RPCV (Returned Peace Corps Volunteer) LINDA ROBINSON is from Maryland. As a non-traditional volunteer, she is the mother of Tanea and Ricardo, and grandmother of four. Linda currently works as a Medical Librarian.

With a background in public health, Linda served in Peace Corps Senegal's Health Program from 1995-1997. Her 2 1/2 year tour was an exciting and productive one while assigned to the District Hospital's Public Health Education Office in Thies, Senegal. In the city of Thies and surrounding villages she participated in the following Health Education activities:

As a secondary project, she became interested in the condition of people with albinism. Subsequently, the *ALBINISM HEALTH PROJECT was started. She is co-founder of L'Association Nationale des Albinos du Senegal (National Association of Albinos of Senegal). Ms Robinson wrote a proposal which was funded for the construction of a community center. This center now houses literacy classes and health services to children with albinism and residents in the surrounding community. What is albinism?

At the dedication ceremony for the center, U.S. Congressman Donald Payne (NJ) and Congressman Tom Campbell (CA) were in attendance. Family members of L'ANAS named the center Robinson House Community Center for Albinos, in her honor. Her work has been featured in the Washington Afro-American Newspaper Fifty magazine, AARP's Modern Maturity Magazine, Peace Corps Online, and ELLE Magazine (Fr.)

To top off her memorable Peace Corps experience, Oprah Winfrey flew Linda from Senegal to Chicago as a guest on her Mother's Day Show. Since returning to the U.S., she has established the Friends of L"ANAS Committee which collects and ships sunscreen lotion, caps and sunglasses to the children of L'ANAS.

Linda's Travelblog, 2008

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