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- Peace Corps Equity Act Would Rightly Give Corps Volunteers Access to Total ... - PolicyMic
[?]Peace Corps Equity Act Would Rightly Give Corps Volunteers Access to Total ...
PolicyMic
Sadly, even the Peace Corps has been guilty of a "blame the victim culture," according to an ABC 20/20 report on the murder of a female volunteer while serving in Benin. While the Peace Corps did pass stricter protocols on addressing and responding to ...- If Military Covers Abortion After Rape, Why Not The Peace Corps? - NPR (blog)
[?]If Military Covers Abortion After Rape, Why Not The Peace Corps?
NPR (blog)
The same year, Congress passed the Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act, named for a volunteer who was murdered while serving in Benin. The act, which called for more transparency and better treatment of sexual violence victims, came soon ...
and more »- How Not To Destroy Your Marriage - Nigerian Observer
[?]How Not To Destroy Your Marriage
Nigerian Observer
He made this assertion while receiving the commandant and officers of the Peace Corps of Nigerian who paid him a courtesy call in Benin City. Chief Obasogie noted that since the Police Commissioner assumption of duty, kidnapping for ransom has reduced ...
and more »- 14 WITH TIES TO SDSU GET FULBRIGHT AWARDS - U-T San Diego
[?]14 WITH TIES TO SDSU GET FULBRIGHT AWARDS
U-T San Diego
Jessica Antonel, a degree candidate in the Graduate School of Public Health, will use techniques developed during her Peace Corps experience in Cameroon to conduct air quality assessments in the tiny African country of Benin. ? Ryan Driscoll, who ...- Q & A: Zillow's Stan Humphries on homes values, interest rates and the lack of ... - Boston Business Journal (blog)
[?]Q & A: Zillow's Stan Humphries on homes values, interest rates and the lack of ...
Boston Business Journal (blog)
The former Peace Corps volunteer who taught high school in the West African country of Benin, talked with real estate editor Thomas Grillo about where the market is headed, why home sales have fallen and what the lack of inventory means. BBJ: Where are ...
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- Waukesha Native Makes Peace Corps Commitment - Patch.com
[?]Waukesha Native Makes Peace Corps Commitment
Patch.com
A Waukesha South graduate plans to put her experiences at UW-Madison to work for the Peace Corps, as she leaves for a two-year assignment in Cameroon. Caroline Reddy, 23, departs for Cameroon on Wednesday to begin training as a community ...- Erich Lange Invited to Join the Peace Corps - ReadMedia (press release)
[?]Erich Lange Invited to Join the Peace Corps
ReadMedia (press release)
In September, he will leave for Cameroon to serve as a youth development coordinator with the Peace Corps. Initial details are sparse. Lange says, "You have to really be willing to go anywhere, and do anything that your education and personality have ...- Michigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation - Michigan Tech News
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Michigan Tech NewsMichigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation
Michigan Tech News
Michigan Tech Peace Corps Master's International student Mary Snyder helps villagers in Cameroon weed peanuts. Printable version. May 7, 2013?. Michigan Technological University ranks as the top Peace Corps Master's International (PCMI) university ...
and more »- Peace Corps Volunteers Celebrate Global Youth Service Day - AllAfrica.com
[?]Peace Corps Volunteers Celebrate Global Youth Service Day
AllAfrica.com
Peace Corps volunteer Shaun Willis is spearheading the "Youth in Action Against Child Trafficking and Exploitation" initiative with fellow volunteers in Cameroon. Once funded, this nationwide sensitization campaign will build awareness and train ...
and more »- 14 WITH TIES TO SDSU GET FULBRIGHT AWARDS - U-T San Diego
[?]14 WITH TIES TO SDSU GET FULBRIGHT AWARDS
U-T San Diego
Jessica Antonel, a degree candidate in the Graduate School of Public Health, will use techniques developed during her Peace Corps experience in Cameroon to conduct air quality assessments in the tiny African country of Benin. ? Ryan Driscoll, who ...- Former Brewster teacher wins Presidential citizens award - Quad City Herald
[?]Former Brewster teacher wins Presidential citizens award
Quad City Herald
Lehrman came to the United States with a bachelor's degree, proficiency in English and French, and an American husband she had met when he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon. They moved to a small town in Washington State - Brewster - where ...- Safety Net - Baltimore Magazine
[?]Safety Net
Baltimore Magazine
It wasn't that the boys didn't possess skills?they'd grown up playing pick-up soccer in war-torn Iraqi cities and Congolese villages, in Nepal, Eritrea, and Cameroon, as well as Ugandan and Ethiopian refugee camps. And they badly wanted to prove ...- Junior Fellows enjoy virtual tour of the world - Huntsville Item
[?]Junior Fellows enjoy virtual tour of the world
Huntsville Item
Ambassador Hill may not be known the world over in the same way that Hillary Clinton is, but he knows the world like few others, a product of being the son of a diplomat, experiencing a stint in the Peace Corps in Cameroon, and serving for more than ...- Lovely day in Africa - Baltimore Post-Examiner
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Baltimore Post-ExaminerLovely day in Africa
Baltimore Post-Examiner
He had been in the Peace Corps in Colombia and was a radical revolutionary at heart. He walked with a limp from a motorcycle .... After that, she took her glider to Mount Cameroon, and jumped off of there. She landed in some small village, and all the ...
- 10 Health Peace Corps Volunteers Sworn-in - AllAfrica.com
[?]10 Health Peace Corps Volunteers Sworn-in
AllAfrica.com
The ambassador of the United States of America to The Gambia, Edward M. Alford, said the volunteers' work will positively contribute to the health sector of the country, and its socio-economic development in general. He urged the volunteers to remember ...- Cashew Fruit Cook Book Published - AllAfrica.com
[?]Cashew Fruit Cook Book Published
AllAfrica.com
Dr. Bilal Robinson, an American who has been residing in The Gambia since 2000 has published a book, entitled the original cashew fruit cook book, with 45 ways to cook cashew fruit. "This is the first cashew fruit book ever produced that uses a cashew ...- Taking sustainable, organic to new level - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
[?]Taking sustainable, organic to new level
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
They met in college, served in the Peace Corps in The Gambia, West Africa and worked for a year in Costa Rica. Kaiser is a proselyte for no-till agriculture. ?The Department of Agriculture says 31 percent of greenhouse gases come from agriculture,? he ...- Austin College Commencement Celebration Nearing - KXII-TV
[?]Austin College Commencement Celebration Nearing
KXII-TV
Additionally, she served as a board member of the National Peace Corps Association, on the steering committee for the U.S. Coalition for Child Survival, and was founder of Special Olympics in The Gambia. A graduate of Boston University, she holds a ...
