Interview with Avriel Glass, September 24, 2020

Project: Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Avriel Glass served as a Peace Corps volunteer in an education program in Indonesia from September 2019 to March 2020 when she was evacuated because of Covid 19. She discusses her in-country training in Surabuya and Kediri, her brief service in Jatiwangi in East Java, and the evacuation process. She speaks emotionally about her sadness of having to say good-bye to her host family and having her Peace Corps experience being cut short. She hopes to be able to return to Indonesia when Peace Corps resumes. She ends by remarking that she wishes more people in the US would understand how similar we all are despite the differences in our circumstances.

Interview Accession

2020oh0449_pcev0054

Interviewee Name

Avriel Glass

Interviewer Name

Evelyn Ganzglass

Interview Date

2020-09-24

Interview Keyword

Oca Bu Tita Pak Hendy Cirebon Bandung Sukabum Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Education Indonesia (Country of service) 2019-2020 (Date of service) Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteer (EPCV) Inter-cultural understanding Mental health support Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) #covid19

Interview LC Subject

Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Indonesia COVID-19 (Disease) Travel Voluntarism Volunteers Language and languages Volunteer workers in education Culture Acculturation Communication and culture Intercultural communication Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations and culture Language and culture Culture shock Teachers Teaching

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