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Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-ACC-2020-054
Jenna Waites (then Jenna Butts) served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala from 2001 to 2003 on an environmental education and ecotourism project. She trained in Santa Lucia Milpas Altas prior to being stationed in the rural Mayan town of San Juan La Laguna, Solola department. She was assigned to teach environmental education but did not have local school support, so she looked for other ways to help. Waites teamed up with a local park ranger to implement a community ecotourism program, which differed from other aid programs that conditioned local residents to rely on others to provide for them. She continued her service in Danli, El Paraiso department, Honduras, from 2003 to 2004 in a water and sanitation program. Unfortunately, that government agency was not interested in what Waites could offer, so she sought work elsewhere. She ended up partnering with Action Against Hunger to provide expertise and guidance to local technicians on how to improve construction of water systems in rural areas. Interviewed and recorded by Christine Musa, January 22, 2020. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Oral history
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection
RPCV-MR-2005-046-003
A. Michael (Mike) Marzolla served as a Peace Corps volunteer in three different countries. He began his service in Guatemala from 1973 to 1974, where he coordinated a school and community garden project. He also was a team member on a nutrition education research project with INCAP (Institute of Nutrition for Central America and Panama). In early 1975, Marzolla transferred to a reconstruction project in Honduras. From 1976 to 1977, he worked on a nutrition education project in El Salvador. Interviewed and recorded by Lou Spaventa, March 5, 2005. 3 tapes (web streaming files combined into 1 file).