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- CSUN Ranks No. 3 on Peace Corps' List of Hispanic-Serving Institutions - SCVNEWS.com
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SCVNEWS.comCSUN Ranks No. 3 on Peace Corps' List of Hispanic-Serving Institutions
SCVNEWS.com
Joshua Josa, who graduated from CSUN in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in deaf studies, recently returned from his Peace Corps service in Kenya. Josa, who is deaf, said the knowledge he gained at Cal State Northridge influenced his time in Africa, where ...- PLEASANT HILL RAMBLINGS: Neilson in concert May 31 - Crossville Chronicle
[?]PLEASANT HILL RAMBLINGS: Neilson in concert May 31
Crossville Chronicle
Continuing his interest in international affairs, Neilson accepted a position in Kenya, where he worked as a rural development consultant and training director for the Peace Corps. From there it was a short hop to Somalia with the United Nations High ...- Love and brutality swirl in 'Waafrika' - MiamiHerald.com
[?]Love and brutality swirl in 'Waafrika'
MiamiHerald.com
Fort Lauderdale's Thinking Cap Theatre has just opened its bold production of Waafrika, a shattering and shocking play centered on the relationship of a lesbian couple in Kenya in 1992. Then-president Daniel arap Moi declared homosexual acts a crime ...- Arundel High graduates reflect on 'best years of life' - CapitalGazette.com
[?]Arundel High graduates reflect on 'best years of life'
CapitalGazette.com
Arundel High seniors Jordan Luber and Aashi Parikh lead the school's Interact Club in a virtual book discussion with students at Kenya Connect Learning Resource Center in Wamunyu, Kenya. The two schools read "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" by ...- Former Recyclebank Executive Preston Read Joins Earth911, Inc. Advisory Board - Marketwire (press release)
[?]Former Recyclebank Executive Preston Read Joins Earth911, Inc. Advisory Board
Marketwire (press release)
Read's noteworthy career in the environmental services industry spans 25 years, from his first assignment as a Peace Corps Renewable Energy Extension Officer in Kenya in the mid-80s to his most recent position, as Senior Vice President, Government ...- Michigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation - Michigan Tech News
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Michigan Tech NewsMichigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation
Michigan Tech News
With 35 PCMI graduate students currently serving as Peace Corps Volunteers, Michigan Tech has earned the top spot in the 2013 rankings of PCMI and Paul D. Coverdell Fellows graduate schools. Tulane University placed ... today's global job market ...
and more »- 'Appropriate' Technology - Inside Higher Ed
[?]'Appropriate' Technology
Inside Higher Ed
My time in Kenya introduced me to many Peace Corps volunteers. The Peace Corps operates under the principle of appropriate technology ? loosely defined as technology that is locally affordable with locally made/maintained tools that greatly reduce ...- Vacations with a payoff - Chicago Tribune
[?]Vacations with a payoff
Chicago Tribune
Solar systems and salsa: Last year Next Step Travel, a department of the National Peace Corps Association, introduced volunteer vacations to Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. The association is a kind of alumni organization in the Peace Corps ...
and more »- Harvesting a future for mangoes and their African growers - Philly.com
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Philly.comHarvesting a future for mangoes and their African growers
Philly.com
It was at the height of the mango season in west Kenya that Phil Hughes saw a way to bend the future. He was a Peace Corps volunteer at the time, 10 years ago. And the mangoes were, well, awesome - creamily lush and sweet, a variety called Ngowe, ...- Transcript of Jimmy Carter's Speech and Q&A Session - Lafayette College Campus News
[?]Transcript of Jimmy Carter's Speech and Q&A Session
Lafayette College Campus News
I briefly worked in Washington before joining the Peace Corps in Malaysia. In my village, I met a palm-reader. He said .... He said, ?He's also got a Ph.D. from Harvard University and he's been a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia,? and I began to feel ...
- Theroux returns to Africa and leaves disillusioned - STLtoday.com
[?]Theroux returns to Africa and leaves disillusioned
STLtoday.com
Nevertheless, Theroux still feels the attraction of the continent, where 50 years ago he began a lifetime of travel as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi. He writes: ?The enormous empty sky over the Kaokoveld Desert eased my mind with the prospect of ...- Peace Corps honors UTSA as top 10 volunteer-producing Hispanic Serving ... - UTSA Today
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UTSA TodayPeace Corps honors UTSA as top 10 volunteer-producing Hispanic Serving ...
UTSA Today
Ten UTSA alumni currently are serving as Peace Corps volunteers in Armenia, Malawi, Morocco, Nicaragua, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Ukraine and Zambia. A total of 75 UTSA alumni have served in the Peace Corps since 1961. "I congratulate these ...
and more »- Author Paul Theroux on his final African journey - USA TODAY
[?]Author Paul Theroux on his final African journey
USA TODAY
... The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27), he writes about one last sentimental journey through the continent that has captured his heart ever since he arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi in ...- Getting ready for Malawi - Enterprise News (blog)
[?]Getting ready for Malawi
Enterprise News (blog)
This past week marked the final training sessions for a whole new group of Peace Corps volunteers coming to Malawi. They will begin their two year stint working in either health or environment jobs. Some of us were asked to meet with the new group to ...- A Somewhat Recent Grad on Wisdom - Huffington Post (blog)
[?]A Somewhat Recent Grad on Wisdom
Huffington Post (blog)
This isn't another article by a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer that is trying to persuade people in search of a change to join. I find those rather trite. Instead, it's some thoughts building on Arianna's speech, which I think planted many seeds in ...- The constant traveler revisits Africa - MiamiHerald.com
[?]The constant traveler revisits Africa
MiamiHerald.com
He teases us with the notion that this might be his ?valedictory trip,? time to take stock on the continent where he was a Peace Corps worker in 1963, in Malawi, and where he began writing. If this book is proof, age has not slowed Theroux or ...- Three college graduates set to join Peace Corps - Fox11online.com
[?]Three college graduates set to join Peace Corps
Fox11online.com
Kaylee will also be in Africa, in the country of Malawi. That in the southern part of the continent. She'll be teaching secondary education. "I think I've always been really interested in traveling and learning for other cultures... so the Peace Corps ...- Dave Bakke: Megan makes move for Mars mission - The State Journal-Register
[?]Dave Bakke: Megan makes move for Mars mission
The State Journal-Register
After graduation, she joined the Peace Corps and served in Malawi. With a little luck and support from people like you, Megan Kane could get her wish. She could spend the rest of her life on Mars. No joke. It's for real. Megan has applied to be on the ...- Global Health Service Corps changes name to Seed Global Health - pharmabiz.com
[?]Global Health Service Corps changes name to Seed Global Health
pharmabiz.com
?Our name is changing, but not our innovative public-private partnership with the Peace Corps, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) ? the Global Health Service Partnership (GHSP)- and the countries where we work. We are extremely ...- Book review: 'The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari' by ... - Washington Post
[?]Book review: 'The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari' by ...
