Volunteer Voices Podcast
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Each week you will hear a story, written by a Peace Corps Volunteer, from another part of the world. Peace Corps Volunteers have served in over 100 countries in the agency's 45 year history. Share the experience.
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Mother Wolf (Kyrgyzstan)
Thur, Jul 17, 2008
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, Mother Wolf, comes from Kyrgyzstan. It was first told to us by Jamal Nasafi, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kyrgyzstan from 1997 to 1999, and today's podcast is read by Patrice Maddox.
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Cricket and the Sea (Guatemala)
Thur, Jul 10, 2008
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, "Cricket and the Sea," comes from Guatemala. It was first told to us by Monica Fitzgerald who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala from 1986 to 1988, and today's podcast is read by Katherine Smalley.
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The Talking Goat (Liberia)
Fri, Jun 27, 2008
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This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, The Talking Goat, comes from Liberia. It was first told to us by John Acree who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia from 1983 to 1985, and today's podcast is read by Roger Hirschland, who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leonne from 1965 to 1967.
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The Khan's Robes (Uzbekistan)
Friday, Jun 20, 2008
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, The Khan's Robes, comes from Uzbekistan. It was first told to us by Marilyn Peterson who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uzbekistan from 1997 to 2000, and on today's podcast is read by David Fossum, who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan from 2004 to 2006.
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The Center of the Earth (Eritrea)
Friday, June 13, 2008
This summer World Wise Schools celebrates folk tales from around the world. This folktale comes from Eritrea and is called "The Center of the Earth." It was first told to the Peace Corps by Herman Nibbelink, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Eritrea from 1962-1964. The story is read by Jahleezah Eskew. (Originally aired June 2007)
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Rebecca Scholtz in Costa Rica speaks with a kindergarten class in Illinois
Friday, June 06, 2008
Once a year, a few U.S. classrooms get to talk with a Peace Corps Volunteer by telephone because they've been communicating throughout the year with a Volunteer in the field.
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Skyla Seltzer speaks with the students in New London, Connecticut
Thu, May 30, 2008
Once a year, a few U.S. classrooms get to talk with a Peace Corps Volunteer by telephone because they've been communicating throughout the year with a Volunteer in the field.
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Abby Stepaniak talks with students from Greenfield Middle School
Thu, May 16, 2008
Once a year, a few U.S. classrooms get to talk with a Peace Corps Volunteer by telephone because they've been communicating throughout the year with a Volunteer in the field.
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Interview with Kurtis Shank about ICT
Thu, May 09, 2008
Peace Corps Volunteers are helping communities take part in the information and communications technology-or "ICT"-revolution. In this podcast, Tony Bloome, Peace Corps ICT specialist, talks with former Peace Corps Volunteer Kurtis Shank about his service in a Peruvian community from 2004 to 2006.
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Mike Cavey, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan, speaks with students from G.D. Jones School in Wisconsin
Thu, May 01, 2008
Once a year, a few U.S. classrooms get to talk with a Peace Corps Volunteer by telephone because they've been communicating throughout the year with a Volunteer in the field. Today, third grade students from G.D. Jones School in Wisconsin, speak with Mike Cavey, in Turkmenistan, about food, language, and school.
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The True Cost of Coffee
Thu, Apr 24, 2008
"The True Cost of Coffee" is a story written by Joan Heberger about her experience while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a mid-sized town in the middle of a coffee-producing region in Honduras.
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In the Aftermath of Hurricane Georges
Thu, Apr 17, 2008
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"In the Aftermath of Hurricane Georges" is written by Mary Bosy, who served as Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic. The story is read by Lynette Bouchie who served in Niger from 1995-1998.
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Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
Thu, Apr 10, 2008
"Reduce, Re-use, Recycle" is written and read by Nina Porzucki, who served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Romania from 2002 to 2004. Nina taught at a high school in Ramnicu Valcea, a medium-sized town tucked into the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains.
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Ancient Navigators of the Pacific
Thu, Apr 3, 2008
Ancient Navigators of the Pacific is written and read by returned Peace Corps Volunteer Sarah Klain who worked with a community in Palau on natural resource conservation and development.
