Administrative Information
Historical Note
Collection Overview
List of Countries
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Goedken, Rochelle, 1987-1991
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Rochelle Goedken was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho, 1987 to 1991 as a primary school teacher trainer. Trained in country for secondary science / math teaching. She holds a degree in nursing from the University of Iowa and worked as a Nurse for 3 years at the Mayo Foundation. At end of training she was asked to accept assignment as an experimental Peace Corps elementary school teacher trainer in a remote mountain area of Lesotho and accepted. She traveled a circuit of 18 nearby schools working with teachers on a variety of teaching skills. Developed a model program that Peace Corps and Lesotho officials expanded through the years. She stayed as trainer and project mentor into a fourth year. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, August 2, 2004. |
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Goldman, Lisa C., 1991-1993
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Lisa Goldman served in Lesotho on a home gardens/nutrition project. She was a graduate in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, interested in the Foreign Service, and had some overseas experience living and working in Israel. Her training consisted of two parts. The first two months were spent in the US at St. Helena’s, a Gullah community in North Carolina, which included agricultural skills training. The second two months were spent in Lesotho with heavy emphasis on language skills. Goldman was assigned to replace a departing Peace Corps volunteer in a remote mountainous area to further develop a village-based garden/nutrition program. During her tour, she organized the program in five additional villages. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, September 21, 2006. |
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Wagner, Terry, 1969-1972
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Terry Wagner served in Lesotho as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 1969 to 1972 in an education program. Wagner graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in pre-med / zoology. Wagner trained at Teachers College dividing time between the upstate language training center in Monroe, New York and New York City for student teaching. Wagner was assigned to teach science in a small middle school located in the Matseeing Village of Lesotho. Discusses working in the midst of domestic political tensions. In the second year Wagner transferred to Maseru to work in the fisheries department. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, July 29, 2004. |
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Irvin, Heidi, 1990
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Heidi Irvin joined the Peace Corps in 1990 at age 63, having lived in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. She worked on health related projects until she had to evacuate Liberia because of the Civil War. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, March 30, 2004. See also
Ghana
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Guinea
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O'Hern, Vincent, 1965-1967
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Vince O’Hern, a graduate of the Northwestern School of Journalism, joined the Peace Corps in 1965 and served in Liberia in an education project until 1967. In his second year he became a Peace Corps Volunteer Leader and was involved with volunteer administration support activities. |
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2 tapes. Interviewed by Robert Klein, July 25, 2008 |
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