Paula Hirschoff

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Template:Volunteerinfobox Paula Hirschoff
Country	Kenya
Years:	1968-1970
Program(s)	Education
Assignment(s)	English Teacherwarning.png"English Teacher" is not in the list of possible values (Agroforestry, Sustainable Agricultural Science, Farm Management and Agribusiness, Animal Husbandry, Municipal Development, Small Business Development, NGO Development, Urban and Regional Planning, Primary Teacher/Training, Secondary Teacher/Training, Math/Science Teacher/Training, Special Education/Training, Deaf/Education, Vocational Teacher/Training, University Teacher/Training, English Teacher/Training (TEFL), Environmental Education, National Park Management, Dry Land Natural Resource Conservation, Fisheries Fresh, Ecotourism Development, Coastal /Fisheries Resource Management, Public Health Education, AIDS Awareness, Information Technology, Skilled Trades, Water and Sanitation Resources Engineering, Housing Construction Development, Youth, Other) for this property.
Paula Hirschoff started in Kenya 1968
Paula Hirschoff
Education in Kenya:
J. Henry Ambrose, Bryndis Andrade, Kathleen Bragg, Peter Crume, Leon Dash, Lee Frissell, Donald Garner, Paula Hirschoff, Norma Moran, and Brad Simon … further results
Other Volunteers who served in Kenya
Elizabeth Aldrich, J. Henry Ambrose, Bryndis Andrade, David Bogenschneider, Kathleen Bragg, Barbara Burch, Peter Crume, Kelly Daniel, Leon Dash, Alessandra Delfico, Lee Frissell, H. Benjamin Gamber, Donald Garner, Benjamin Gerhold, and Lester Gliessman … further results
Projects in Kenya
Girls Seconday School Classroom, and Solar Powered Computer Lab
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Template:Volunteerinfobox Paula Hirschoff
Country	Senegal
Years:	2005-2007
Program(s)	Business
Assignment(s)	Business_Developmentwarning.png"Business_Development" is not in the list of possible values (Agroforestry, Sustainable Agricultural Science, Farm Management and Agribusiness, Animal Husbandry, Municipal Development, Small Business Development, NGO Development, Urban and Regional Planning, Primary Teacher/Training, Secondary Teacher/Training, Math/Science Teacher/Training, Special Education/Training, Deaf/Education, Vocational Teacher/Training, University Teacher/Training, English Teacher/Training (TEFL), Environmental Education, National Park Management, Dry Land Natural Resource Conservation, Fisheries Fresh, Ecotourism Development, Coastal /Fisheries Resource Management, Public Health Education, AIDS Awareness, Information Technology, Skilled Trades, Water and Sanitation Resources Engineering, Housing Construction Development, Youth, Other) for this property.
Paula Hirschoff started in Senegal 2005
Paula Hirschoff, and Chuck Ludlam
Business in Senegal:
Claire Brittain, Christine Carmouze, Paula Hirschoff, and Charlotte McCormick
Other Volunteers who served in Senegal
Margaret Basket, Richard Boucher, Claire Brittain, Christine Carmouze, Jenna Dillon, Brian Edens, Janet Ghattas, John T. Hand, Christopher Hedrick, Paula Hirschoff, Wilburn Johnson, Chuck Ludlam, Charlotte McCormick, Sharon Suri, and Michele Sylvester … further results
Projects in Senegal
Dindefelo Summer Camp, Girls' Summer Camp, Health Association Capacity Building, Health Hut Construction, Irrigation Initiative, Latrine Construction, Latrine Construction in Senegal, Seed Storage Facility, Senegalese Girls Bike Tour (Tour des Filles), Sirmang Community Garden Project, and Well Construction
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About Paula Hirschoff

• Twice served as a Volunteer, Kenya (1968-70; Education) and with Chuck in Senegal (Small Enterprise Development).

• Active in Friends of Kenya and a Docent at the African Art Museum.

• Served as English professor; researcher and consultant-advocate for a community based natural resource management NGO, freelance writer and editor, communications director, reporter, and legislative and press aide on Capitol Hill.

• Macalester College (BA 1966); George Washington University (MA in Anthropology, 1996).

Chuck Ludlam and Paula Hirschoff

• While serving in Senegal, invited by Senator Chris Dodd to testify on behalf of the 8,000 current Volunteers before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the Dodd/Kennedy Peace Corps Volunteer Empowerment Act, S. 732 (PCVEA). Flew to Washington at their own expense to testify in support of the legislation.

• See their oral and written testimony at http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2007/Ludlam_HirschoffTestimony070725.pdf and http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2007/HirschoffTestimony070725.pdf. A video of the hearing can be viewed at http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2007/hrg070725a.html.

• Their article “A Call for Peace Corps Reform” appears in the fall 2008 issue of WorldView, the magazine of the National Peace Corps Association.