Interview with Oliver Hack, February 21, 2021

Interview Summary

Oliver Hack served as a Maternal/Child Health Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo from 1997-1999. To meet the nation’s current critical needs, he shifted his efforts to develop and build a cadre of community health workers to carry out community-based HIV prevention education. A highlight of his service was teaming up with a counterpart to organize an HIV education event featuring the music and dance of 10 different ethnic groups in the region, with over 1,000 attending. Over 20 years later, Peace Corps’ legacy remains strong is his life. He married a fellow RPCV from Togo and his learnings from service deeply inform his work as a leader in a global community development nonprofit.

Interview Keyword

Togo Maternal and child health HIV prevention education Community health workers Service influence on career

Interview LC Subject

Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Togo 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 Volunteers

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