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How To Create Your Own Peace Corps AI Assistant

by Jim Damico

Learn how to create your own AI assistant using NotebookLM to organize Peace Corps materials, find answers fast, and streamline your service experience.

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Peace Corps Armenia trainees doing their practicum teaching at our school - picture of our 3rd grade students reading from a textbook
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Look Inside: Education Trainees’ Successful Practicum Week

by Jim Damico

Explore a week of triumphs as Peace Corps trainees shine in their TEFL practicum at a rural Armenian school. Discover their impactful journey!

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Armenia / Blog

Armenian Genocide Museum: Loss, Survival & Sharing the Story

by Jim Damico

Discover the solemn history at the Armenian Genocide Museum in Yerevan. Join us on a guided tour and learn from a PhD researcher’s insights.

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Blog / Thailand

Peace Corps Thailand 126 Swearing-In Ceremony was Awesome!

by Jim Damico

March 19th was our swearing-in ceremony where I became a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand for the next 2 years. The ceremony was covered by the local news.

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Blog / Thailand

Bang Yai Families Threw Us a Going Away Party

by Jim Damico

All the host families in Bang Yai threw a Going Away party for the volunteers that they hosted for the last 8-weeks. Fun but sad too because of the goodbyes.

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Blog / Thailand

A beautiful song to our teachers and the PC staff

by Jim Damico

Carter wrote a beautiful song that group 126 sang to our language teachers, the PC staff and the managers for all they have done for us during our Training.

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Blog / Thailand

My Site Assignment is in North Central Thailand

by Jim Damico

We found out where we are being sent for the next two years. My site assignment is in Chaiyaphum in north-central Thailand.

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Blog / Thailand

Went to see the 800-year-old Wat Pa Temple in Suphanburi

by Jim Damico

My host family took me, Kailei, Angela and Lydia to Wat Pa temple, an old temple in Suphan Buri, The locals call it “Wat Pa”, which means to Temple of Forest.

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Blog / Thailand

“Fun in the Classroom” Teacher Training Camp

by Jim Damico

Peace Corps Thailand Group 126 TCCS volunteers put on “Fun in the Classroom” Teacher Training Camp for about 100 local English teachers at Wat Dao School.

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Blog / Thailand

Awesome Day Trip to Bangkok

by Jim Damico

We took a day trip to Bangkok to test out our language skills on the transportation systems of Thailand and to visit the PC headquarters. We all loved it!

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