Interview with Charles "Chuck" LLewellyn, October 11, 2021
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Charles Llewellyn served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador from 1973 through 1975 in the Health Program. After graduating from Hampton-Sydney College, Llewellyn traveled to South America. In his travels, he met Peace Corps Volunteers and the Ecuador Associate Peace Corps Director. These chance encounters led to him volunteering. Training in Quito included Spanish language and local culture. His assignment was in Cuenca, and the nearby village of Déleg, training local health promoters. A secondary project involved working with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) surveying NGO healthcare activities in remote locations. In the late months of his service, Llewellyn learned of a hospital development project in Sorata, Bolivia that he was interested in working with. In order to make that possible, he took an early termination from Peace Corps so he could raise the funds required to support his volunteering in Bolivia. Llewellyn later earned a Master of Public Health degree and went on to a career in International Public Health with USAID.Interview Accession
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Ecuador (Country of service) 1973-1975 (Date of service) Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Health Peace Corps (U.S.)--1970-1980 Colombia Peru Bolivia Vietnam War Spanish (Language) Quito (Ecuador) Cuenca (Ecuador) Déleg (Ecuador) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)Interview LC Subject
Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Ecuador Ecuador Acculturation Communication and culture Culture Culture shock Intercultural communication Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations Interpersonal relations and culture Language and culture Language and languages Lifestyles Manners and customs Voluntarism VolunteersInterview Rights
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LLewellyn, Charles Interview by Julius Sztuk. 11 Oct. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
LLewellyn, C. (2021, October 11). Interview by J. Sztuk. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
LLewellyn, Charles, interview by Julius Sztuk. October 11, 2021, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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