{"id":90392,"date":"2020-04-15T12:54:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T16:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=90392"},"modified":"2020-04-15T13:07:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:07:11","slug":"evacuated-peace-corps-volunteer-vows-to-continue-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/15\/evacuated-peace-corps-volunteer-vows-to-continue-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteer Vows to Continue Global Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Peace Corps volunteer Sebrine Abdulkadir \u201919, posted in the southern African country of Botswana, the upheaval happened fast.<\/p>\n<p>On a Monday morning in mid-March, she received an email saying she and other Peace Corps volunteers worldwide would be evacuated from their posts because of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90393\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"90393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/15\/evacuated-peace-corps-volunteer-vows-to-continue-service\/returned-peace-corps_abdulkadir-pic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/Returned-Peace-Corps_Abdulkadir-pic.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Returned Peace Corps_Abdulkadir pic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;At their swearing-in ceremony last summer, Sebrine Abdulkadir, left, and fellow Peace Corps volunteers wear clothing handmade from traditional Botswanan fabrics.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/Returned-Peace-Corps_Abdulkadir-pic-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/Returned-Peace-Corps_Abdulkadir-pic.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-90393 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/Returned-Peace-Corps_Abdulkadir-pic-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"At their swearing-in ceremony last summer, Sebrine Abdulkadir, left, and fellow Peace Corps volunteers wear clothing handmade from traditional Botswanan fabrics.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/Returned-Peace-Corps_Abdulkadir-pic-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/Returned-Peace-Corps_Abdulkadir-pic-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/Returned-Peace-Corps_Abdulkadir-pic-680x453.jpeg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/Returned-Peace-Corps_Abdulkadir-pic-600x400.jpeg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/04\/Returned-Peace-Corps_Abdulkadir-pic.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At their swearing-in ceremony last summer, Sebrine Abdulkadir, left, and fellow Peace Corps volunteers wear clothing handmade from traditional Botswanan fabrics. Abdulkadir&#8217;s service was cut short when the Peace Corps evacuated volunteers due to coronavirus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In three hours Abdulkadir packed what possessions she could from her house in the village of Good Hope, near the South African border. She left other belongings in the care of colleagues who had worked with her on projects to educate young people about HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>By Monday evening, she was on her way to Botswana\u2019s capital, Gaborone. And Wednesday morning she began her journey home, flying through South Africa and the United Arab Emirates before arriving in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t really believe it till I was walking onto the plane,\u201d Abdulkadir said. \u201cIt was stressful. I didn\u2019t really have the chance to say goodbye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a two-week quarantine upon returning to the United States, Abdulkadir has joined her mother and 7-year-old brother at home in Alexandria, Virginia. From her independent adult life and her own house in Botswana, the 22-year-old finds herself once again under a parent\u2019s roof and contemplating her next steps.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulkadir was one of America\u2019s 7,300 Peace Corps volunteers being reclassified as having completed their service. That number includes a dozen from UMW, which ranks No. 7 among top-producing colleges and universities with fewer than 5,000 students.<\/p>\n<p>Being sent home is a dramatic change, but Jose Sainz, director of UMW\u2019s Center for International Education and an associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, said the Peace Corps organization has a history of supporting its returned volunteers and lobbying for them in the halls of power.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still unclear whether volunteers will ever return to their specific postings, but the Peace Corps has indicated that they may be able to reapply at some point.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90283\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"90283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/02\/26\/umw-goes-global-as-peace-corps-top-producer\/photo-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1227,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"photo 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Amal Hajjami (center), on the day she was sworn in as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. The 2019 alumna, who had only been in the country a few months, is among the 12 UMW graduates in the Peace Corps who had to be evacuated due to the coronavirus threat. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3-230x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3-785x1024.jpeg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3-230x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Amal Hajjami (center), on the day she was sworn in as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, with Btissam Errifai (left), director of a local women's center where Hajjami works, and Zineb El Hani Provental (right), director of the Peace Corps' Youth in Development program in Morocco. Hajjami will spend the next two years teaching English, Spanish and life skills to Moroccan women and youth, and also teaches preschool at the women's center.\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3-230x300.jpeg 230w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3-785x1024.jpeg 785w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3-768x1001.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3-1178x1536.jpeg 1178w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3-874x1140.jpeg 874w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3-460x600.jpeg 460w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/photo-3.jpeg 1227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amal Hajjami (center), on the day she was sworn in as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco. The 2019 alumna, who had only been in the country a few months, is among the 12 UMW graduates in the Peace Corps who had to be evacuated due to the coronavirus threat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Sainz is confident the Peace Corps, which he called \u201ca landmark of foreign diplomacy,\u201d will continue its long tradition of service once the pandemic subsides. \u201cI think this will be remembered as a hiccup, a bump in the road,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As for the UMW volunteers, Sainz predicted that at least in the short term their desire to serve could lead to similar work in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s an avenue Abdulkadir is considering. She\u2019s inquiring about stateside jobs and also looking into master\u2019s degree programs in international relations.<\/p>\n<p>One reason she chose UMW, she said, was its reputation for producing Peace Corps volunteers. A total of 270 alumni have joined the Peace Corps since its 1961 inception.<\/p>\n<p>At Mary Washington, Abdulkadir majored in international affairs with a social justice minor and spent a semester studying abroad in Cannes, France. She graduated last May and started her Peace Corps service in late summer. She\u2019s conversational in both French and, thanks to her Ethiopian roots, Amharic \u2013 though Botswana\u2019s official language is English.<\/p>\n<p>While she\u2019s sorry not to have served longer in Botswana, Abdulkadir is philosophical about why the Peace Corps brought its volunteers home and understands that it was for everyone\u2019s safety. But she\u2019s also confident that an international career is in her future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the idea of going to Africa, of volunteering or making some other positive contribution to society,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is not going to be the end of my international experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Peace Corps volunteer Sebrine Abdulkadir \u201919, posted in the southern African country of Botswana, the upheaval happened fast. On a Monday morning in mid-March, she received an email saying she and other Peace Corps volunteers worldwide would be evacuated from their posts because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In three hours Abdulkadir packed what possessions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":90394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[751,801,13168],"topics":[5147],"class_list":{"0":"post-90392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-international-education","9":"tag-jsainz","10":"tag-peace-corps","11":"topic-service-citizenship","12":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteer Vows to Continue Global Service - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/15\/evacuated-peace-corps-volunteer-vows-to-continue-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evacuated Peace Corps Volunteer Vows to Continue Global Service\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For Peace Corps volunteer Sebrine Abdulkadir \u201919, posted in the southern African country of Botswana, the upheaval happened fast. 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