HDFS alum is longtime volunteer with Peace Corps
COH alum Sean Morrow, ’07, demonstrates his commitment to world peace by serving with Peace Corps/The Gambia. He previously served in Ethiopia from 2016 to 2018, then in The Gambia from 2019 to 2020, where his service finished early due to COVID-19 evacuations. He then volunteered for a U.S. deployment through Peace Corps in 2021 to assist with domestic COVID-19 efforts. He returned to The Gambia in 2022.
“I am a health facilitator for a small community in The Gambia. In my area, we work on projects such as tracking underweight children, nutrition, malaria, deworming, and schistosomiasis campaigns,” he says. “This is a community built on farming and cattle. My counterparts and I work to educate the young and old about preventive measures they can take as well as help identify services available to the community.”
Sean earned a bachelor’s degree in human development and family sciences and calls Portland home.
Peace Corps volunteers serve in more than 60 countries around the world. It has a 57-year partnership with The Gambian people, and since 1967, more than 2,100 Peace Corps volunteers have served in The Gambia. Anyone interested in applying to serve in the Peace Corps should visit Preparing to Apply for information.