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2011 Year in Review
December 23, 2011 | One Comment
2011 Year in Review

In early December, I celebrated a one-year milestone as both a Peace Corps volunteer and as Technical and M&E Adviser for Education Fights AIDS International (EFA) in Cameroon. Reaching such a milestone seems to necessitate …

Pingree School features alumnus and EFA Co-founder Rachel Hoy Deussom
July 25, 2011 | Add Comment
Pingree School features alumnus and EFA Co-founder Rachel Hoy Deussom

Rachel Hoy Deussom (’99) is co-founder of Education Fights AIDS (EFA) International.
After graduating from Georgetown University in 2003, she served as a Peace Corps
community health volunteer in northern Cameroon. During her service, a fellow
volunteer, Andrew …

EFA says Happy 50th Anniversary to Peace Corps
March 1, 2011 | Add Comment
EFA says Happy 50th Anniversary to Peace Corps

EFA International joins Peace Corps in celebrating the government agency’s 50th Anniversary today, commemorating when it was established by Executive Order on March 1, 1961. As an organization founded by returned Peace Corps Volunteers, currently …

EFA remembers Sargent Shriver, first director of the Peace Corps
January 18, 2011 | Add Comment
EFA remembers Sargent Shriver, first director of the Peace Corps

EFA International celebrates the life of Sargent Shriver, the man who brought JFK’s vision for the United States Peace Corps to life. He passed away today at the age of 95. It was through the …

US Secretary of State recognizes Peace Corps Cameroon
May 20, 2010 | Add Comment
US Secretary of State recognizes Peace Corps Cameroon

Reposted from FriendsofCameroon.org
Cameroon’s 50th Anniversary of Independence
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
May 19, 2010
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/05/142016.htm
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On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of Cameroon as you celebrate your fiftieth anniversary of …

EFA’s Spring Fundraisers Deliver Hope
May 15, 2010 | Add Comment
EFA’s Spring Fundraisers Deliver Hope

Nearly 100 Washington, D.C.-area residents gathered in the Eighteenth Street Lounge’s warmly lit Gold Room on the evening of April 29. Attendees were present for a fundraiser supporting Education Fights AIDS (EFA) International, a U.S.-based …