Interview with Patricia Leigh Ballew Siza, March 9, 2012

Project: Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Patricia Leigh Ballew Siza talks about her Peace Corps service in Rwanda. Siza describes what it was like to be the first Peace Group sent to serve in Rwanda. She talks about her work in community health development and health education, relationships she formed during her Peace Corps service, her living situation, and other memories from service. Siza also discusses recent Rwandan history and describes Rwandan culture.

Interview Accession

2012oh222_pc110

Interviewee Name

Patricia Leigh Ballew Siza

Interviewer Name

Angene Wilson

Interview Date

2012-03-09

Interview Keyword

Missionary families Community health development Healthcare Community health development workers Program development Rwanda (Country of service) 2009-2011 (Date of service) Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Health

Interview LC Subject

Peace Corps (U.S.) Rwanda Peace Corps (U.S.)--Rwanda Education Public health Health education Rwandan Genocide, Rwanda, 1994 Community development Rwandans Kinyarwanda language Clinics Food Nutrition Malnutrition Interpersonal relations

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Siza, Patricia Leigh Ballew Interview by Angene Wilson. 09 Mar. 2012. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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