Washington Post
Returning to Africa, that ?kingdom of light? where he spent the happiest years of his life as a Peace Corps worker in Malawi and Uganda, he does what he has never done before: travel up the little-known west coast, from Cape Town toward Timbuktu. This ...
- Peace Corps volunteers extend malaria efforts across Africa - The Hill (blog)
[?]Peace Corps volunteers extend malaria efforts across Africa
The Hill (blog)
This week marked World Malaria Day and the second anniversary of a remarkable effort to engage 3,000 Peace Corps volunteers across Africa in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease that kills 600,000 people a year, typically the most vulnerable ...
and more »- Institutionalized harassment of women - Jerusalem Post
[?]Institutionalized harassment of women
Jerusalem Post
According to the article, ?Jessica Gregg, who was drugged and sexually assaulted in 2007 in Mozambique, said a Peace Corps medical officer 'made me write in my testimony that I was intoxicated' and suggested that 'I willingly had sex with this guy ...- Peace Corps volunteer works with gender equality program - Westwood Press
[?]Peace Corps volunteer works with gender equality program
Westwood Press
This is definitely a different type of development work than someone who is building a latrine in Mozambique, but it is still incredibly important, and despite the number of frustrations surrounding such development work, I am incredibly grateful for ...
and more »- Strategies For Development - Nigerian Observer
[?]Strategies For Development
Nigerian Observer
Countries like Togo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and many others like Nigeria are now struggling to be part of this phenomenon in order not to be left out; all these nations constitute part of this problematic democratization. Out of all the 3rd world, India ...
- Julie Margaret Van Sciver, 39, descendant of Philadelphia furniture firm and ... - Philly.com
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Philly.comJulie Margaret Van Sciver, 39, descendant of Philadelphia furniture firm and ...
Philly.com
A descendant of Philadelphia-area furniture manufacturer J.B. Van Sciver, Meg was a veteran of the Peace Corps, in which she served in Tanzania, and worked in Rwanda with Engineers Without Borders. But mostly she tested her skill and adventurous spirit ...- Prevention Focus of Peace Corps' World Malaria Day Events - AllAfrica.com
[?]Prevention Focus of Peace Corps' World Malaria Day Events
AllAfrica.com
Peace Corps volunteer Virginia Burger of Minneapolis, Minnesota, recently collaborated with community members and fellow volunteers to organize a Boys Excelling (BE) camp for nearly 70 secondary school students in the eastern region of Rwanda.
and more »- If the world's in a crisis, David Andrew Strobel tries to help - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
[?]If the world's in a crisis, David Andrew Strobel tries to help
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
From there, he joined the Peace Corps, implementing clean water and first aid programs in Paraguay. He worked through the 1990s with various charities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Rwanda, Central America and the Caribbean, then joined the Red Cross in ...- CAL STATE: San Bernardino is top Peace Corps school - Press-Enterprise (blog)
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Press-Enterprise (blog)CAL STATE: San Bernardino is top Peace Corps school
Press-Enterprise (blog)
The school's other participants apparently declined to have their names released by the Peace Corps, Cal State San Bernardino spokesman Joe Gutierrez said. Written by Mark Muckenfuss. Category: Four-year Colleges & Universities, Higher Education, ...
Cal State Honored for Its Number of Hispanic Volunteers Patch.com
all 16 news articles »- 600 Teachers Trained On Research-Based Practices - AllAfrica.com
[?]600 Teachers Trained On Research-Based Practices
AllAfrica.com
The Rwanda Education Board (REB) and the USAID-funded Literacy, Language, and Learning (L3) Initiative organized five two-day trainings for approximately 600 P1 and P2 teachers from April 29 to May 5 in Gasabo, Huye, Karongi, Bugesera, and Rulindo ...- Local students paint portraits for Rwandans - Martinsville Bulletin
[?]Local students paint portraits for Rwandans
Martinsville Bulletin
Portraits created by local students have traveled more than 7,000 miles to Rwanda, where they were given as gifts to the children who inspired them. In October, 10 Martinsville High School art students took part in a Piedmont Arts Association ...- Strategies For Development - Nigerian Observer
[?]Strategies For Development
Nigerian Observer
Countries like Togo, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Rwanda, Burundi, Haiti, Somalia, and etc. are just few examples of this phenomenon. (4) Environmental Degradation? this is another challenge that is being faced by the 3'' world nations. Most leaders pay less ...
- Chris Matthews' syndicated Beltway show ends July 21; 'Hardball' lives on - Washington Post (blog)
[?]Chris Matthews' syndicated Beltway show ends July 21; 'Hardball' lives on
Washington Post (blog)
I've been fortunate to have had a number of exciting jobs over the years: running a small business program in the Kingdom of Swaziland, Africa, with the Peace Corps; working for two influential US Senators, speechwriting for a President, serving as top ...
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- Woodhaven native, Peace Corps member killed in Uganda - Southgate News Herald
[?]Woodhaven native, Peace Corps member killed in Uganda
Southgate News Herald
Woodhaven native Danielle Gucciardo, 23, was killed Saturday in a traffic accident in Gulu, Uganda, where she was serving with the Peace Corps. Local press reports said she was struck by a pickup as she was crossing a highway in the northern Ugandan ...
and more »- Michigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation - Michigan Tech News
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Michigan Tech NewsMichigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation
Michigan Tech News
Stacey Frankenstein-Markon combined her graduate education at Michigan Tech with Peace Corps service in Uganda. A primary teacher trainer and community development volunteer from 2010 to 2012, she is now back in Houghton, Mich., where she is ...
and more »- US National Killed in Gulu Accident - AllAfrica.com
[?]US National Killed in Gulu Accident
AllAfrica.com
Uganda: U.S. National Killed in Gulu Accident. By Dennis Ojwee and Charles Mukiibi, 28 April 2013 ... The American, identified as Daniella Gucci, was working with the US-Peace Corps in Amuru district. Her colleague, who was identified as Jennifer ...
and more »- Book review - Mmegi Online
[?]Book review
Mmegi Online
John developed a local cooperative bank as his CARE project, while Eve had random assignments related to HIV/AIDS education and helping with Peace Corps COS (Close of Service) conferences for PCVs ready to leave Uganda - or how to run your life ...- Peace Corps To Allow Same-Sex Couples To Volunteer - Lez Get Real
[?]Peace Corps To Allow Same-Sex Couples To Volunteer
Lez Get Real
Still, Peace Corps press director Shira Kramer informed CBS that they are not just going to place these volunteers someplace dangerous like, say, Uganda. Same-sex couples will only be placed in nations where homosexuality has not been criminalized.
and more »- 2011 CMU alum Danielle Gucciardo dies after being struck by automobile in ... - Central Michigan Life
[?]2011 CMU alum Danielle Gucciardo dies after being struck by automobile in ...
