Nigeria

Contents 1 Return Peace Corps Volunteers 2 See Also 3 External links

Nigeria had some of the earliest Peace Corps Volunteers, starting in 1961. The majority of volunteers were teachers.

There were 30 groups who served between 1961 to 1970. A number of volunteers who served were not attached to a group -- some as late as the mid-1970s. In addition, there were another 3 groups who served between 1991-1995.

Sector	Assignment	Beg. Yr	End. Yr
Agriculture	Crop Extension	1961	1966
Education	English Teacher	1964	1964
	Prim-Ed/Teach Trn	1966	1966
	Secondary-Ed Sci.	1966	1966
	Univ. English Teaching	1966	1966
Health	Health Degreed	1991	1992
	Health Extension	1991	1993
Master's International	Masters Internationalist	1992	1992
Other	Unique Skill	1966	1966
Youth and Community Development	Commun. Serv/Deg.	1962	1962

[edit] Return Peace Corps Volunteers

"Friends of Nigeria" (FON) is a group made up of Return Peace Corp volunteers and staff. FON also includes past CUSO and VSO volunteers. 700 FON members currently support projects in Nigeria, have a quarterly newsletter, a google group listserv, a website (friendsofnigeria.org) with information, their own wiki (wikifon.org) to collect stories, coordinates national and regional meetings and occasional trips to Nigeria.

[edit] See Also

• Volunteers who served in Nigeria
• Friends of Nigeria

[edit] External links

• Peace Corps Journals - Nigeria

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