Interview with Jean Fontaine, April 28, 2021

Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Jean Fontaine served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru from 1967-69. Prior to Peace Corps Jean was a student majoring in psychology. She was part of a unique program training in language and cultural training between her Junior and Senior year. One of the trainers was a Peruvian student, Alejandro Toledo, who later went on to be president of Peru. She started in Chimbote working at a school but after six months, transferred to work in a nutrition project in Sapallanga, a small town in the sierra, helping to set up a recuperation center for malnourished pre-school children. In 1968 there was a military coup, but volunteers were not in danger and remained in country. Jean mentioned that some male volunteers were recalled by their draft boards because of the Vietnam war.

Interview Accession

2021oh0297_pcrv0186

Interviewee Name

Jean Fontaine

Interviewer Name

Marya Nowakowski

Interview Date

2021-04-28

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Fontaine, Jean Interview by Marya Nowakowski. 28 Apr. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Fontaine, J. (2021, April 28). Interview by M. Nowakowski. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Fontaine, Jean, interview by Marya Nowakowski. April 28, 2021, 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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