Entries For: July 2007
2007-07-31
Jason Yossef Ben-Meir - Morocco
Jason Yossef Ben-Meir, Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco (1993-1995), returned to the Corps in 1998 as an Associate Peace Corps Director. He is now the president of the High Atlas Foundation, which he founded to work with rural communities throughout Morocco. read more...
2007-07-24
Dwight Wilson - Chile and Honduras
Dwight Wilson, Peace Corps volunteer in Chile and Honduras (1981-1983), spent twenty years working in the field of international development, with a particular focus on youth leadership programs. He is now CEO of OneRoof, a network of franchise businesses in rural communities in the developing world. read more...
2007-07-17
Martha Campbell - Zaire
Marty (Martha) Campbell, Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire (1982-1985), taught math and physics in secondary school in the diamond mining area. She later worked for CARE International in Rwanda and is now Vice President for Programs at The James Irvine Foundation. read more...
2007-07-10
Craig Harris - Paraguay
Craig Harris, Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay (1995-1997), was a marine biology major in college but worked in agro-forestry and helped teach families new methods of farming. He is now founding president of Noza, a large US-based donor database for nonprofits. read more...
2007-07-03
John Hecklinger - Central African Republic
John Hecklinger, Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republic (1995-1996), was teaching literature and linguistics at the University of Bangui when he had to be evacuated by the French Foreign Legion as a military mutiny broke out. He was reassigned to Burkina Faso. read more...
