DRC/Zaire Curated List of YouTube Videos
Jim Herne has kindly collected and shared a trove of DRC/ Zaire YouTube videos that may be of interest to this group. They are sorted...
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Beth Duff-Brown
Feb 1
Born a Sin in Africa: Belgium's Lost Children
Born a Sin in Africa: Belgium’s Lost Children. Beth Duff-Brown, a member of our board who served in Kamponde, Kasai Occidental, from...
Jim Herne
Jan 26
My Path to the Peace Corps
My Path to the Peace Corps By Jim Herne RPCV Zaire, 1971-73 In the fall of 1968, I was a senior in college and like many of my classmates...
friendsofcongo
Nov 14, 2022
2022 Annual Fundraising Campaign!
Every year we raise funds so that we can continue to provide meaningful support to NGOs who are doing good work in DRC. In the past, we...
friendsofcongo
Oct 9, 2022
RPCV Board Openings
Dear former Peace Corps Volunteer in Zaire/Congo. One of our Board members is retiring and we would like to replace her position with two...
friendsofcongo
Oct 1, 2020
Congo Blog by Former Peace Corps Volunteer
One of our board members, Beth Duff-Brown, has returned to her Peace Corps post in Kasai Occidental three times since serving from...
Beth Duff-Brown
Jun 29, 2020
DR CONGO and COVID-19
This article is written by Peace Corps Friends of DR Board member Beth Duff-Brown, a veteran journalist and communications manager for...
Jim Herne
Apr 1, 2020
My Rwanda Volunteer Assignment – A Business Planning Seminar
By Jim Herne, April 2020 As someone who has spent a career in international development, and who has worked for two Farmer-To-Farmer...
Jim Herne
Jan 1, 2020
Return to Rwanda – What a Difference 30 Years Has Made!
By Jim Herne, January 2020 Between 1985 and 1990 I lived in Kigali, Rwanda, while I was managing the USAID funded Rwanda Private...
Jim Herne
Nov 15, 2017
Return to Kinshasa - My Volunteer Assignment
By Jim Herne Since retiring in late 2016 I have been contacting various organizations that implement “Farmer-to-Farmer” programs...
Jim Herne
Nov 1, 2017
Return to Kinshasa - Part 1
A return to Kinshasa – after more than 45 years… Jim Herne – PCV Congo/Zaïre ’71-‘73 Photo slide show of Jim's visit In July of 2017 I...
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