Happy National Peace Corps Week! This episode marks the return of the My Peace Corps Story podcast. After taking a few months off, I'm starting the show up again. This week, in honor of National Peace Corps Week, I would like to share three speeches from President John F. Kennedy. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/happy-national-peace-corps-week/" title="Happy National Peace Corps Week – Return of the Podcast">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/happy-national-peace-corps-week/">Happy National Peace Corps Week – Return of the Podcast</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

Happy National Peace Corps Week! This episode marks the return of the My Peace Corps Story podcast. After taking a few months off, I'm starting the show up again. This week, in honor of National Peace Corps Week, I would like to share three speeches from President John F. Kennedy. [...] The post Happy National Peace Corps Week – Return of the Podcast appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

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Happy National Peace Corps Week – Return of the Podcast

After 27 months of the My Peace Corps Story podcast, I'm closing this chapter of the podcast. The podcast isn't over though. I plan to come back to the show with a new format. Producing weekly podcasts was an ambitious undertaking but immensely rewarding. I thank each and everyone of you, whether you were a guest or listener or both. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/cosing-tyler-lloyd-peace-corps-podcast-host/" title="COSing – Tyler Lloyd, Peace Corps Podcast Host">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/cosing-tyler-lloyd-peace-corps-podcast-host/">COSing – Tyler Lloyd, Peace Corps Podcast Host</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

After 27 months of the My Peace Corps Story podcast, I'm closing this chapter of the podcast. The podcast isn't over though. I plan to come back to the show with a new format. Producing weekly podcasts was an ambitious undertaking but immensely rewarding. I thank each and everyone of you, whether you were a guest or listener or both. [...] The post COSing – Tyler Lloyd, Peace Corps Podcast Host appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

COSing – Tyler Lloyd, Peace Corps Podcast Host

Inspired by a former teacher, Katie set off to Peace Corps for an adventure and a chance to prove herself. She did both and more. This week, I talk with Katie McNamara about her time in Namibia, a country that's twice the size of California while also being the second least densely populated place on earth. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/teaching-in-the-bush-katie-mcnamara-namibia-2016-18/" title="Teaching in the Bush – Katie McNamara, Namibia 2016-18">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/teaching-in-the-bush-katie-mcnamara-namibia-2016-18/">Teaching in the Bush – Katie McNamara, Namibia 2016-18</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

Inspired by a former teacher, Katie set off to Peace Corps for an adventure and a chance to prove herself. She did both and more. This week, I talk with Katie McNamara about her time in Namibia, a country that's twice the size of California while also being the second least densely populated place on earth. [...] The post Teaching in the Bush – Katie McNamara, Namibia 2016-18 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

Teaching in the Bush – Katie McNamara, Namibia 2016-18

Photos from Randy’s Service   Randy Hobler’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? Served in Libya from October 1968 thru most of October 1969. I, like all my colleagues, was a TEFL (Teaching English as a Second Language) teacher. Almost all of us were teaching 5th Grade. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/randy-hobler-peace-corps-libya/" title="101 Arabian Tales – Randy Hobler, Libya 1968-1969">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/randy-hobler-peace-corps-libya/">101 Arabian Tales – Randy Hobler, Libya 1968-1969</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

  Photos from Randy’s Service   Randy Hobler’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? Served in Libya from October 1968 thru most of October 1969. I, like all my colleagues, was a TEFL (Teaching English as a Second Language) teacher. Almost all of us were teaching 5th Grade. [...] The post 101 Arabian Tales – Randy Hobler, Libya 1968-1969 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

101 Arabian Tales – Randy Hobler, Libya 1968-1969

Photos from Sharelle’s Service Sharelle’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? Ghana, 2010-2012. Primary Assignment was Biology Teacher – also ended up being head of the ICT department at my school and training new PCVs on PEPFAR grant project implementation. What is one of your favorite Peace <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/from-small-town-to-smaller-town-sharelle-ahrens-mongolia-2018-2020/" title="From Small Town to Smaller Town – Sharelle Ahrens, Mongolia 2018-2020">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/from-small-town-to-smaller-town-sharelle-ahrens-mongolia-2018-2020/">From Small Town to Smaller Town – Sharelle Ahrens, Mongolia 2018-2020</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

  Photos from Sharelle’s Service Sharelle’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? Ghana, 2010-2012. Primary Assignment was Biology Teacher – also ended up being head of the ICT department at my school and training new PCVs on PEPFAR grant project implementation. What is one of your favorite Peace [...] The post From Small Town to Smaller Town – Sharelle Ahrens, Mongolia 2018-2020 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

