Interview with Hana Admassu, August 9, 2020
Project: Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Hana Admassu was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to the United States at age 18. She served as a Peace Corps Youth Development and Response Volunteer in Ukraine for a duration of four years. She was evacuated in March 2020 due to COVID-19. Her experiences serving in Ukraine included developing long-term relationships with her community and working with youth in the area of HIV/AIDS.Interview Accession
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Ethiopian Americans Diversity in the Peace Corps Ukraine (Country of service) Youth Development Response Volunteers Evacuation Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteer (EPCV) Peace Corps (U.S.)--2020-Evacuation #covid19 Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Youth in Development African Americans Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)Interview LC Subject
Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Ukraine COVID-19 (Disease) Acculturation. Communication and culture. Culture. Intercultural communication. Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations and culture Volunteers Language and culture. Voluntarism. Language and languages. Health education.Interview Rights
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Admassu, Hana Interview by Violet Esipila. 09 Aug. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Admassu, H. (2020, August 09). Interview by V. Esipila. Peace Corps: COVID-19 Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Admassu, Hana, interview by Violet Esipila. August 09, 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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