Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2005-008-002
Jenifer McCurry served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras from 1967 to 1969 on community development and public health projects. She joined along with her husband. They trained at Camp Crozier in Puerto Rico with the Honduras VIII group. She was stationed in Puerto Cortes, where she worked with the national welfare agency to establish an educational program for young children in conjunction with the local feeding center. McCurry also arranged medical care and health education for the families. Her biggest regret was alerting authorities to the resale of CARE products, which resulted in that aid being withdrawn. Later McCurry helped establish a school for the Garifuna community in the nearby village of Travesia. After she became pregnant, the Peace Corps terminated the couple early, but they successfully appealed the decision and were allowed to return to Honduras. Jenifer worked in the Peace Corps office in Tegucigalpa for the remainder of her pregnancy, and discusses caring for their newborn daughter during the brief war between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969. Interviewed and recorded by Barbara Hodgdon, July 8, 2004. 1 tape (web streaming files combined into 1 file).