 1999

Departure Year: 2001

Work Description: Urban Environmental Management

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

Just back in the states 3 weeks looking for employment.

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

Things move too fast here. I miss the personal time to read.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Go back if you can!!

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 12:39 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Anita McLees can be contacted at awmcleesahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: 1991

Cities you served in: Daloa, Abidjan

Arrival Year: 1991

Departure Year: 1995

Work Description: health education/HIV volunteer

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

training 1991 senegal

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, January 06, 2002 - 11:15 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer karl ahlen can be contacted at ahlenaattglobaldnet

Country of Service: Lestho, Ivory Coast

Training Group: Ubran Environmental Management Volunteer

Cities you served in: Bonoua

Arrival Year: 1995

Departure Year: 1997

Work Description: Sanitation Engineer

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 09, 2002 - 1:48 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Mary Margaret Duncan can be contacted at duncanmegahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: Environmental education

Cities you served in: Ouangolodougou

Arrival Year: 1999

Departure Year: 2001

Work Description: Urban environmental management

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

Freaking out and looking for a decetn job

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

Those were the days.

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, January 17, 2002 - 9:45 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer boyd sorell can be contacted at sorellatcadnet

Country of Service: IVORY COAST

Cities you served in: ABIDJAN,YAMASUKRO

Arrival Year: 1972

Departure Year: 1976

Work Description: ANIMATEUR

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

SENEGALMARTANIA,GHANA

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, January 21, 2002 - 4:25 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Dennis James Alkire can be contacted at alkireahgeadorg

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: Oberlin College

Cities you served in: Yamousoukro

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: Taught in UNESCO school

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

Morocco, 1971 - 1973, Urban Planner, Tanger, no training group

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

I live on Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. I have made several trips back to
Morocco to see old friends.

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

A life-changing event.

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 30, 2002 - 11:27 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer jennifer gronberg can be contacted at gronbergjlacdmdcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: Jan-March 1998

Cities you served in: Aboisso

Arrival Year: 1998

Departure Year: 1999

Work Description: Urban Environmental Management Volunteer

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 6:24 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Ellen Fair can be contacted at ebfairaaoldcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: Oct 1975, Yopougon (ARSO project)

Cities you served in: San Pedro; Gagnoa

Arrival Year: 1975

Departure Year: 1977

Work Description: Lab tech in local CAT (Centre Anti-tuberculeux)

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

n/a

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

Returned to NYC and entered magazine publishing: 14 years at Esquire,
and subsequent stints at Harper's Bazaar, Who Weekly (Australian edition
of People mag), Working Woman. Currently managing editor of Parenting
magazine (part of The Parenting Group, under Time Inc. umbrella at AOL
Time Warner).

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

Invaluable experience. Life in Africa surprisingly good preparation for life
in New York City: diversity of culture, language, and personality, not to
mention plenty of just plain weird stuff. And you learn the skill of waiting in
line (and when not to).

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

Anyone from RCI 1975-77.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Wecome home, there's no decent sauce arachide for miles, you'll need to
get used to aisles of pet food that would feed whole villages where you
just came from. You have much to teach, but will need to be patient with
Americans who've never lived abroad.

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 2:04 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Michelle Ryba can be contacted at domicacompuservedcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: Peace Corps Training Center, Thies Senegal

Cities you served in: Akoupe

Arrival Year: 1996

Departure Year: 1998

Work Description: Urban Env. Management, Small Business, Crisis Corps

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

I am still living and working in CI. After my service I found work with a
French banana company to direct the social services dept. My current
employment is with a timber company where I oversee the hygene
committee as well as take part in decisions concerning env. policy.

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

Life was easier in the small town/village. My perspective on the entire
country has changed.

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, February 13, 2002 - 5:40 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sylva Etian can be contacted at Setianaaoldcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Armenia

Cities you served in: Dabou + Bouake, RCI; Niamey, Niger; Yerevan, Armenia

Arrival Year: 1973-75; 1980-82; 1995-2000

Work Description: TEFL; Educ. TV; Director/Armenia

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

Currently Health Officer at USAID; will be posted in Moscow summer of
2003

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

Joining PC was the best decision I ever made in my life!

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

PCVs from my Cote d'Ivoire days: 1973-75 and 1980-81; PCVs from Groups
2-6 who were in Armenia!

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Embark upon your post PC life with the same enthusiasm and spirit of
adventure that you had when you joined Peace Corps! Lots to be done at
home!

