Interview with Javier Enrique Ramos Hernandez, January 12, 2022
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
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Javier Ramos served in Ecuador from 1991-1993 in the city of Santa Isabel in the province of Azuay as part of the Rural Infrastructure program leaning on his civil engineering experience to improve public works. Training brought home the importance of both cultures during service complimenting each other. Ramos' must impacting project involved bringing clean water to the mountain community of Nasari. Ramos lives with his Ecuadorian wife and 3 daughters in Puerto Rico.Interview Accession
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Peace Corps (U.S.) Ecuador (Country of service) 1991-1993 (Date of service) Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Rural Infrastructure clean water Puerto Rico Azuay Nasari Cuenca Quito civil engineering English (Language) Spanish (Language) Quichua (Language) cultures Hispanics Puerto Rican Training financial assistance Catholic (Religion) Family language differencesInterview Rights
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Hernandez, Javier Enrique Ramos Interview by Russell Wolfgang Bucher. 12 Jan. 2022. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hernandez, J.E. (2022, January 12). Interview by R. W. Bucher. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hernandez, Javier Enrique Ramos, interview by Russell Wolfgang Bucher. January 12, 2022, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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