Central Michigan Life
Danielle Gucciardo, a 2011 Central Michigan University alum and Peace Corps volunteer, died Saturday from injuries resulting from being struck by an automobile in Uganda. Gucciardo, 23, had been a Peace Corps volunteer since January 17. During that ...
and more »- Today Marks Beginning of the End of Malaria - AllAfrica.com
[?]Today Marks Beginning of the End of Malaria
AllAfrica.com
In doing so, we believe that we can achieve our shared vision of a healthy, prosperous, democratic, and secure Uganda. The United States government, through the President's Malaria Initiative and Peace Corps' Stomp Out Malaria Initiative, and the ...
and more »- Prevention Focus of Peace Corps' World Malaria Day Events - AllAfrica.com
[?]Prevention Focus of Peace Corps' World Malaria Day Events
AllAfrica.com
The study will help determine if recurring input from outside organizations is critical for bed nets to become an accepted part of everyday life in Uganda. Since President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps by executive order on March 1, 1961 ...
and more »- SC grad Dustin Bales on a mission in Uganda - Sedalia Democrat
[?]SC grad Dustin Bales on a mission in Uganda
Sedalia Democrat
Dustin Bales plans to combine his love of humanitarian work and engineering during a two-year stint with the Peace Corps in Uganda. Bales, 24, a 2007 graduate of Smith-Cotton High School, arrived in the east African nation of 36 million this week ...- Book review: 'The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari' by ... - Washington Post
[?]Book review: 'The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari' by ...
Washington Post
Returning to Africa, that ?kingdom of light? where he spent the happiest years of his life as a Peace Corps worker in Malawi and Uganda, he does what he has never done before: travel up the little-known west coast, from Cape Town toward Timbuktu. This ...
The Caribbean
- Peace Corps Volunteer Dies In Ghana - News One
[?]Peace Corps Volunteer Dies In Ghana
News One
?Dani was a widely respected and ambitious Peace Corps volunteer who was an exceptional role model for the youth in Jukwa Krobo,? Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet said in the release. ?The entire Peace Corps family is grieving over this tragic loss.
and more »- How to Volunteer With the Peace Corps, Without the Yearlong Commitment - Jaunted (blog)
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Jaunted (blog)How to Volunteer With the Peace Corps, Without the Yearlong Commitment
Jaunted (blog)
The National Peace Corps Association is now offering all-inclusive, 10 and 14-day travel programs to the Dominican Republic and Guatemala for those who want to help out, but can't take a year off to do so. MPCA's Next Step Travel program features small ...
Vacations with a payoff Chicago Tribune
all 2 news articles »- UCF students join Peace Corps to serve and learn - Central Florida Future
[?]UCF students join Peace Corps to serve and learn
Central Florida Future
UCF advertising alumna Megan Careiro, who graduated last year, will head to the Dominican Republic in August, where she'll spend three months learning Spanish in the capital city of Santo Domingo before volunteering for two years in a rural town or ...- Carrie Hessler-Radelet: 'Partnership is a strategy to change our business model' - Devex
[?]Carrie Hessler-Radelet: 'Partnership is a strategy to change our business model'
Devex
Carrie Hessler-Radelet, meeting here with a Peace Corps volunteer and community members in West Africa, said a partnership with food-and-beverage giant Mondelez International will help modernize the volunteer experience. Photo: Peace Corps. Earlier ...- Standing Out From the Crowd - New York Times
[?]Standing Out From the Crowd
New York Times
And her essay for Hamilton College, which she will attend in the fall, centers on her desire to serve in the Peace Corps. It opens with a joke about her hating clowns and leeches and tells a sad story of a visit to the Dominican Republic, where her ...- Joint Press Conference with President Obama and President Chinchilla of Costa ... - Whitehouse.gov (press release)
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San Francisco ChronicleJoint Press Conference with President Obama and President Chinchilla of Costa ...
Whitehouse.gov (press release)
In that sense, we have called upon the attention in regard to the possibility of using with greater intensity the very beautiful program that has been characterized by the international policy of the United States, which is the Peace Corps, so that ...
Obama promises renewed ties with Central America on first of 2-day summit Tico Times
all 445 news articles »- Detroit Revitalization Fellow: Owiso Makuku - Model D
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Model DDetroit Revitalization Fellow: Owiso Makuku
Model D
In the Dominican Republic--a nation dealing with poverty--she was a Peace Corps volunteer teaching organic gardening techniques to women's and youth groups. In the Boston region--which suffers steep income disparities between communities--she ...- Remarks at the American Foreign Service Association Memorial Plaque Ceremony - US Department of State (press release)
[?]Remarks at the American Foreign Service Association Memorial Plaque Ceremony
US Department of State (press release)
One Peace Corps volunteer even visited the town in Morocco where Chris served almost 30 years earlier. And the volunteer met a young Moroccan, who not only remembered the first words Chris taught him in English, ... On his first Foreign Service posting ...
and more »- Wallingford vet recalls towing burning, explosives-filled ship out of New York ... - The Republic
[?]Wallingford vet recalls towing burning, explosives-filled ship out of New York ...
The Republic
He returned to Wallingford to help run a family restaurant, Tom's Restaurant on Colony Street. He also worked briefly for the Masonic Home and Hospital before joining the Peace Corps in 1963. Returning from the Dominican Republic in the mid-1960s ...
and more »- Protecting international travelers from malaria - The Grio
[?]Protecting international travelers from malaria
The Grio
?I was ill enough to be laid up in bed with IVs for three days,? said Weiss, 32, who is based in Georgia but at the time was working as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the northern region of Ghana. Weiss, who is normally fit and healthy, said, ?I was ...
Central America and Mexico
- Benque Viejo del Carmen being developed as a Destination - The Guardian, Belize
[?]Benque Viejo del Carmen being developed as a Destination
The Guardian, Belize
Present for the occasion of the launching was the United States Ambassador to Belize Vinai Thummalapaly, whose main point man in Benque Viejo during the past months was Peace Corps volunteer Subrata Basu. Basu has been working diligently in ...- Michigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation - Michigan Tech News
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Michigan Tech NewsMichigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation
Michigan Tech News
With 35 PCMI graduate students currently serving as Peace Corps Volunteers, Michigan Tech has earned the top spot in the 2013 rankings of PCMI and Paul D. Coverdell Fellows graduate schools. Tulane University placed ... today's global job market ...
and more »- Obama promises renewed ties with Central America on first of 2-day summit - Tico Times
[?]Obama promises renewed ties with Central America on first of 2-day summit
Tico Times
He then paid tribute to the 50th anniversaries of the Peace Corps in Costa Rica and the visit to the country by U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Costa Ricans' most-beloved U.S. president. It's about trade and development, stupid! ... The presidents of ...
