Bring the World Home on 'Olelo Community Television
40 Country Episodes: Albania, Armenia, Belize, Bolivia (2), Bulgaria, Dominican Republic, Ecuador (2), Gabon (3), Ghana (2), Guatemala (2), Honduras (2), Jamaica (2), Kazakhstan (2), Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho (4), Liberia (2), Malawi, Malaysia (2), Mali (2), Mariana Is. (2), Micronesia (Yap), Morocco (3), Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Panama (2), Paraguay, Philippines (5), Poland, Russia, Samoa (4), Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands (3), Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Thailand (3), Tonga (2), Vanuatu, and Venezuela.
About Our ProductionBring the World Home serves to fulfill the third goal of the Peace Corps, to educate Americans about the other countries in which volunteers have served. Volunteers are interviewed about their 2 year volunteer service, which includes talking about the people, culture, life overseas, working conditions, the work accomplished and how these experiences have changed them.Each show requires assistance from up to 10 volunteers who comprise the production team, approximately 80 hours of volunteer time are required per taping. The project is in its 8th year of production, since its conception in 2002 more than 77 episodes (37 hours) have aired involving the dedication of more than 1000 volunteer hours. Each program airs a minimum of 4 times, and as many as 8 if used to fill alternative time slots.Production tapings are at the Mapunapuna Station of 'Olelo Community Television. If you would like to participate as a crew or invited guest, contact Linda Chock.Hosts: Chip Uehara-Tilton, Kim Biggs, Rosemary Casey, Joe Zuiker, Jim Carr, Linda Chock, Rich Pezzulo, Mary Roblee, Doug Long, Deborah Ball, Betty ComptonProducers: Doug Long, Mary Roblee, Linda ChockDirectors: Bonnie Murakami, Doug LongResourcesReturned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection: Oral History InterviewsAn Inventory of Interviews at the John F. Kennedy Library National Archives and Records AdministrationEpisode Archive
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Hawai`i, PO Box 11652, Honolulu, HI 96828. Tel: 808 216-3518The Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Hawai`i, Inc is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit and registered domestic non-profit organization in the State of Hawai'i.