August 30, 2011 was the 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps worldwide and the 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps in Ghana. Ghana was the first country to welcome Peace Corps volunteers and as we like to say here, Peace Corps was born in America but learned to walk in Ghana.
On August 30th, Ambassador Teitelbaum welcomed Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) from the last 50 years, current Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs), Peace Corps Trainees (PCTs), Peace Corps Staff and Ghanaians who had been effected by a PCV over the years. At the event the Ambassador swore in 70+ new Peace Corps Volunteers and celebrated the 50 years of uninterrupted service of the Peace Corps Volunteers in Ghana.
The event was a capstone to events planned by a committee of Volunteers and staff. The highlight of the committees efforts was unveiled at the ceremony, a new Kente clothe to hang in the Peace Corps office. The Kente was donated by staff and volunteers and will hang at the mission to mark the friendship between our two countries.
I am happy that I worked on the product development committee and that the PCVs who wanted products to commemorate the 50th Anniversary were able to purchase them and that the communities that were chosen to make the products were able to make a little more money because of this event. The event was a lot of work and turned out to be a huge success and I am glad that I stayed to see it through but it could not have been done without the other PCVs who worked on it before they finished their time here. Your hard work showed in the finished product!
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