Interview with Violet Esipila, June 15, 2020
Project: Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Violet Esipila describes her original Peace Corps experience, from her and her family's reaction to her joining, through training and her 2 years at a small village in Ukraine. After returning home, she returned to Ukraine as a response volunteer and was evacuated because of COVID-19 in March 2020. She also talks about Peace Corps' importance in teaching other countries about the diversity of the American people.Interview Accession
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Ukraine (Country of service) Youth Development Health education 2017-2019 (Date of service) Response Volunteers 2020 (Date of service) First generation Americans Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteer (EPCV) Peace Corps goals Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Peace Corps (U.S.)--2020-Evacuation #covid19 Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Youth in DevelopmentInterview LC Subject
Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Ukraine Ukraine COVID-19 (Disease) Acculturation Communication and culture Culture Culture shock Intercultural communication Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations Interpersonal relations and culture Language and culture Language and languages Lifestyles Manners and customs Voluntarism VolunteersInterview Rights
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Esipila, Violet Interview by Candice Diehl Wiggum. 15 Jun. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Esipila, V. (2020, June 15). Interview by C. D. Wiggum. Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Esipila, Violet, interview by Candice Diehl Wiggum. June 15, 2020, Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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