Interview with Yanick Douyon, September 4, 2020

Interview Summary

Yanick Douyon served as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in Liberia in 2016, Rwanda in 2017-2018, and Eastern Caribbean in 2019. Prior to these assignments she’d been a career educator. Training in Liberia was conducted in Kakata, and her assignment was in Owens Grove, near Harbel. Yanick’s job there was Teacher Training, and she also taught students herself. While there she started a Girls’ Club to help address gender inequity. In Rwanda, Yanick taught at the University of Rwanda, Busogo Campus, for one year. She extended for six months at a Teacher Training College in Zaza. Secondary projects included starting English groups at high schools, and tutoring groups the community in English. Her third assignment was in Eastern Caribbean, on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. There she worked in a summer program for remediation of elementary school students in literacy skills. The interview includes discussion of her work and living experiences in three countries of service.

Interview Keyword

Response Volunteers Liberia (Country of service) 2016 (Date of service) Rwanda (Country of service) 2017-2018 (Date of service) Eastern Caribbean (Country of service) 2019 (Date of service) St. Vincent and the Grenadines Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Education Peace Corps (U.S.)--2010-2020 Older Americans Black Americans African Americans Diversity in the Peace Corps Kakata, Liberia University of Rwanda Busogo Kinyarwanda (Language)

Interview LC Subject

Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Eastern Caribbean Peace Corps (U.S.)--Rwanda Peace Corps (U.S.)--Liberia Acculturation Culture Intercultural communication International travel Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations Interpersonal relations and culture Language and culture Language and languages Lifestyles Manners and customs Voluntarism Volunteer workers in community development Volunteers

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