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Date: 27 Jun 2004
Time: 08:24 AM
I saw the name of Gerald Robillard who had passed away while serving in Zaire
1n 1974. I would like to share a story about Gerry. I did not serve with him,
but met him in 1972 while I traveled in Africa after my service in Southern
Africa. I was in Kisingani, Zaire for 2 weeks awaiting a river boat. Gerry was
a frequent visitor to George's Bar and Restaruant across from the Olympia Hotel
where I was staying. Gerry had a great gift of making people laugh with his
stories of the "Volkswagon drivin' Hippy Rebellion" back in Boston, and other
spirited tales of how he had come to Zaire. He encouraged our party to eat
George's "Kidney Pie" only to inform us later the kidneys had come from a
monkey. He loved his training time in Geneva, Switzerland. It was my impression
that it was the best time he had ever had in his life. Gerry spoke the most
Americanized French I have ever heard, and people of loved it! He was so sincere
in his ability to try to communicate with others. Gerry summed up his philosophy
of the Peace Corps like this, and I have never forgotten it: "I do what I
can to help; if everyone put just one bean in a pot, soon, nobody would go
hungry." That was Gerald Robillard.
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