Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2011-002-008
William (Bill) Schnek served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia from 1962 to 1964 on a rural development project (Bolivia II). He had completed one year of college when he took the exam. He was assigned to work with the Heifer Project based in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Schnek describes how the Heifer Project was introducing new animals into Bolivia. He states that the experience fundamentally changed his life, especially because he ended up marrying a Bolivian woman who was raised in Argentina. They have maintained contact with many people in Cochabamba. Schnek feels that he got more out of the Peace Corps experience than he gave, particularly from working with the youth. Interviewed and recorded by Sharleen Hirschi Simpson, June 23, 2009. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).