Interview with Lourrae Ellis Ewbank, March 3, 2012
Project: Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Lourrae Ellis Ewbank talks about her two years of Peace Corps service in Romania. She describes her health education work and activism with children and parents of children who are HIV-positive. Ewbank recalls what it was like to live in Romania. Ewbank discusses her experience with returning to the United States. Ewbank also details her career and education since returning from the Peace Corps. Ewbank then evaluates the impact of her Peace Corps service on Romania, and on her life, family, and career.Interview Accession
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Peace Corps (U.S.) Romania Health education HIV/AIDS awareness Children Medical care Autoimmune diseases Romanians French Ploiești (Romania) Non-governmental organizations HIV-positive children Bucharest (Romania) Public health Community development Art Interpersonal relations Community relations Peace Corps (U.S.)--RomaniaInterview Rights
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Ewbank, Lourrae Ellis Interview by Angene Wilson. 03 Mar. 2012. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ewbank, L.E. (2012, March 03). Interview by A. Wilson. Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Ewbank, Lourrae Ellis, interview by Angene Wilson. March 03, 2012, Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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