Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2005-025-006
Theodore (Ted) Cheslak joined the Peace Corps after his congressman suggested that he acquire foreign experience. His in-country training of eight weeks focused on culture sensitivity and language. While in training, he was accused of being a CIA agent there to steal secrets. Cheslak's assignment consisted of teaching English, African history, and literacy classes to high school boys. He contacted some women from the Ford Foundation and was instrumental in raising money for the school. He wrote to his friends in the U.S. and asked for books and supplies to be donated to his school. Interviewed and recorded by Ernest Zaremba, August 26, 2004. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).