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, February 14, 2002 - 9:59 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer james b robinson can be contacted at jrcaresayahoodcom

Country of Service: ivory coast-also known as cote d'ivoire

Training Group: 1964

Cities you served in: dimbokro,abidjan

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: TEFL

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 8:12 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Martha Bowman can be contacted at maebowmanaaoldcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: health care

Cities you served in: Daloa

Arrival Year: 1978

Departure Year: 1979

Work Description: laboratory work - tuberculosis/health education

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

physician in Rochester,MN

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

Interesting time

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

Paula Pierce

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 7:39 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer melinda bridges can be contacted at melindabridgesahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: 1996

Cities you served in: Gouessesso

Arrival Year: 1996

Departure Year: 1999

Work Description: Health Volunteer, PCVL

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 12:40 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer daniel m hirsch can be contacted at danyelllaearthlinkdnet

Country of Service: ivory coast

Training Group: west africa

Cities you served in: danane

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description: English teacher

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

Real Estate

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

Vincent Dunn

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, March 21, 2002 - 7:41 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Paula Pierce can be contacted at piercepmaaoldcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: Technical

Cities you served in: Daloa

Arrival Year: 1978

Departure Year: 1980

Work Description: Educational TV

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, April 02, 2002 - 12:07 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Timothy Prestero can be contacted at tpresteramitdedu

Country of Service: Côte d'Ivoire

Training Group: Urban Environmental Management

Cities you served in: Soubré

Arrival Year: 1995

Departure Year: 1997

Work Description: Technical Volunteer, Public Works Dept.

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

Graduate school, MIT.
PhD expected March 2003.

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, April 02, 2002 - 12:16 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer David Zimmerman can be contacted at DZimmermanapeakpeakdcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire)

Cities you served in: Yamoussoukro

Arrival Year: 1974

Departure Year: 1976

Work Description: ESL, Rural Development

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, April 03, 2002 - 2:06 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Gerald Plotkin can be contacted at riende9aearthlinkdnet

Country of Service: Côte d'Ivoire

Training Group: Atlanta/Abidjan/Abengourou 1976

Cities you served in: Abidjan

Arrival Year: 1976

Departure Year: 1978

Work Description: Prof d'anglais, Ecole Normale Sup.

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

Teacher of French & Spanish (now semi-retired). I share my slides and teach
conversations in Dioula, as well.

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

Some of the best times in my life.

Any message for returned volunteers?:

Enjoy sharing your experiences. Did you find out about PC from a RPCV?

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, May 02, 2002 - 1:34 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Melita Link can be contacted at linkmelitaahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Cities you served in: Abidjan, Blocosso

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: Adult ed for women;

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

anyone from my group

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, July 30, 2002 - 9:59 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Dan Hirsch can be contacted at danyelllaearthlinkdnet

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: TEFL

Cities you served in: Danane

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description: English teacher

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, August 01, 2002 - 1:57 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Donald Baskett can be contacted at dbaskettamsndcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: Ivory Coast I, U of Wisconsin, Madison

Cities you served in: Guiglo, Abidjan

Arrival Year: 1962

Departure Year: 1964

Work Description: secondary teacher of English as a foreign language

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Taught for 30 years and worked in DFS in Mo for three years. Married and have three children, ages 30, 22, and 21.

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
It was my "peak experience" years.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
I've kept in touch with perhaps a dozen of my colleagues and correspond regularly with four or five.

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, October 14, 2002 - 1:11 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Judy Leischner Tucker can be contacted at judeetaadamsdnet

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: 1964 Oberlin College

Cities you served in: Adiake, Dimbokro

Arrival Year: 1964

Departure Year: 1966

Work Description: Directrice, Foyer de la Femme; English teacher

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Married since 1968 to Stan Tucker, two daughters (Amelia, 31 & Beth, 29), two grandchildren (Madison, 6 & Tucker, 4)

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
anyone from my group

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 5:13 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Benedict Tisa can be contacted at btisaamaildcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast 71-72

Cities you served in: Bouake

Arrival Year: 1971

Departure Year: 1972

Work Description: Educational TV program

Other Countries you served in, Training Group Name Arrival Year, Departure Year, Work Description:
US Virgin Islands 1970 Cross Cultural Training

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
see my web site www.btisa.org

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 - 8:22 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer alice henry can be contacted at alicehenry63ahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: Water & Sanitation, Senegal

Cities you served in: Seguelon (Odienne region)

Arrival Year: 1997

Departure Year: 2001

Work Description: Well digging trainings. Health agent network. Cashew processing. Fish farming.

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Still working on a cashew processing project for Odienne region.

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Hope Peace Corps resumes in Cote d'Ivoire

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 3:15 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Nancy Davis Gilmore can be contacted at nancelleahotmaildcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: Dartmouth

Cities you served in: Yamassoukro

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: Health education

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Raised 2 kids; computer programmer; dental office manager; active in local watershed council

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
Wish I had been more mature so that I could have accomplished more & gotten more out of the experience; wish I had continued with the language; wish I had brought home more art; wish I had kept in touch with local people.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Ellen Perna Smith; Robert Alan Smith;
James Willard Miller; Kay Spencer Kanga; Tony Rood; Downer Johnson

Any message for returned volunteers?:
Absorb & experience everything that you possibly can. Bond with a family in your host country & participate in their lives. Take lots of photos.