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Erin Jenkins speaks with Bitburg Elementary School in Germany (Western Samoa)
Thu, Mar 27, 2008
Once a year, a few U.S. classrooms get to talk with a Peace Corps Volunteer by telephone because they've been communicating throughout the year with a Volunteer in the field. Today, students from Bitburg Elementary School, an American school in Germany, speak with Erin Jenkins, in Western Samoa, about coral reef management.
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The Hare and the Water (Tanzania)
Thu, Mar 19, 2008
The Hare and the Water, a folk tale from Tanzania, was told to Gary Port while he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania from 1998 to 2000. The story is read by Danielle Miranda, who served in Kenya from 2007 to 2008.
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The Great Hole (Togo)
Thu, Mar 13, 2008
The Great Hole, a folk tale from Togo, illustrates the importance of water in the Togolese culture. This tale was told to Josh Crosslin while he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo from 1997 to 1998. The story is read by Lisa McCabe, who served in Thailand from 2001-2003.
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Access to Safe Water (Vanuatu, Gambia, Swaziland, Paraguay)
Thu, Mar 6, 2008
Each year Peace Corps Volunteers around the world participate in overseas phone calls with U.S. classrooms during Peace Corps Week. In many of the phone calls the Volunteers describe their daily routines and their work. For many of the Volunteers and the people they work with, water-how they get it and it's quality-is a huge issue. The following excerpts of calls from Vanuatu, Gambia, Swaziland, and Paraguay stress the importance of access to safe water in everyday life.
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Joe talks with Ada Elementary School (Bolivia)
Thu, Feb 28, 2008
Once a year, a few Peace Corps Volunteers get to talk by telephone with U.S. classrooms they've been communicating with through the Correspondence Match Program. Today, Joe Stevens, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia, talks with Ada Elementary School in Ada, Michigan.
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Think about Water
Thu, Feb 21, 2008
Leah McFail, a returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Gabon, shares how her experience influenced her decision to work with the Girl Scouts. Leah also talks about World Thinking Day and this year's theme, Think about Water.
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Sources of Water
Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Water in Africa reflects the deep connection of water to all aspects of life in African countries. This week's podcast focuses on sources of water.
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Water Conservation
Thu, Feb 07, 2008
Water in Africa reflects the deep connection of water to all aspects of life in African countries. This week's podcast focuses on water conservation.
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Reasons for Joy
Thu, 31,
2008 Jan, 9:00:00
Reasons for Joy is written by Peace Corps Volunteer Victoria Derr who served in the Gambia from 1990-1992. "My first memory of Amenata is one of my first memories of life in Kani Kunda. It was a sunny, soaking-wet day at the end of the rainy season. Still unconfident about communicating in Mandinka, I was blundering through a conversation with our landlady, Bakoto, when Amenata came for a visit."
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Drip Diplomacy
Thu, Jan 24, 2008
Drip Diplomacy is written by Peace Corps Volunteer Keith Talbot who served in the Dominican Republic from 1993-1995. "Strange and subtle sometimes are the habits of courtesy. Water is a precious commodity out here in the campo."
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Environmental Solutions Come Slowly
Thu, Jan 17, 2008
Environmental Solutions Come Slowly is written by Peace Corps Volunteer Keba Fitzgerald who served in Suriname from 2000-2002. "The greatest environmental problem that threatens my site, the Suriname Rain Forest Nature Park, is illegal gold mining."
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One Day in the Rainy Season
Thu, Jan 10, 2008
One Day in the Rainy Season is written by Peace Corps Volunteer Noah Jackson who served in the Philippines from 1999-2001. "I awoke to a clap. It was a big, hard clap and I sat upright—confused, disoriented, unaware. The clap sounded again. An explosion. My thoughts were still lost in sleep. But once again, the Earth rumbled."
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Living by the Book by Donna Gessell (Fiji)
Thu, Dec 27, 2007
Bibliophile and Peace Corps Volunteer Donna Gessell enters a culture where curling up with a good book is seen as antisocial behavior.
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What's Mongolia Really Like by Jonathan Phillips (Mongolia)
Thu, Dec 20, 2007
Jonathan challenges the conventional notion that development and modernization are destroying traditional Mongolian culture.
