Message in email from Peacecorps.gov:
Happy Peace Corps Week, Returned Volunteers!
This week kicks off the 65th anniversary year of the
Peace Corps, and we’re celebrating the incredible impact Volunteers have made
around the world and back home in the U.S.
You are an integral part of the Peace Corps’ legacy as one of
close to 250,000 RPCVs who have served in 144 countries. Since 1961, Volunteers
have been building relationships, advancing locally prioritized projects, and
modeling values of partnership and respect. Your service, from strengthening
food security and leading health campaigns to teaching English and supporting
entrepreneurs, has left a lasting impact both abroad and at home.
Currently, around 3,000 Volunteers are serving in 60+ countries.
Meet currently serving Volunteers and learn more about their work:
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As per the above email, Peace Corps this week celebrates its 65th anniversary, e.g.
For those of us who served in the Eastern Caribbean it is a similar special week for our own service. My own service in Barbados was briefly described originally in a Dec. 7, 2010 post wherein I outlined my reasons for joining.
The four years spent mainly on the island nation were varied in terms of contributions, experiences and challenges - and also included training new PCVs on the nearby island of St. Lucia. What follows below are photos gathered through the years starting with the PC training in Philadelphia and Lincoln Univ. in Amish country, then on to Barbados.
This was at Lincoln University where we had the most intense PC training. Shots included those for tetanus, typhoid, diphtheria, Yellow fever, Immuno-globulin, Hepatitis A, B.
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