Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2018-012
Jed Meline was a Peace Corps Volunteer on the island of Chuuk, Micronesia, from 1990 to 1992. He discusses his work as an elementary school English teacher preparing students to take the high school admittance exam, and his work as a public health worker. He tells stories about helping save a baby’s life by providing rehydration medicine and helping families get funding for water catchment tanks during a particularly severe drought. He discusses violence on the island and being protected from this violence by the clan-based support system on the island. Meline also discusses the impact of the Peace Corps on his life, the view of Americans in other countries, and the role of the Peace Corps as the training ground for foreign aid workers in USAID and more broadly. Interviewed by Evelyn Ganzglass, April 9, 2018. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).