Interview with Ada Jo Mann, May 11, 2021
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Ada Jo Mann served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a Health Education program in Chad from 1967-1969, and at Peace Corps in Washington, D.C. from 1969-1971 and 1980-1985. She talks about a cross burning and other experiences during training in Louisiana for Cameroon and the role of psychologists during training for Chad in the Virgin Islands. She discusses life with her fellow Peace Corps Volunteer husband in Fort Archambault and having to create their own jobs developing and getting approval for health education curriculum for primary schools and teaching people clean water practices in conjunction with a Peace Corps well-digging project. She talks developing inter-agency agreements between Peace Corps and USAID on community facilitator training on renewable energy and the Small Project Assistance Program (SPA), which continues to this day supporting Peace Corps projects and counterpart training. She discusses Peace Corps' influence on her subsequent international development work with USAID and other organizations.Interview Accession
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Chad (Country of service) Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Health Education 1969-1970 (Date of service) 1969-1971 (Date of service) Baker, Louisiana Virgin Islands Peace Corps Office of Selection Fort Archambault (now Sahr) Fort Lamy (now N’Djamena) Peace Corps Office of Training and Program Support (OTAPS) Post-colonial French influence in Chad Partisan influence in Peace Corps administration Farralones Institute Ethel Kennedy Ralph Nader David Cooperrider Global Excellence in Management (GEM) 1980-1985 (Date of service)Interview LC Subject
Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Chad 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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Mann, Ada Jo Interview by Evelyn Ganzglass. 11 May. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Mann, A.J. (2021, May 11). Interview by E. Ganzglass. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Mann, Ada Jo, interview by Evelyn Ganzglass. May 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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