From Small Town to Smaller Town – Sharelle Ahrens, Mongolia 2018-2020

Health Resource Partners (HRP) founder, Britany Ferrell, decided to join the United States Peace Corps during her last year of college at the University of Alabama. Shortly after her graduation in June 2010, she learned that she was going to be posted in Ghana, West Africa. Three months later, Britany arrived in the village of Eremon to be a secondary science teacher for the next two years. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/britany-ferrell-ghana-2010-12/" title="Health Resource Partners – Britany Ferrell, Ghana 2010-12">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/britany-ferrell-ghana-2010-12/">Health Resource Partners – Britany Ferrell, Ghana 2010-12</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

Health Resource Partners (HRP) founder, Britany Ferrell, decided to join the United States Peace Corps during her last year of college at the University of Alabama. Shortly after her graduation in June 2010, she learned that she was going to be posted in Ghana, West Africa. Three months later, Britany arrived in the village of Eremon to be a secondary science teacher for the next two years. [...] The post Health Resource Partners – Britany Ferrell, Ghana 2010-12 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

Health Resource Partners – Britany Ferrell, Ghana 2010-12

Photos from Addis and Jim’s Service Addis and Jim Chapman’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? We served in what was then West Pakistan from 1961-63. Ours was the first multidisciplinary project in PC — nurses, teachers, lab techs, librarian, agriculture specialists, even a brick mason. Jobs <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/serving-in-the-first-year-addis-and-jim-chapman-west-pakistan-1961-63/" title="Serving in the First Year – Addis and Jim Chapman, West Pakistan 1961-63">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/serving-in-the-first-year-addis-and-jim-chapman-west-pakistan-1961-63/">Serving in the First Year – Addis and Jim Chapman, West Pakistan 1961-63</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

  Photos from Addis and Jim’s Service Addis and Jim Chapman’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? We served in what was then West Pakistan from 1961-63. Ours was the first multidisciplinary project in PC — nurses, teachers, lab techs, librarian, agriculture specialists, even a brick mason. Jobs [...] The post Serving in the First Year – Addis and Jim Chapman, West Pakistan 1961-63 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

Serving in the First Year – Addis and Jim Chapman, West Pakistan 1961-63

Since leaving Peru, Tasha Prados founded Duraca Strategic, a business and marketing strategy company. Tasha wants organizations that are doing good for the world to have access to expertise from a skilled partner that can help those organizations. She recently left her full time job and will be traveling the world as a digital nomad <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/tough-cookie-tasha-prados-peru-2011-2013/" title="Tough Cookie – Tasha Prados, Peru 2011-2013">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/tough-cookie-tasha-prados-peru-2011-2013/">Tough Cookie – Tasha Prados, Peru 2011-2013</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

Since leaving Peru, Tasha Prados founded Duraca Strategic, a business and marketing strategy company. Tasha wants organizations that are doing good for the world to have access to expertise from a skilled partner that can help those organizations. She recently left her full time job and will be traveling the world as a digital nomad [...] The post Tough Cookie – Tasha Prados, Peru 2011-2013 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

Tough Cookie – Tasha Prados, Peru 2011-2013

In 2001 the first expedition of indigenous women reached the summit of Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world just shy of 20,000 feet. Four Andean women (Warmis) and two American women all joined together to climb in celebration of women worldwide.  Dana Platin, serving as a Peace Corps volunteer, was one of the women on that expedition. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/climbing-cotopaxi-with-the-warmis/" title="Climbing Cotopaxi with the Warmis – Dana Platin, Ecuador 1997-2000">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/climbing-cotopaxi-with-the-warmis/">Climbing Cotopaxi with the Warmis – Dana Platin, Ecuador 1997-2000</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

In 2001 the first expedition of indigenous women reached the summit of Cotopaxi, the highest active volcano in the world just shy of 20,000 feet. Four Andean women (Warmis) and two American women all joined together to climb in celebration of women worldwide.  Dana Platin, serving as a Peace Corps volunteer, was one of the women on that expedition. [...] The post Climbing Cotopaxi with the Warmis – Dana Platin, Ecuador 1997-2000 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

Climbing Cotopaxi with the Warmis – Dana Platin, Ecuador 1997-2000

Photos from David’s Service David Hernandez’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 2013-2015. I worked as an Environmental Education/Business volunteer. This sector had me doing many different activities such: recycled art workshops, teaching environmental awareness classes, and <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/david-hernandez-ecuador/" title="Peace Corps Host Family – David Hernandez, Ecuador 2013-15">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/david-hernandez-ecuador/">Peace Corps Host Family – David Hernandez, Ecuador 2013-15</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

  Photos from David’s Service David Hernandez’s Peace Corps Story Where and when did you serve? What did you do? I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 2013-2015. I worked as an Environmental Education/Business volunteer. This sector had me doing many different activities such: recycled art workshops, teaching environmental awareness classes, and [...] The post Peace Corps Host Family – David Hernandez, Ecuador 2013-15 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

