Group XVIII description
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| Nigeria Group XVIII | |
 FON.org | |
| Group description: | Teachers |
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| Service years: | 1965 - 1967 |
| Number of volunteers : | number |
| Trained at : | UCLA |
| Science & Language teachers in Eastern Region | |
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Our group was great.
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Training
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) August-December 1965.
Here is the training directory, courtesy of Dave Cohen (since deceased): Nigeria 18 Training Directory
Service
We served mostly as science and language teachers in high schools in the Eastern Region of Nigeria.
Service Started
Arrived Lagos Airport January 7, 1966.
Service Events
What was going on.
Service Ended
Our service ended when Group XVIII was evacuated from Port Harcourt in an Italian cargo ship M.V. Isonzo in late July 1967 at the order of the military government of the Republic of Biafra (the secessionist former Eastern Region of Nigeria). Biafra was recognized by 5 small countries but never by any major power.
