WorldView Magazine: Georgia

Annie Eng: One month into work in Georgia, I was evacuated.

Annie Eng Peace Corps Volunteer in Georgia (2020) | Peace Corps Virtual Service Pilot Program (2020–21)   As told to Sarah Steindl   Illustration courtesy Work by For Better Future, a Georgian NGO, whose projects include supporting women entrepreneurs.   I had a friend in Ukraine who was a two-year Volunteer, and seeing all he was doing there inspired me. One day, I was browsing and saw Peace Corps Response Service. I took a one-year leave of absence from my job in New York, and I arrived in Georgia in February 2020. I went through orientation, then headed to work with...