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I E S C
Of all the organizations in the United States that promote good will and cooperation between nations, it is the INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE SERVICE CORPS. (IESC). The IESC was organized more than 30 years ago. Its purpose was to make available U. S. experienced personnel to foreign countries that wanted help in a variety of fields, Agriculture, Education, Medicine, Industry, Banking and others.
There was no salary for the U.S. personnel. The company or client paid the costs of travel and per-deim for the volunteer and spouse. Often the tour of duty was for 30 or 60 days. The United States Government, thru the Agency for International Development, occasionally would cooperate with the program if it involved a project that was of national interest. Rotary International coordinated some of its projects with IESC. A recent news letter from IESC, Sept 1991 reported over 12C volunteers in 39 countries.
Thru the encouragement of a friend, Harvey Brewbaker, I placed an application with IESC. I received only an acknowledgement from the New York office that they had received the application and that it would be placed on file.
In November of 1974 I got my first call from New York. "JIM: JIM: where are you?" Verna was calling from in the house. "You have a telephone call from New York." I crawled from under the house where I had been cleaning a drain, and make a run for the telephone. I watch Verna cringe as I cross the dining room floor with my muddy shoes. "Hello", the answer comes in a strong authoritative voice. "Mr. Metzger, this is Fred Woodworth, I am the recruiter for the International Executive Service Corp. (IESC). We have a client in Cali, Colombia, S.A. who is asking for an Irrigation Specialist to design and help construct an irrigation system on two plantations. If you are interested give me a call tomorrow."
The request came as a surprise, Verna and I talked it over and decided that it might be a great experience and so we called Fred Woodworth and asked for more information. In a few days we received a letter. The request was from CITROS DEL VALLE LTD. a family-owned corporation that had an orange and banana plantation.
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