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A Typical Day
Thu, December 17, 2007
Kimberly Ross served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea, West Africa, from 1999 to 2002, teaching English to high school students and educating the people in her community about HIV-AIDS prevention.
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Mohammed's Mountain
Thu, December 6, 2007
Jess Wysopal served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger from 2001 to 2003 as an agriculture Volunteer.
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Three Lessons
Thu, Nov 29, 2007
Craig Storti served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Safi, Morocco, from 1970 to 1972. He is the author of several books about cross-cultural understanding including the Peace Corps cross-cultural training workbook Culture Matters.
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Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
Thu, Nov 15, 2007
"Reduce, Re-use, Recycle" is written and read by Nina Porzucki, who served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Romania from 2002 to 2004. Nina taught at a high school in Ramnicu Valcea, a medium-sized town tucked into the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains.
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Respect for Authority
Thu, Nov 08, 2007
"Respect for Authority" is written and read by Jonathan Phillips, who served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Mongolia from 2003 to 2005. Jonathan was a business and economic development Volunteer in a remote area of western Mongolia. His primary assignment was with the Economics University of Zavkhan, where he taught business, marketing, computer, and English classes.
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Looking Back
Thu, Nov 01, 2007
"Looking Back" is written and read by Carla Bachechi, who served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Macedonia from 2003 to 2005. Carla worked as a municipal development Volunteer in a small city in western Macedonia, only three kilometers from the Albanian border.
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A Year
Thu, Oct 25, 2007
"A Year" is written and read by Jordan Earl, who served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Uzbekistan from 2001 to 2004. As a Master's International program participant, Jordan let his Peace Corps service double as an internship for his graduate studies in education.
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Enough to Make Your Head Spin
Thu, Oct 18, 2007
"Enough to Make Your Head Spin" is written and read by Elizabeth (Vernon) Kelley, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bulgaria from 2003 to 2005. "I'll have coffee," I tell the waitress at a cafe during my first week in Bulgaria. She shakes her head from side to side. "OK, tea," I say, thinking that maybe there's something wrong with the coffee machine. Again, she shakes her head. "Um ... cola?" Once more, she shakes her head."
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Waking Up, Stepping Out
Thu, Oct 11, 2007
"Waking Up, Stepping Out" is written and read by Steve Iams, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal from 2003 to 2004. "I wake to chattering voices, a bus horn, bells ringing, an old man with a hacking cough, the squeak of a rusty latch opening across the hallway. A year ago, any of these noises would have been a disturbance, but now the morning ensemble is simply a part of my day."
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How Does One Spell Happiness in Paraguay?
Thu, Oct 4, 2007
"How Does One Spell Happiness in Paraguay?" is written and read by Jane Troxell, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay from 1999 to 2001. "All Peace Corps Volunteers who come to serve in Paraguay arrive thinking that, by the end of their service, they will achieve their dreams of speaking fluent Spanish at the drop of a sombrero-or hat."
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Angel
Thu, Sep 27, 2007
"Angel" is written and read by Barbara Arrington, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa from 2002 to 2004. "I awoke to the sounds of singing and the pounding of feet. The beautiful yet haunting sound of voices in harmony moved closer as men and women paraded down the red dirt road in a Saturday ceremony for the dead."
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One Step at a Time
Thu, Sep 20, 2007
"One Step at a Time" is written and read by Fred Koehler, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo from 2002 to 2004. "The people of my village face many problems, including an AIDS epidemic and scarce supplies of clean water. In addition, there are few jobs here, other than farming or selling what the farmers have grown at the market. It is with these problems in mind that I work."
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Hey, Driver! (China)
Thu, Sep 13, 2007
"Hey, Driver!" is written and read by Thalia Kwok, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in China from 2005 to 2007. "I grew up in a small city in a state that many people know very little about - Tulsa, Oklahoma...When the opportunity came along with the Peace Corps to return to the place of my heritage-the place my ancestors called home-the decision was easy."
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How the First Coconut Came to Efate (Vanuatu)
Thu, Sep 06, 2007
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, How the First Coconut Came to Efate, comes from Vanuatu. It was first told to us by Kara Jackson who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Vanuatu from 1997 to 19 |