The professional attributes that you plan to use, and what aspirations you hope to fulfill, during your Peace Corps service.
During my service I plan to
be extremely cooperative, open, accepting and caring towards my
community and the people I serve. I hope that through these traits I
will gain their trust so that, together, we can make the most
progress possible during my stay in Suriname. I hope to be reminded
through everyday encounters, success, and disappointments of the
reasons I wanted to be a part of the Peace Corps. I hope to return to
the United States after my service with a love and understanding for
a country and its citizens once unknown to me.
Your strategies for working effectively with host country partners to meet expressed needs.
I plan to be as approachable
and cordial as possible. I will strive to be patient and to listen
more than I speak. I want the members of my community to view me as
understanding, compassionate, and trustworthy. Through these traits,
I believe, that the Surinamese people I serve will feel confident in
my motives for living and working with them. Mutual understanding and
goals are key when working towards any change, and I hope that the
people of my community will feel comfortable expressing their
concerns and disagreements with me in order to make needed
adjustments and changes.
Your strategies for adapting to a new culture with respect to your own cultural background.
I know that life in Suriname
will be quite different from life in the U.S., however, I do not
foresee much difficulty in my adjustment. I am a versatile person and
I am extremely interested in different cultures. I lived abroad in
the past, so I know that many changes await me in Suriname. I hope
that by being patient with myself and those around me, as well as
maintaining my sense of humor, I will be better able to integrate
into my community. A different way of life is one of the many
benefits of Peace Corps service, and I hope to fully embrace the
opportunity I have been given to experience life in a completely new
way.
The skills and knowledge you hope to gain during pre-service training to best serve your future community and project.
During pre-service training,
I hope to gain a great deal of knowledge about the people, cultures,
and aspirations of Suriname. I hope to spend time talking with
community officials, educators, and citizens to gain as much
perspective as possible on the health and sanitation needs in their
country and communities. I plan to be educated in Dutch as well as my
local language, and to work hard at memorizing and speaking them so
that I may be as helpful as possible towards the betterment of my
community and the lives of its citizens. I also plan to gain the
technical knowledge and skills necessary to fulfill my position as
completely as possible.
How you think Peace Corps service will influence your personal and professional aspirations after your service ends.
I believe I will return from
service a more patient person with a new confidence and fervor for
meeting new challenges both in my personal or professional life. I
hope that I return with a deeper understanding of the needs of the
world and the ways in which compassionate listening and understanding
can not only dispel myths and break down the barriers of
ethnocentrism, but can, and will, change the lives of both the served
and the servant.
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