DR Peace Corps Director Javier Garza Going to Bolivia
Submitted on Fri, 06/10/2005 - 04:01.
FQ News
Dear Friends,
My tenure as CD in the DR will end in mid July around the two year anniversary of my arrival on gorgeous Hispaniola. I feel both sadness--that I won't see my first group COS in November--and excitement about the future.
I have been asked to become the Country Director in Bolivia. I am grateful for the Director's expression of confidence in me. Bolivia is a post with great potential but with a hurtful Peace Corps past and a history of tumultuous political activity which continues today. It is a country where I lived and worked for nearly three years. My experience working with USAID, the American Embassy and with the public and private sectors in all of its geographic areas will be most useful in this assignment and was weighed when the Director asked me to take this assignment.
I leave the DR with fond memories. I will miss the staff and the volunteers who have served with all their hearts, with honesty and integrity; I am honored to have served in such a wonderful place. The people connected with Peace Corps in the DR exemplify the best spirit of America. I have learned from you. You have made my work here joyful and I am proud of you. Please continue la lucha for peace and understanding.
Hopefully, our paths will cross again.
Se cuidan. Take care of yourself, take care of each other and take care of this place.
All my best wishes.
Siempre,
Javier
Javier L. Garza
Country Director
Peace Corps--Dominican Republic
My tenure as CD in the DR will end in mid July around the two year anniversary of my arrival on gorgeous Hispaniola. I feel both sadness--that I won't see my first group COS in November--and excitement about the future.
I have been asked to become the Country Director in Bolivia. I am grateful for the Director's expression of confidence in me. Bolivia is a post with great potential but with a hurtful Peace Corps past and a history of tumultuous political activity which continues today. It is a country where I lived and worked for nearly three years. My experience working with USAID, the American Embassy and with the public and private sectors in all of its geographic areas will be most useful in this assignment and was weighed when the Director asked me to take this assignment.
I leave the DR with fond memories. I will miss the staff and the volunteers who have served with all their hearts, with honesty and integrity; I am honored to have served in such a wonderful place. The people connected with Peace Corps in the DR exemplify the best spirit of America. I have learned from you. You have made my work here joyful and I am proud of you. Please continue la lucha for peace and understanding.
Hopefully, our paths will cross again.
Se cuidan. Take care of yourself, take care of each other and take care of this place.
All my best wishes.
Siempre,
Javier
Javier L. Garza
Country Director
Peace Corps--Dominican Republic
