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Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2015-006
Lillian Baer served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Ivory Coast in an education program. She worked in a secondary school in the city of Man teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). Peace Corps training began at Dartmouth, the summer after her junior year in college, and continued a year later after graduation in Quebec and then in Bouaké, Ivory Coast. Lillian describes an extremely difficult and frustrating first year as a volunteer, struggling with the language. She persevered, however, and found the second year to be very satisfying and productive. After competing volunteer service, Lillian served for six years as Peace Corps staff, from 1973 to 1979, as Education Specialist for the Africa Region in Washington, D.C.; Director of Regional Training Resource Office in Dakar, Senegal; Acting PC Director in 3 countries; and Associate PC Director for Education and Training in Senegal. Lillian went on to live in Senegal for 32 years. Interviewed and recorded by Phyllis Noble, October 23, 2014. 3 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2016-026
Rebecca (Becca) Schwartz served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal from 2005 to 2007. Becca had already earned an MBA when she applied to the Peace Corps in 2005. She had hoped to work in a Francophone country, and was pleased to be sent to Senegal. Becca tested out of French and was able to concentrate on learning Wolof during training. She was stationed in Kaolack, where she worked in small enterprise development and found opportunities to use both languages. Her relationship with her host family was warm and satisfying. After the Peace Corps, Becca returned to Africa where she spent the next nine years working in Uganda, Ghana, and Nigeria with small businesses dedicated to creating and marketing technology. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file). Interviewed and recorded by Phyllis Noble, April 21, 2016.