Showcasing Host Country Heroes This year, for Peace Corps Week’s Video Challenge, 40 Volunteers submitted videos highlighting their “Host Country Heroes” between December and February. The Office of Third Goal and Returned Volunteer Services and other headquarters staff selected the three top winners and two honorable mentions, weighted with YouTube views. The winners were announced during Peace Corps Week in March via Facebook.
1st Place: Cara Sandquist The Gambia Meet Haruna, an active member of his community who started a school from nothing. He transformed a community that was reluctant education would tamper with their cultural values to a community proud of the school they helped build. http://bit.ly/hostcountry1
2nd Place: Gabriella Ullauri Mozambique This video introduces a talented young artist who, despite his economic situation and distance from a large city, has learned to use art as a coping mechanism and a way of life. Through a combined need to pay for his materials and his desire to help others, he recently enrolled in physical therapy school. http://bit.ly/hostcountry2
3rd Place: Kyle King Ecuador The video is narrated as a letter written to King’s host family’s infant daughter, who died at just 3 months old. Through this letter, King demonstrates the strength and beauty of the Toapanta family and Ecuador. http://bit.ly/hostcountry3
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