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- Bunny Frey - The call to love our neighbors - TCPalm
[?]Bunny Frey - The call to love our neighbors
TCPalm
She followed me into the Peace Corps and introduced me to El Hogar de Amor y Esperanza, the Episcopal children's home and school in Honduras that has been so much a part of my life.? Also a major influence in her life was her husband. ?Bill died last ...- Benque Viejo del Carmen being developed as a Destination - The Guardian, Belize
[?]Benque Viejo del Carmen being developed as a Destination
The Guardian, Belize
It was in 1904 that Benque Viejo was officially declared a Town by the former Colonial Government of British Honduras. Today, the Town of 8,000 residents is at an important crossroad, to share its enchanting ... Present for the occasion of the ...- Honduran LGBT Activist Found Safety in the United States - Human Rights First
[?]Honduran LGBT Activist Found Safety in the United States
Human Rights First
In 2011, U.S. Peace Corps withdrew its volunteers due to low security, and in 2012 the U.S. Department of State has issued a travel warning to U.S. citizens travelling to Honduras, pointing out that a vast majority of serious crimes are never solved ...- PADF Establishes "Nadine Hogan Memorial Fund" - MarketWatch (press release)
[?]PADF Establishes "Nadine Hogan Memorial Fund"
MarketWatch (press release)
... Associate Director of the Peace Corps, and as Regional USAID Director for Central America and Panama (ROCAP) in the 1980s, earning several U.S. government awards and distinguished recognitions from the governments of Guatemala and Honduras.- Another golden finish for ultrarunner Suzanna Bon - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
[?]Another golden finish for ultrarunner Suzanna Bon
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
A former elementary schoolteacher and Peace Corps volunteer to Honduras, Bon ran her first marathon after the birth of her third child, Eleanor, now 13. Eleanor and her siblings, Ian, 15, and Grace, 18, have made it a habit to send little trinkets as ...- Adam Shepard in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, October 2011. (Jan Laakmann) - ABC News
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ABC NewsAdam Shepard in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, October 2011. (Jan Laakmann)
ABC News
While his journey had moments of relaxation on a beach in the Philippines, or bull fighting in Nicaragua, Shepard also spent two months with Honduras Child Alliance, digging wells for clean water access. The vast majority ? some 80 percent ? of their ...- Obama promises renewed ties with Central America on first of 2-day summit - Tico Times
[?]Obama promises renewed ties with Central America on first of 2-day summit
Tico Times
As cartels moved their operations south, particularly to Central America's ?Northern Triangle? countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, homicide rates in the region skyrocketed to almost 40 people per 100,000 ? five times the global average ...
and more »- Local vet's mission trip takes him to Nicaragua - Altoona Mirror
[?]Local vet's mission trip takes him to Nicaragua
Altoona Mirror
For several years, Stachmus has made almost yearly trips to places like Haiti, Guatemala and Honduras with Seattle-based Christian Veterinary Mission to care for pets and livestock in those countries' remotest areas. This time, the Pleasant Valley ...
- Global art project to hit walls of Granada - Nicaragua Dispatch
[?]Global art project to hit walls of Granada
Nicaragua Dispatch
U.S. Peace Corps Nicaragua Volunteers Kelli Stam and Benjamin Rojsuontikul are standing up for what they care about by contributing to a large-scale, global art project called ?The Inside Out Project.? What Stam and Rojsuontikul care about is the ...
and more »- Matt Wood '10: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Nicaragua - Gustavus Adolphus College News (blog)
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Gustavus Adolphus College News (blog)Matt Wood '10: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Nicaragua
Gustavus Adolphus College News (blog)
Matt Wood '10: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Nicaragua. Posted on May 15th, 2013 by Kelsey Hering '15 · Matt Wood '10 works with business owners in Nicaragua. Matt Wood '10 has spent the last two years in Nicaragua while serving in the Peace Corps.- CVB director hiring announced - Clinton Herald
[?]CVB director hiring announced
Clinton Herald
After her undergraduate work, Donaire served for two years as a food security and agriculture program volunteer with the United States Peace Corps in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Following her service in the Peace Corps, Donaire remained in Nicaragua to teach ...
Donaire heads Clinton tourism bureau Quad City Times
all 2 news articles »- UCSF Students Form Nonprofit to Improve Health in Nicaragua - UCSF News Services
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UCSF News ServicesUCSF Students Form Nonprofit to Improve Health in Nicaragua
UCSF News Services
Teach for Health, which relies heavily on micro-grants, recently hired local people to fill two new staff positions ? development coordinator and program coordinator ? and has ensured that a Peace Corps volunteer will be permanently assigned to the ...- PLEASANT HILL RAMBLINGS: Neilson in concert May 31 - Crossville Chronicle
[?]PLEASANT HILL RAMBLINGS: Neilson in concert May 31
Crossville Chronicle
His music reflects his involvement with heroin addicts, the poor, human rights, safe energy and liberation movements from Nicaragua to Eritrea. His original works are parodies of popular tunes, well-known freedom songs and poetry draw the ...- Peace Corps honors UTSA as top 10 volunteer-producing Hispanic Serving ... - UTSA Today
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UTSA TodayPeace Corps honors UTSA as top 10 volunteer-producing Hispanic Serving ...
UTSA Today
Ten UTSA alumni currently are serving as Peace Corps volunteers in Armenia, Malawi, Morocco, Nicaragua, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Ukraine and Zambia. A total of 75 UTSA alumni have served in the Peace Corps since 1961. "I congratulate these ...
and more »- Durham program offers 'hand up' to people of Nicaragua - Durham News
[?]Durham program offers 'hand up' to people of Nicaragua
Durham News
SCRN was founded by a group of former Peace Corps volunteers who wanted to help following the nation's civil war. Upward mobility ?doesn't exist? in Nicaragua, said Sarah Montgomery, executive director. She compares the country to Haiti, due to its ...- Alumni volunteer to serve overseas through Peace Corps - The Daily Titan
[?]Alumni volunteer to serve overseas through Peace Corps
The Daily Titan
While in Nicaragua, Langen worked with a youth group of 15 students, ranging in ages from 10 to 15, to create a world map. Ever since she saw it done in Peru four years earlier by a Peace Corps volunteer, it became a dream of Langen's to create this ...- Global Perspective, Global Reach - UAB News
[?]Global Perspective, Global Reach
UAB News
Leah Neiderer graduated from the Peace Corps Master's International Program in the School of Public Health in December 2012. But she also completed the global health studies certificate before leaving for Nicaragua in March 2013 as a Peace Corps ...- Six awarded Fulbright fellowships - Connecticut College
[?]Six awarded Fulbright fellowships
Connecticut College
Taylor will live primarily in Managua, Nicaragua, but will travel all over the country collecting the personal testimonies of the people there. She will record those personal histories and create a dance piece inspired by them. The work expands on ...
