Heading to the Peace Corps in Mongolia

Unfulfilled working in corporate law, I applied to the United States Peace Corps and chose to volunteer in the Community Youth Development sector in the Asia region. I wanted to give back on the level that I could understand, in the area of women and children. I was accepted into the Peace Corps and assigned to Mongolia. There I implemented a number of capacity building and sustainability programs. I mentored two orphans who have since earned full college scholarships. I wrote grant proposals for several programs, including construction of a sports field for an orphanage, organized a community-wide sports tournament, established a women's sewing cooperative, and an Information Technology vocational training program. You can read about my experience and my in-country travel through Mongolia at: http://yoomiehuynh-peacecorps.blogspot.com/