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 12:37 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer maureen Dea can be contacted at mdeaagwidnet

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: TEFL

Cities you served in: Tiebissou

Arrival Year: 1966

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description: TEFL

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Bill Curley
Pat Smith
John Halvorsen

By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 2:31 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Tamberlain Jeanne Jacobs can be contacted at tiemassobaayahoodcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: Senegal

Cities you served in: tiemassoba (village)

Arrival Year: 1996

Departure Year: 1998

Work Description: Water and Sanitation

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
AmeriCorps service 98-99
Migrant work (forestry, and agriculture) 99-02

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
It really helped increase and further developed my sense of independance and self-sufficiency

By Admin1 (admin) on Monday, February 17, 2003 - 12:24 pm: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Susan Greenhalgh Widmayer can be contacted at susanwidmayeraaoldcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: Oberlin College

Cities you served in: Dimbokro

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1967

Work Description: Health Education/Foyer Feminin

By Admin1 (admin) on Thursday, March 06, 2003 - 7:38 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Geoffrey Smith can be contacted at lequimboiseurayahoodcom

Country of Service: cote d'ivoire

Training Group: 1978

Cities you served in: Katiola

Arrival Year: 1978

Departure Year: 1981

Work Description: professeur d'anglais CEG Katiola

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
Wine Sales at the St Helena Wine Merchants, St Helena, California tel 800.729-9463

Any thoughts you have now looking back on peace corps days?:
They were great days.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:
Anyone from those days, Peace Corps or Africans.

Any message for returned volunteers?:
Bonne arrivee!

By Admin1 (admin) on Sunday, March 09, 2003 - 10:01 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Lauren Hale can be contacted at lhale20003aaoldcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: TEFL-Dartmouth and Quebec

Cities you served in: Gagnoa

Arrival Year: 1968

Departure Year: 1970

Work Description: Teacher of English as a Foreign Language

Bring us up to date on your life after the peace corps:
I was a foreign service officer with the United States Information Agency for 21 years. I served in Morocco, Sudan, Cameroon, Chad and Colombia. I have also worked as a teacher and as a French-English interpreter. I have done a variety of volunteer work and am on the advocacy committee of the NPCA.

By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 6:46 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer sharon abramowitz can be contacted at saabramowitzayahoodcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: COS 2002

Cities you served in: Tioroniaradougou

Arrival Year: 2000

Departure Year: 2002

Work Description: Urban Environmental Managament

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

I've been in graduate school, studying sociology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. I'm heading to Guinea this summer to conduct research on social and mental health and refugees.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

all y'all

By Admin1 (admin) on Saturday, September 20, 2003 - 9:38 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Thelma Louise Freedman can be contacted at Thelmanyaaoldcom

Country of Service: Ivory Coast

Training Group: St. Thomas

Cities you served in: Abidjan

Arrival Year: 1970

Departure Year: 1971

Work Description:

Secretary

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-35-236.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.35.236) on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 10:12 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sandra Jacobson can be contacted at sopiesjaaoldcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: CI 1993

Cities you served in: Ananguie and Abidjan

Arrival Year: 1993

Departure Year: 1997

Work Description:

Rural PReventive Health Care Education

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

I got my MED at Harvard and am now teaching French at an elementary school in Atlanta.

By Admin1 (admin) (151.196.183.79) on Monday, March 29, 2004 - 9:34 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Kate Whitmore can be contacted at thejourneyishomeayahoodcom

Country of Service: Cote d'Ivoire

Training Group: Environmental

Cities you served in: Taabo

Arrival Year: 2001

Departure Year: 2002

Work Description:

trash collection, business/cooperative training, PST leadership

By Admin1 (admin) (pool-151-196-44-226.balt.east.verizon.net - 151.196.44.226) on Sunday, May 16, 2004 - 11:11 am: Edit Post

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Frances Muth Snedeker can be contacted at fsnedsamindspringdcom

Country of Service: Côte d'Ivoire

Training Group: Oberlin

Cities you served in: Odienné

Arrival Year: 1965

Departure Year: 1968

Work Description:

En Côte d'Ivoire, I opened the Foyer Féminin in Odienné and had the pleasure of watching it flourish. The women were hungry for knowledge! Also filled in at local school as TESL teacher and launched sex ed program there.

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

Togo: served as Deputy Director of training in Boston and incountry, 1970-1971

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

As professional and volunteer, I have been keenly involved in promotion of reproductive rights in U.S. and overseas, working with DC Dept of Health, Planned Parenthood and, more recently, EngenderHealth.

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

I am devastated at the chaos and destruction in Côte d'Ivoire now. We were so full of hope in the '60s and '70s.

Anyone you are looking for or would like to hear from?:

Susan Goldsmith

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Peace Corps Ivory Coast

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