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Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2020-019
Steve M. Shepard served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Fiji from 1986 to 1989 on a public health project. He joined Peace Corps at age 35, after having worked as a medical lab technician. His training was conducted in Fiji and included home stays. Shepard worked as a lab technician, originally on the island of Kadavu, and later at Sigatoka Hospital on the main island of Viti Levu. During his service, there were two military coups. He was arrested by the Fiji military after the first coup for possessing a short-wave radio. Shepard married an Indo-Fijian woman that he met while working at Sigatoka Hospital, and extended his service for an additional year. Interviewed and recorded by Jack Franklin Davies, August 26, 2019. 1 digital audio file.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2020-017
Patricia (Pat) Milliren served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Fiji from 1968 to 1970 in an education program. She had wanted to serve in South America and learn Spanish, but instead was invited to go to Fiji. Her training began on the island of Molokai in Hawaii, and she learned the Hindustani language. Milliren taught biology and English at Nadi College, a secondary school where the majority of students were of Indian descent. During her time there she developed strong friendships with the students and local teachers. She also discusses how the Peace Corps influenced her life after her service. Milliren returned to Fiji in 2011 on a trip organized by Friends of Fiji, to work on a Habitat for Humanity project. Interviewed and recorded by Jack Davies, July 31, 2019. 1 digital audio file.
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2020-014
Paul Clark served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Fiji from 2005 to 2007 in an environmental program. Prior to joining Peace Corps, he served in the U.S. Army and attended graduate school at the University of Montana. His Peace Corps training was conducted in-country and included home stays with local families. Clark's job assignment was in Cuvu and included working with six neighboring villages. He lived with a local family for the first four months of his assignment, and then moved into his own quarters. While in Cuvu he organized the school library, started an environmental club at the school, conducted waste management workshops, and tutored students. He also prepared a brief dictionary of the local dialect for the benefit of future volunteers. Finally, Clark discusses how his Peace Corps experience helped prepare him for his current job with the National Park Service in Alaska. Interviewed and recorded by Jack Franklin Davies, August 12, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).