Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-010
Rose Van Epps Boice served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from 1962 to 1964 as a teacher and researcher (Bolivia II). Her group trained in Arizona and Puerto Rico, ending with intensive Spanish classes at the University of Mayaguez. In Bolivia, first Boice completed a study of the health problems in the sugar cane factory town of Guabira. Then she taught health, English, and physical education at an elementary school in Saavedra. Next Boice was transferred from the Santa Cruz area to the city of Cochabamba, where she completed a study of orphanages that led to reform and improvements in the orphans' quality of life. A group of young adults was formed to continue this effort after the Peace Corps volunteers departed. Interviewed and recorded by Sharleen Hirschi Simpson, January 26, 2011. 2 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).