Interview with Steve Bailey, August 29, 2024

Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Steve Bailey was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama from 2012-2014. He served in the Environment sector. Having lived in Spain he had a strong language foundation. Steve, after 39 years as a high school computer and science teacher, served with his wife who was in the Education sector. They had friends who had been volunteers including one from 1961. Steve used his technical skills to assist the school’s computer teacher as a secondary project. He consulted with the community to develop primary projects of building brick stoves, home gardens, composting and recycling. He began a brick stove project using bricks made from local products including mounds made by leaf cutter ants. Steve and his wife survived a bout of Dengue Fever during in service training.

Interview Accession

2024oh0761_pcrv1048

Interviewee Name

Steve Bailey

Interviewer Name

Wendy Schumacher

Interview Date

2024-08-29

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Bailey, Steve Interview by Wendy Schumacher. 29 Aug. 2024. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Bailey, S. (2024, August 29). Interview by W. Schumacher. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Bailey, Steve, interview by Wendy Schumacher. August 29, 2024, 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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