South America
- Law students assist in changing Chilean legal system - USA TODAY
[?]Law students assist in changing Chilean legal system
USA TODAY
For example, Bolivia recently expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), but has retained its relationship with ACCESO, according to Cooper. The Peace Corps were suspended from Bolivia in 2008. Schubert believes the program has ...- Bolivia, angered by Kerry, says it is ejecting US aid agency - Los Angeles Times
[?]Bolivia, angered by Kerry, says it is ejecting US aid agency
Los Angeles Times
Bolivia has reason to be suspicious of U.S. groups, Weisbrot said, pointing to past reports, denied by U.S. officials, that Peace Corps volunteers were asked to spy on Cubans and Venezuelans there. In a statement issued Wednesday, USAID said all of its ...
and more »- President Morales Expels USAID on Charges of Interference - Indian Country Today Media Network
[?]President Morales Expels USAID on Charges of Interference
Indian Country Today Media Network
The other incidents in 2008 involved members of the Peace Corps and a U.S. Fulbright scholar; both asserted they were asked to spy for the U.S. while in Bolivia. John Alexander van Schaick was the first U.S. citizen in 2008 to complain about requests ...
and more »- Former popular Tx gay mayor moved to Mexico for undocumented partner - NBC Latino
[?]Former popular Tx gay mayor moved to Mexico for undocumented partner
NBC Latino
Fresh off a stint with the Peace Corps in Bolivia, the then-26-year-old looked as if he could have walked off the campus of Angelo State University. About the only trait that lent him an air of gravity was a head of prematurely graying hair. But what ...
and more »- Local HFMA Mission to Benefit Peru Clinic - D Healthcare Daily
[?]Local HFMA Mission to Benefit Peru Clinic
D Healthcare Daily
Founded in 2005 by U.S. State Department and Peace Corps veterans Guido and Sandy del Prado, it treats about 25,000 patients annually. The 38-employee clinic draws patients from up to nine hours away in Bolivia. Guido is the father-in-law of Briggs ...
- Waukesha Native Makes Peace Corps Commitment - Patch.com
[?]Waukesha Native Makes Peace Corps Commitment
Patch.com
Reddy said she was inspired by her older sister, who is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay. ?I am excited about the opportunity to learn French, which I anticipate being very helpful in my future career,? she said. ?Most of all, I ...- Law students assist in changing Chilean legal system - USA TODAY
[?]Law students assist in changing Chilean legal system
USA TODAY
The inquisitorial justice systems in Latin American countries, such as Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay, are left over from Spanish conquistadors, earning the name from the Spanish Inquisition. Students in Proyecto ACCESO, which translates to ...- Lawyer Snapshot: Jennifer A. Mansfield - Jacksonville Daily Record
[?]Lawyer Snapshot: Jennifer A. Mansfield
Jacksonville Daily Record
I attended the University of Miami School of Law, after completing three years in Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching business skills and bookkeeping to a rural farmers' cooperative. Admitted to the Bar: 1999. Employed by: Holland & Knight ...
and more »- Michigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation - Michigan Tech News
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Michigan Tech NewsMichigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation
Michigan Tech News
With 35 PCMI graduate students currently serving as Peace Corps Volunteers, Michigan Tech has earned the top spot in the 2013 rankings of PCMI and Paul D. Coverdell Fellows graduate schools. Tulane University placed ... today's global job market ...
and more »- If the world's in a crisis, David Andrew Strobel tries to help - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
[?]If the world's in a crisis, David Andrew Strobel tries to help
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
I had to look up Guarani to find out it's an indigenous language of Paraguay. That's one of many countries Mr. Strobel has called home these past couple of decades as he's bounced across the world with the Peace Corps, the American Red Cross and the ...- Family's adjustments help union work - Hometownlife.com
[?]Family's adjustments help union work
Hometownlife.com
... daughter Morgan, son Ryan and husband John. John O'Shaughnessy's sons Eric (in the Peace Corps in Paraguay) and Collin (Kim's husband) weren't available. The O'Shaughnessys ?blended? in November 2009, and Kim joined the brood late last year.- Transcript of Jimmy Carter's Speech and Q&A Session - Lafayette College Campus News
[?]Transcript of Jimmy Carter's Speech and Q&A Session
Lafayette College Campus News
I briefly worked in Washington before joining the Peace Corps in Malaysia. In my village, I met a palm-reader. He said, ?You will be .... If you go down the list, Ecuador and Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru ? all of them had military dictatorships, and I ...- MR schools to honor notable alumni Friday night - Monmouth Daily Review Atlas
[?]MR schools to honor notable alumni Friday night
Monmouth Daily Review Atlas
Upon completion of her studies, Sproston joined the Peace Corps and spent two years as an agroforestry volunteer in the Chaco of Paraguay and one year as an administrative assistant in Asuncion. She also served with Crisis Corps and logged six months ...
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Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- ISU's Peace Corps program ranked in the top 10 - Bloomington Pantagraph
[?]ISU's Peace Corps program ranked in the top 10
Bloomington Pantagraph
Each year, our local community benefits from their service and research, and then they use those experiences to work in developing countries from Albania to Panama to Zambia.? Since the Peace Corps was formed in 1961, more than 500 ISU alumni have ...- Author Paul Theroux on his final African journey - USA TODAY
[?]Author Paul Theroux on his final African journey
USA TODAY
In his latest book, The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27), he writes about one last sentimental journey through the continent that has captured his heart ever since he arrived as a Peace Corps ...- Illinois State among top Peace Corps Master's International schools - Illinois State University Stories
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Illinois State University StoriesIllinois State among top Peace Corps Master's International schools
Illinois State University Stories
The program is housed within the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development and is managed by Beverly A. Beyer, the center's associate director, who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bulgaria. The Master's International program allows ...
and more »- Suddath Hires David Cox for the New Role of Senior Vice President, Corporate ... - PR Web (press release)
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PR Web (press release)Suddath Hires David Cox for the New Role of Senior Vice President, Corporate ...
PR Web (press release)
Prior to entering the industry, he served two years in the Peace Corps teaching English to students in Albania. ?Suddath has a rich history and impressive record as an industry leader in global transportation and relocation, and I am really looking ...
