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Jill Vickers

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Written by John Dwyer

Jill Vickers is a producer of film documentaries and also a former Peace Corps Volunteer. Jill was a member of a Peace Corps female vaccination teams in the late 1960’s in Afghanistan. The women traveled throughout the country working with Afghan male vaccinators on a small pox vaccination program done in conjunction with the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO). Jill produced a deeply interesting and evocative documentary, “Once in Afghanistan”, a film in which she interviews many of the women who served on the pioneering and very effective teams. More information is available at:
www.dirtroaddocumentaries.com