Ultimately, my staff employment at Peace Corps greatly influenced my decision to become a Volunteer. In June of 1971, I received my college degree. In July I left for Philadelphia to join a group of other Trainees.
Most Peace Corps Volunteers serve in one community for two years. I am now twenty months into my service in Liberia as an Education Volunteer. . . and living at my third site.
Time and time again I heard similar frustrations
at my site: members in the community struggled to feed their children and to
find the money for their children’s school fees.
This year on
April 25th we commemorated the 10th annual international recognition
of World Malaria Day—a day on which we bring attention to and celebrate efforts
to combat malaria globally.