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Show , tudent returns yth Peace Corps j , established at BYU in T r year is Karen John- lohnson of this city, who ' li recently from serv- d, the Peace Corps in Ii1 AfrjCa. She was gone P-itelV three years, ser-'Vt ser-'Vt months in the Peace "id the last six months 4L University in France. S0 traveled extensively 'mope and spent three ;. enroute home, in Wash- ; experiences which Miss Van had teaching in the Em law would fill a book. Tot 'one of her vacation Lis she traveled some 5000 in Vts of Africa, going pjje, boat and even truck. ; ' describes the people as ; ;;.alI,. friendly and anxious , an education. Only a ' ,: percent are literate. The schools, she said, are the schools. They are es-- es-- -ited by missionaries be- Jjjev are allowed to preach N.e people. Karen taught in t r"ion school for the first ."months she was in the ;!rf. p'a period of time, she pother lady teacher were :s '(jiy white people in a re-, re-, .village- They always car- first aid kits in case of ic- saus snake bites and it to-, i necessary to boil drinking jiiat all times. lie weather is warm and ' ? ! are two seasons, the dry p. ile rainy seasons. - jjjjiess sections of most o feature various kinds - nirkets with food displayed lie open. Most of the stores (operated by people from lif'ian. llli a training at the Univer-, Univer-, of Pittsburg, Karen left with the first group of 90 volunteers. vol-unteers. She was the youngest young-est of the group leaving for the country which is located on the west coast of Africa, near the equator. The volunteer service proved most interesting and enjoyable with a certain satisfaction gained by helping the people, Karen said upon her return. She took a number of interesting inter-esting slides and also brought back many unique souvenirs presented to her by her students stu-dents and other friends. |