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- ISU's Peace Corps program ranked in the top 10 - Bloomington Pantagraph
[?]ISU's Peace Corps program ranked in the top 10
Bloomington Pantagraph
Beyer, a Peace Corps volunteer in Bulgaria, said, ?Students learn about and then experience development issues in a variety of contexts ? domestic and international, urban and rural, government and nonprofit. Each year, our local community benefits ...- Illinois State among top Peace Corps Master's International schools - Illinois State University Stories
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Illinois State University StoriesIllinois State among top Peace Corps Master's International schools
Illinois State University Stories
The program is housed within the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development and is managed by Beverly A. Beyer, the center's associate director, who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bulgaria. The Master's International program ...
Michigan Tech's Peace Corps Program Ranked Number 1 in the Nation Michigan Tech News
all 5 news articles »- Alumni volunteer to serve overseas through Peace Corps - The Daily Titan
[?]Alumni volunteer to serve overseas through Peace Corps
The Daily Titan
Shortly after graduation, Brittany Kuhn volunteered for the Peace Corps. She served as a seventh and eighth grade English teacher on the volcanic island of Fogo in Cape Verde for two years. ?It was just an idea, an adventure, that I couldn't shake ...- LaForge prepared to lead Delta State - Jackson Clarion Ledger
[?]LaForge prepared to lead Delta State
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Additionally, he was an adjunct professor at George Washington University and has been a visiting professor of law at colleges in Russia, Poland and Bulgaria. There's also stints as ... Then there was a few years with the Peace Corps. (Page 2 of 2). To ...
and more »- LaForge speaks to grads - Bolivar Commercial
[?]LaForge speaks to grads
Bolivar Commercial
Previously, he served as Congressional Liaison for the Peace Corps and as a legislative assistant to Mississippi Congressman David Bowen. He has also advised ... He has been a visiting professor of law in Russia, Poland, and Bulgaria. He has also ...
- Peace Corps volunteer from San Jose seeks help sending Ukrainian youth to ... - San Jose Mercury News
[?]Peace Corps volunteer from San Jose seeks help sending Ukrainian youth to ...
San Jose Mercury News
"This passion has led me to take on a secondary role, and I am now the president of the Gender and Development Council in Ukraine. GAD is a worldwide Peace Corps working group focused on issues of gender equality and women's empowerment in ...- Peace Corps Recognizes, Respects Same-Sex Couples - Advocate.com
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Advocate.comPeace Corps Recognizes, Respects Same-Sex Couples
Advocate.com
"The Peace Corps staff advised all LGBT volunteers to stay in the closet. That would have been much less lonely to do that with a partner." Scheirman, who served two years as an English teacher in Ukraine, says she never felt unsafe as a lesbian during ...
and more »- Waukesha Native Makes Peace Corps Commitment - Patch.com
[?]Waukesha Native Makes Peace Corps Commitment
Patch.com
A Waukesha South graduate plans to put her experiences at UW-Madison to work for the Peace Corps, as she leaves for a two-year assignment in Cameroon. Caroline Reddy, 23 ... Related: Waukesha West grad serving in Ukraine. Reddy said she was ...- Peace Corps honors UTSA as top 10 volunteer-producing Hispanic Serving ... - UTSA Today
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UTSA TodayPeace Corps honors UTSA as top 10 volunteer-producing Hispanic Serving ...
UTSA Today
Ten UTSA alumni currently are serving as Peace Corps volunteers in Armenia, Malawi, Morocco, Nicaragua, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Ukraine and Zambia. A total of 75 UTSA alumni have served in the Peace Corps since 1961. "I congratulate these ...
and more »- Peace Corps volunteer works with gender equality program - Westwood Press
[?]Peace Corps volunteer works with gender equality program
Westwood Press
The issue of gender equality is certainly not limited to Ukraine, but due to the country's confused history, emphasis on traditional gender roles, high level of political corruption and lower levels of economic growth, the issue of gender equality has ...
and more »- Missy Franklin's future teammate Celina Li to make final prep splash - MaxPreps
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MaxPrepsMissy Franklin's future teammate Celina Li to make final prep splash
MaxPreps
Following a successful four-year swim career there, she joined the Peace Corps and served for a spell in the Ukraine. "She was definitely my role model," Li said of her sister. "I grew up watching her in the pool and meets and I wanted to be like her." ...- Six awarded Fulbright fellowships - Connecticut College
[?]Six awarded Fulbright fellowships
Connecticut College
Following his graduation in 2010, Gatti joined the Peace Corps and taught English in a rural village of Ukraine, where he was the only American among the village's 2,000 people. After he completed his service in December of 2012, he traveled in the ...- Delton Harrison is a Louisiana Legend - Shreveport Times
[?]Delton Harrison is a Louisiana Legend
Shreveport Times
When locals return home from almost anywhere, sometimes their first stop is the landmark Herby-K's. So it was with Peace Corps Volunteer Robert DeKay, a Caddo Magnet High School grad. While visiting from his Ukraine assignment, Robert and family ...- Working for peace abroad - PSU Collegio (subscription)
[?]Working for peace abroad
PSU Collegio (subscription)
The Peace Corps was established more than 50 years ago, in 1961, and since then has been sending Americans to travel and help others around the world. ... ?They didn't understand why we would come to Ukraine and work for no money,? Sims said.- At the Academy: A roundup of free events: balalaika music, talks on Iran and ... - Arizona Daily Star
[?]At the Academy: A roundup of free events: balalaika music, talks on Iran and ...
Arizona Daily Star
Its annual concerts feature world-class domra and balalaika performers trained in Russia and Ukraine. They also participate in local festivals such as Tucson Meet Yourself, the Tucson Slavic Festival and the Tucson ... After graduating from Syracuse ...
Asia
- Cambodian immigrant turned ambassador brings poetry back to Wallingford - Meriden Record-Journal
[?]Cambodian immigrant turned ambassador brings poetry back to Wallingford
Meriden Record-Journal
Growing up in Cambodia, his father was a police commissioner. Siv was a college ... Bob Charles had been the Peace Corps' director for Thailand and ran a planning agency in Hartford to help local groups gain access to federal and state programs. He ...- Pagett plunges into the Peace Corps - The University of Hawaii Kaleo
[?]Pagett plunges into the Peace Corps
The University of Hawaii Kaleo
?The Peace Corps to me is kind of the same idea as coming out here,? Pagett said. ?But everybody here speaks English for the most part, so moving to Cambodia for me is a step above because [I am] once again leaving my comfort zone and my friends and ...- Three college graduates set to join Peace Corps - Fox11online.com
[?]Three college graduates set to join Peace Corps
Fox11online.com
Ashley will be volunteering on a different continent. She'll be in Asia, working in the country of Cambodia, teaching English. "The best description that I've heard is it's kind of like a rollercoaster. So while you're in the Peace Corps, your highs ...- Marshall High School alumna to travel to Asia as volunteer - Marshall Independent
[?]Marshall High School alumna to travel to Asia as volunteer
Marshall Independent
Tony, a 2008 MHS graduate, is working in Cambodia with the Peace Corps. When she was mulling over where she wanted to go for some international experience, Jensen said she originally thought of Turkey but then decided on Cambodia so she could see ...- Burma: China Finishes $2.5B Pipeline, US. Falling Behind? - ValueWalk
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ValueWalkBurma: China Finishes $2.5B Pipeline, US. Falling Behind?