Peace Corps Host Family – David Hernandez, Ecuador 2013-15

Jody Olsen first heard of the Peace Corps during a presentation from a recruiter attending a sorority dinner. The following day she informed her fiancé that they were going to join the Peace Corps and 18 months later they were headed to Tunisia. Almost 50 years after her service ended, she was sworn in as the 20th Director of Peace Corps. This is her story. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/peace-corps-director-jody-olsen-tunisia-1966-1968/" title="Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen, Tunisia 1966-1968">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/peace-corps-director-jody-olsen-tunisia-1966-1968/">Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen, Tunisia 1966-1968</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

Jody Olsen first heard of the Peace Corps during a presentation from a recruiter attending a sorority dinner. The following day she informed her fiancé that they were going to join the Peace Corps and 18 months later they were headed to Tunisia. Almost 50 years after her service ended, she was sworn in as the 20th Director of Peace Corps. This is her story. [...] The post Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen, Tunisia 1966-1968 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen, Tunisia 1966-1968

For the past two weeks I've been either rushing to the bathroom, doubled over in pain, or both. It reminded me a lot of Peace Corps actually. This was the first time I've had any major GI issues since Peace Corps, which I assumed hardened my gut and made it impervious to illness. Boy was I wrong. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/pathogenic-e-coli-podcast-news-and-excuses/" title="Pathogenic E. Coli – Podcast News and Excuses">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/pathogenic-e-coli-podcast-news-and-excuses/">Pathogenic E. Coli – Podcast News and Excuses</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

For the past two weeks I've been either rushing to the bathroom, doubled over in pain, or both. It reminded me a lot of Peace Corps actually. This was the first time I've had any major GI issues since Peace Corps, which I assumed hardened my gut and made it impervious to illness. Boy was I wrong. [...] The post Pathogenic E. Coli – Podcast News and Excuses appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

Pathogenic E. Coli – Podcast News and Excuses

Being a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer herself, she couldn't help but think that just such an in-depth, comprehensive documentary was needed for the Peace Corps. Alana says: "In a time when the American public either has a very antiquated notion of the Peace Corps, informed by an almost mythological awe of the 60s, or is not even aware that the agency still exists, it is high time to bring this unique organization back into the public discourse, to raise the level of the discussion from quaint to crucial." <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/a-towering-task-alana-dejoseph-mali-1992-94/" title="A Towering Task – Alana DeJoseph, Mali 1992-94">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/a-towering-task-alana-dejoseph-mali-1992-94/">A Towering Task – Alana DeJoseph, Mali 1992-94</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

Being a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer herself, she couldn't help but think that just such an in-depth, comprehensive documentary was needed for the Peace Corps. Alana says: "In a time when the American public either has a very antiquated notion of the Peace Corps, informed by an almost mythological awe of the 60s, or is not even aware that the agency still exists, it is high time to bring this unique organization back into the public discourse, to raise the level of the discussion from quaint to crucial." [...] The post A Towering Task – Alana DeJoseph, Mali 1992-94 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

A Towering Task – Alana DeJoseph, Mali 1992-94

As a Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, Bryn worked to rehabilitate the country's highly deforested environment. But Bryn’s drive to serve didn’t end with the Peace Corps. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/from-volunteer-to-emmy-winning-filmmaker-bryn-mooser-the-gambia-2001-04/" title="From Volunteer to Emmy-Winning Filmmaker – Bryn Mooser, The Gambia 2001-04">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/from-volunteer-to-emmy-winning-filmmaker-bryn-mooser-the-gambia-2001-04/">From Volunteer to Emmy-Winning Filmmaker – Bryn Mooser, The Gambia 2001-04</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

As a Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, Bryn worked to rehabilitate the country's highly deforested environment. But Bryn’s drive to serve didn’t end with the Peace Corps. [...] The post From Volunteer to Emmy-Winning Filmmaker – Bryn Mooser, The Gambia 2001-04 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

From Volunteer to Emmy-Winning Filmmaker – Bryn Mooser, The Gambia 2001-04

Abraham served in Indonesia from 2016-2018 as an education volunteer where he taught at a local Madrasah middle school on the island of Java. This is his Peace Corps story. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/abraham-kahasay-indonesia/" title="The Land of Dragons – Abraham Kahasay, Indonesia 2016-2018">[...]</a> The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com/abraham-kahasay-indonesia/">The Land of Dragons – Abraham Kahasay, Indonesia 2016-2018</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mypeacecorpsstory.com">My Peace Corps Story</a>.

Abraham served in Indonesia from 2016-2018 as an education volunteer where he taught at a local Madrasah middle school on the island of Java. This is his Peace Corps story. [...] The post The Land of Dragons – Abraham Kahasay, Indonesia 2016-2018 appeared first on My Peace Corps Story.

The Land of Dragons – Abraham Kahasay, Indonesia 2016-2018

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