Guest Speaker: Jessica Vig

It's not surprising that Rotary and the Peace Corps have come together to work on international projects...because the two organizations have similar aims.

Jessica Vig appeared before the Sycamore Rotary Club on June 17th, discussing her time abroad with the Peace Corps; she spent her time working with persons in remote areas of South Africa.  She says the sub-Saharan portion of Africa gets the most focus from the Peace Corps, while the organization does have volunteers in countries around the world.

Vig says like Rotary, the Corps is interested in health and education in underdeveloped portions of the world; part of her time in Africa dealt with construction and maintenance of latrines, instruction in handwashing and safe food preparation, and locating safe water sources. 

Peace Corps and Rotary projects overlap in over 60 countries around the world; in 2014, the two organizations a letter of collaboration for projects in the Philippines, Togo and Thailand.  Peace Corps volunteers have been known to join Rotary, once their overseas service comes to an end.