Archive for January 31st, 2006

New Posting - East Timor

January 31st, 2006 by Tc The Liar.

Codey!, I am a member of the fourth group of Peace Corps volunteers in what I believe is our newest country Assignment, a small island country called East Timor. Until the year 1999 East Timor was under the occupation of Indonesia. During this year, wiht the Aid of the UN, they held a vote [...]

Posted in Asia/South-East Asia/Timor-Leste | 3 Comments »

Local Language Learning

January 31st, 2006 by Snorko.

I am a current applicant with Peace Corp. I just wanted to know from past volunteers how much of the local language did you learn. Did you come back fluent in the language and how much opportunity did get to speak the local language? Thanks so much.

Posted in Questions/Application Process, Questions/Training & Language | 2 Comments »