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Peace Corps teacher in Wone Ponape finds growth abroad
Kathrin Fitch, a Peace Corps volunteer from Bakersfield, California, serves first and second graders in Wone on Ponape island. She describes isolation, a remote village life, and personal growth from the year since starting in November 1966, including a frightening encounter with a bullock and routine trips to Kolonia.
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Pome
Micronesia
Wone
Ponape
Captain Cook
U.N
U.S
Kathrin Fitch
Bakersfield
California
Kathy
University of Colorado
Peace Corps
Wane
Kolonia