Slava ukraini! heroyam slava!
From 2019-2020, I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the incredible country of Ukraine.
While I was anticipating on spending two-plus years in Eastern Europe, my plans changed when COVID struck and Peace Corps evacuated all of its volunteers, world-wide.
Prior to evacuation, I spent time training in Zhytomyr, living in Khmelnytskyi and working at Gymnasium No. 2 as a TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) teacher to secondary school students.
Regardless, the time I did get to spend in Ukraine was amazing, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
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my peace corps packing list
Here’s everything I packed for a 27-month stint in Ukraine.
UKRAINIAN CULTURE
Looking for the posts about Ukrainian food, culture quirks, holiday traditions and more? Those are here!
PEACE CORPS: THE PROGRAM + WORK
Wondering what conferences I attended, what language immersion was like, what my work responsibilities were and what all the acronyms I use mean? These posts will help!
UKRAINE OFF-THE-CLOCK!
From concerts to in-country weekend trips to birthday celebrations: Here’s all the non-work-related stuff I did in Ukraine!
