Laurette Bennhold-Samaan in Samos, Greece: Working with Refugees
Laurette Bennhold-Samaan started working at the Peace Corps in 1995 as the first Cross-Cultural Specialist with the Peace Corps and pioneered mandatory state-of-the-art cross-cultural training for all Volunteers and Staff in more than 90 countries. After her Peace Corps years, she went to work for the World Bank, and then for several cross-cultural firms until very recently when she found herself out-of-work. This is Laurette’s very new blog that is telling us what she is doing now, and I thought you might all find it interesting. Note: JC Your job is over…. But your work has just begun Hearing the words, “your job is over” from my current employer went over like a lead balloon. Then, after 3 long and arduous months of job searching, I realized that I needed to change directions. I needed to take advantage of the time “off” in between jobs and do something that I have always wanted . . .
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An uplifting narration, despite the sad circumstances. Thank you, Laurette; thank you, John.