Africa
2007-12-31
Jenni Morello - Morocco
Jenni Morello is currently serving in the Peace Corps as a health teacher in a small village in Southern Morocco where she addresses hygiene and HIV/AIDS issues. read more...
2007-12-04
Mary Balmaceda - Benin
Mary Balmaceda, Peace Corps volunteer in Benin (1996-1998), trained cotton producers to form credit unions. She later joined the Calvert Foundation and is now Marketing Director for Unitus where she tries to reduce global poverty through microfinance. read more...
2007-10-30
Judi Aubel - Ivory Coast
Dr. Judi Aubel, Peace Corps volunteer in Ivory Coast (1970-1972), is now leading The Grandmother Project, an organization she co- founded two years ago based on 10 years of work developing a grandmother-inclusive approach to maternal and child health programs. read more...
2007-09-04
Kriss Barker - Swaziland
Kriss Barker, Peace Corps volunteer in Swaziland (1984-1987), taught in an all-girls school. One of her 16-year old students, named Sibonelo Mngomezulu, eventually became the Queen of Swaziland. Kriss is now a Vice President at Population Media Center (PMC) where she oversees management of media programs. read more...
2007-08-21
Jim Boylson - Ethiopia
Jim Boylson, Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia (1962-1964), was nominated by UCLA's Africa Studies Center professors to be in the first Peace Corps group sent to Ethiopia. Since then, his career in community economic development has taken him to 65 countries on four continents. 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...
2007-06-19
Sam Goldman - Benin
Sam Goldman, Peace Corps volunteer in Benin (2001-2005), grew up in Mauritania, Pakistan, Peru, India and Rwanda and studied biology and environmental studies in Canada, then launched an NGO in Benin. He is now an MBA student at Stanford and CEO of d.light. read more...
