Peace Corps Volunteer Sharon Loveman chatting with a neighbor in Trovolhue, Chile
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Peace Corps Volunteer Sharon Loveman worked with a community development project to help relocate and rebuild Trovolhue, which began experiencing annual flooding after the 1960 earthquake. As part of the project, Sharon taught home economics, taught the women in the three Centro de Madres how to can and preserve their fruits and vegetables and how to use sewing machines and patterns. Sharon also collaborated with a program initiated by the Director of the Regional hospital which trained health volunteers, establishing well-child clinics in Trovolhue and surrounding countryside, 1965/1968.