Rather than a narrow individual view, this collective sharing provides many rich hues and shades of experiences-hilarious, heartbreaking, insightful, poignant, as well as educational and inspiring. The story’s spine is Hobler’s own narrative, anchored to and deftly embroidered with hundreds of other anecdotes. The two books above can be purchased at ġ01 Arabian Tales: How We All Persevered in Peace Corps Libya by Randolph W. Hoblerġ01 Arabian Tales: How We all Persevered in Peace Corps Libya is substantially set apart from the over-1,000 published Peace Corps memoirs because they are individual memoirs and this is a unique collective memoir, garnered from in-depth interviews with 101 fellow Libyan Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. They found love in a hopeless place, a place that challenged them to look again at friendship, family, and development with fresh eyes. She took up the fight against malnutrition, with a campaign to cultivate the nourishing Moringa tree he worked with a radio station and cybercafé that cultivated values of democracy and religious toleration. At age 60 and 57 they found themselves on the shore of the great Sahara Desert, posted to one of the hottest and poorest parts of Africa.
When David and Asifa said yes to serving with the Peace Corps in Mali, little did they know they were stepping onto a rollercoaster that would test their endurance, their creativity and patience. Three Hundred Cups of Tea and the Toughest Job: Riding the Peace Corps Rollercoaster in Mali, West Africa This marks the beginning of a journey to a remote Iranian village where a young American Peace Corps Volunteer sets out with rebellious tenacity to do what is right, unaware of America’s loss of innocence-and his own.įrom a youthful determination to perpetuate Kennedy’s legacy, to coping with the reality of America’s faults and ambitions, to grappling with unfamiliar customs and languages, to discovering the friendship and love of Iranians, Tom Klobe discovers that being “Tom of Iran” is as fulfilling as being “American Tom." In November 1963, a bright Hawaiian morning is shattered by news of the assassination of the President. Stevaux completed a novel set in Udon and hopes that RPCVs who served in Thailand have an opportunity to read his book.įollow this link at to purchase this book. Stevaux served in Udon, Thailand, which during his service years was the site of an American airbase that served as a launch point for the air war over Laos and North Vietnam. Also read an article about Robbieana Leung and her book publication efforts in a Midweek Article, Good Neighbor. Leung informally gave the books to schools, families, libraries, students in the Philippines and other countries. We printed 1000 copies thanks to a Let Girls Learn grant and private donations. Being from a town without bookstores and libraries, and having never even seen a children's book before, this book project challenge was my students' "impossible" project that came to life through hard work and people who believed in us around the world. My students and I published a bilingual book, Moalboal Tales for Dreamers. I was a Peace Corps Education Volunteer in Moalboal, Cebu. Moalboal Tales Sugilanong Moalboalanon Cebuano English book Rainbow Kids is a celebration of what makes the Islands truly wonderful-it's people, and in particular, it's mixed-race children.
There have been many books published about Hawaii, but only one like this one-and that was in 1945.
Rainbow Kids is a photo essay on the chop suey mix of races evident in the faces of many of Hawaii's children - Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Dec. Richard Fassler has created a rainbow that beats any pot of gold.