Speakers Bureau
Introduction
The Peace Corps experience provides a unique perspective of the world which we are quite
excited to share. A goal of the Peace Corps is to bring this experience home. So we have
provided a speakers bureau that can help you find a speaker who matches your needs.
The Peace Corps provides a wide range of experiences that can be shared
with your group or classroom. Listed below are some of the countries, work experiences,
languages and activites that Volunteers in this region have had. They will be
delighted to share these with your group or talk more about the Peace Corps experience.
Please send your name, contact information, type of group, potential
dates, and special requests to our Education Coordinator, Mary Lopez at
maryklopez2002@yahoo.com.
A Note to Teachers
Keep an eye open for how a volunteer can help you with your lesson plans.
Perhaps we can be more than a "speaker" and really assist you with your goals
and objectives. For more information, check out the Peace Corps World Wise Schools Web
site at www.peacecorps.gov/wws.
Review the tables below for information about what some of our
speakers have to offer, and to get an idea of the breadth of experience available. Contact
us for specific requests, as we have more than what is listed below.
| Country of Service |
Region |
Years of Service |
Language |
| Belize |
Central America |
1984-86 |
English, Spanish, Creole |
| Belize |
Central America |
1992-94 |
English |
| Bolivia |
South America |
2001-03 |
Spanish |
| Cameroon |
Central Africa |
1990-92 |
French, Spanish, Pidgin English |
| Colombia |
South America |
1964-65 |
Spanish |
| Ecuador |
South America |
1993-97 |
English, Spanish |
| El Salvador |
Central America |
1968-70 |
Spanish |
| Ethiopia |
East Africa |
1966-69 |
Amharic |
| Haiti |
Carribbean |
1998-01 |
Haitian Kreyol |
| Jamaica |
Carribean |
2000-02 |
Jamaican Patio |
| Kenya |
East Africa |
1984-86 |
English |
| Liberia |
West Africa |
1970-72 |
French, Spanish, Kiswahili, Liber |
| Liberia, Thailand |
Pacific, West Africa |
1989-90, 1990-92 |
English |
| Lithuania |
Central Europe |
1998-00 |
Lithuanian |
| Mali |
West Africa |
1998-00 |
Bambara |
| Mauritania |
West Africa |
2001-03 |
French, Hassiniya Arabic |
| Mauritania |
West Africa |
1982-84 |
French, Hassiniya Arabic |
| Micronesia |
Pacific |
1999-01 |
Chuukese, Spanish |
| Niger |
West Africa |
1990-93 |
French, Hausa |
| Philippines |
Pacific |
2000-02 |
English |
| Somalia |
East Africa |
1962-64 |
English |
| Sierra Leone |
West Africa |
1986-88 |
Temne, Krio |
| Sri Lanka, Romania |
Pacific, East Europe |
1997-98, 1998-00 |
Romanian, French, Sinhala, Portugese, Quehia |
| Thailand, Nepal |
Asia |
1981-84, 1987-89 |
Thai, Lao, Nepali, German |
| Turkmenistan |
East Europe |
2000-01 |
Turkmen |
| Uzbekistan |
Central Asia |
1999-01 |
Uzbek |
| Main Area of Work |
Significant Experience |
| Health Education, Administrative |
Living on 7-square mile island |
| Teaching, Secondary Math |
Discrimination because of being white |
| Health, trained Health Workers. Development of garden and water projects |
Made film of PC Life, training health educators, creating culturally appropriate materials |
| Health Education f Health volunteers |
1st group o in country, experience with host family, safety concerns, was evacuated from village |
| Teacher Training |
Assisted with horticultural
projects at elementary schools that were integrated
with their school lessons thematically (mostly garden
projects, but also bee-keeping and chicken-rearing). |
| Community Development, formed local governments, built schools, roads, etc. |
experiencing class society of former Spanish colony, being only white person for 150 miles |
| Education |
Windmill Building |
| Teaching, English to 8-12 graders and Business English to professionals through EU funded program |
Decided to pursue a career as a English Language Teacher as a result |
| Agroforestry extension |
social and environmental conditions in a Hausa village |
| Freshwater fisheries extension, aquaculture management and ecology |
primitive living conditions, raising fish and transporting to market, interesting foods |
| Health Education, HIV/AIDS Education |
Extreme Harassment, American cultural influence |
| alternative fules |
working with grade school PTAs, work study program making alternative fuels, |
| Assistant game warden, public health (prevention of malaria, malnutrition, smallpox), UNICEF food/milk program, irrigation systems, safe water, surveying, wildlife management and conservation |
African biodiversity and wildlife conservation; Natural history, cultures, and natural resources of Africa/Ethiopia |
| working with education |
putting together a student run health fair |
| Coastal Resource Management Volunteer. Worked with a small fisher-folk community and their local government on alternative livelihoods, community development, resource conservation |
Working on community development and alternative resource regeneration, and environmental education. |
| Taught English in a junior high school and eventually everything else except civics |
African languages and linguistics |
| Worked with US Dept of Ag to help communities decide what to grow, when to plant it, how to sell it, where to sell it, and how much to sell it for. |
helpgin farmers decide what to grow and sell |
| fisheries |
improve school fishery, lunch program thai Camb border, chicken coop ,spawning station water tower Environ Ed Aids Fruit trees \ erosion |
| Fisherman Coop buying selling failed Lobster project, Taught English |
Learning the common humanity of all, teaching |
| Adult Eng women, papermaking mushrooms, non profit, association for disabilities, Habitat for Humanity |
.. |
| teacher training, student teacher supervisor, teaching health, geography, history, English |
saving baby from drowning, teacher training in class with 100 students, Christmas in Muslim country, care of PC with Malaria |
| lived in a native Turkmenistan Muslim village with no English or phone, with a family of 8. I worked with the co-op teaching business techniques. |
woman living in Muslim culture, living in culture lacking freedom of speech and press |
| Nat. Resource management, Ed to 1st-3rd. Health and Ag side projects |
.. |
| Special Interest Topics |
| Muslim culture, slavery, children in the developing world |
| Muslim culture, women in PC, service in rural area, beginning a new PC program |
| Feminism vs. machismo in Latin culture, pre-drug Columbia, present crisis in Columbia, US influence in Latin America |
| Role of English language in aiding development, phenomenon of linguistic imperialism |
| Will give in French, will speak of Niger perspective regarding Muslim culture and/or third world economics |
| Anything PC |
| American influence in Jamaica, tourism in Caribbean, harassment, being a minority |
| Haitian life, politics, poverty, who is happier |
| Third world natural resources use / connection to traditions and cultures |
| Working with students who haven't been given education beyond the basics |
| Americorps coordinator PSU |
| Traveling in South America, South American Spanish dialects, |
| Travel in South AM, Spanish Dialects, Subsistence agriculture in the Andes, Basque dancing and culture |
| Womens econ projects (silk worm coop) |
| Discovering levels of material poverty not found here that coexisted with strong values of community, faith, and family. |
| Peace Corps Volunteer in post-communist country - differences in perception; Volunteer Service as a sabbatical, working with nonprofits. |
| Like to speak to non-traditional groups with work experiences |
| Living in Muslim culture as western woman, older volunteer in PC |
| Living in Muslim culture, peace corps process and recruiting, animist Religion, development |
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