In honor of International Education Week , they shared their stories of how their study abroad led them to pursue the Peace Corps:. None of us had ever been to Africa, and no matter how much we read online, we had no idea what to expect.
Spring with CIEE turned into a semester we would never forget. Andrea Edman, Peace Corps Cambodia. My name is Andrea Edman and I am 24 years old. Some of my primary projects include English teaching at the government school in my village, as well as English private classes.
Some of my secondary projects are to improve the sports curriculum at my school and health of village members through a newly constructed all-purpose sports court, to educate students about environmental awareness through peer education and an environment club, to facilitate an arts club focused on music and dancing at my school, and to organize a 3-day arts camp for Cambodian High School Students country wide.
I majored in International Affairs with a concentration in International Development and a minor in Theatre. In my free time which comes and goes as a Peace Corps Volunteer I enjoy reading, running around my village, drinking coffee and chatting with people, learning the guitar, meeting with my students, and watching TV shows under my mosquito net guilty pleasure, I know.
A fun fact about myself is that my host family here in Cambodia got a puppy about a month into my service and we named him Gigi. Gigi has come to be one of my best friends in the village.