ValueWalk
This is especially important as China has already forged close relationships with Laos and Cambodia. If China brings Myanmar over to ... The United States could also launch aid programs, such as bringing the Peace Corps to Myanmar. The Peace Corps and ...
and more »- No fear gap year guide - UConn Daily Campus
[?]No fear gap year guide
UConn Daily Campus
Founded in 1960 by the federal government after a challenge made by John F. Kennedy to students at University of Michigan to serve their country and promote global peace, the Peace Corps gives college graduates the opportunity to volunteer in 139 ...- Transcript of Jimmy Carter's Speech and Q&A Session - Lafayette College Campus News
[?]Transcript of Jimmy Carter's Speech and Q&A Session
Lafayette College Campus News
I briefly worked in Washington before joining the Peace Corps in Malaysia. In my village, I met a palm-reader. .... He said, ?He's also got a Ph.D. from Harvard University and he's been a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia,? and I began to feel a little ...- Salty Scribe - Orlando Magazine
[?]Salty Scribe
Orlando Magazine
Born in Tampa, he served in the Peace Corps in Nepal after graduating from Harvard in 1966, and later earned a doctorate at Oxford. He made his journalistic reputation as a reporter in Southeast Asia in the late 1960s and 1970s, best known for exposing ...- GUEST ROOM: A Course That Changed My Life - Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
[?]GUEST ROOM: A Course That Changed My Life
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
The course has continued to shape my life. When I was in the Peace Corps I saw these struggles with oppression play out in ethnic tensions between Hungarians and Romanians. The class guided my work with NGOs in Cambodia that combat sex trafficking.
- Chatrath Joins Peace Corps in Philippines - India West
[?]Chatrath Joins Peace Corps in Philippines
India West
Surjit Chatrath will be departing for the Philippines in July to begin pre-service training as a Children, Youth and Family Services Peace Corps volunteer. During her first three months of service, Chatrath will live with a host family in the ...- Joyce Johnson gets back to where she once belonged - Redwood Falls Gazette
[?]Joyce Johnson gets back to where she once belonged
Redwood Falls Gazette
After teaching for one year, Johnson discovered another option, and that led her to the Philippines. ?I joined the Peace Corps,? said Johnson. The next years were spent teaching English as a second language to teachers in the Philippines. She considers ...- France approves marriage; Amaechi's mixed message - Windy City Times
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Windy City TimesFrance approves marriage; Amaechi's mixed message
Windy City Times
Official election results report that the party got 75,913 votes, only 0.37 percent of the vote; a party needs at least 2 percent (570,112 votes at this election) of the vote to get a seat under the Philippines' party-list system. The elections ...
and more »- If the world's in a crisis, David Andrew Strobel tries to help - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
[?]If the world's in a crisis, David Andrew Strobel tries to help
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
That's one of many countries Mr. Strobel has called home these past couple of decades as he's bounced across the world with the Peace Corps, the American Red Cross and the like. Lately, he has awakened most mornings in Bangkok, Thailand, but his Red ...- US envoy urges new grads: Don't leave PH - Inquirer.net
[?]US envoy urges new grads: Don't leave PH
Inquirer.net
The UC resolution also said the Philippines ?appreciates the commitment of the people of America to render direct community services to people across the globe as represented by Peace Corps volunteers.? Acknowledging the resolution, Thomas said: ?You ...- People & Events - Visayan Daily Star
[?]People & Events
Visayan Daily Star
Brooks, from Cleveland, Ohio, has degrees in English and law, and came to the Philippines as Peace Corps volunteer in 2012 until 2014, the press release added. Meanwhile, three students of the Bago City College Education Department won the ...- Santos 50th Anniversary - Beatrice Daily Sun
[?]Santos 50th Anniversary
Beatrice Daily Sun
Karen was Nebraska's first Peace Corps volunteer, assigned to the Philippines after graduating from UNL in 1961. Los Angeles County awarded her Volunteer of the Year in 2012. Rolando, PH.D, is a Professor and International Education Consultant.- Adam Shepard in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, October 2011. (Jan Laakmann) - ABC News
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ABC NewsAdam Shepard in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, October 2011. (Jan Laakmann)
ABC News
While his journey had moments of relaxation on a beach in the Philippines, or bull fighting in Nicaragua, Shepard also spent two months with Honduras Child Alliance, digging wells for clean water access. The vast majority ? some 80 percent ? of their ...- Empty chairs - Business Mirror
[?]Empty chairs
Business Mirror
Remembrances and The Hobbit House, owned by former Peace Corps volunteer (first batch in the Philippines) and college professor Jim Turner, closed in 2007 after the property they were renting was taken over by a bank. Turner moved The Hobbit House to ...- Ellen Kay (Bonadurer) Cavadini - La Crosse Tribune
[?]Ellen Kay (Bonadurer) Cavadini
La Crosse Tribune
Ellen was a member of Franciscan Healthcare Auxiliary, Blessed Sacrament Women's Club, the Emeritus Viterbo Alumni Association and had served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines from 1978 until 1980. She was an accomplished quilter and ...
North Africa and the Middle East
- Fulbright & Watson Scholars - Amherststudent
[?]Fulbright & Watson Scholars
Amherststudent
She has travelled to Morocco, Jordan and Yemen in the past, and as a result already has some knowledge of the Levant, Moroccan and Yemeni dialects of Arabic. Hanish applied to study in Egypt in .... Inspired by the Peace Corps girls' empowerment camp ...- Youth Volunteer Corps serves community - St. George Daily Spectrum
[?]Youth Volunteer Corps serves community
St. George Daily Spectrum
Youth Volunteer Corps members EmRee Moody and Jordan Hollowell helped a low-income resident with some farm chores earlier this year in St. George. / Submitted photo ... ?The Youth Volunteer Corps is similar to the Peace Corps and Americorps in that we ...- Arundel High graduates reflect on 'best years of life' - CapitalGazette.com
[?]Arundel High graduates reflect on 'best years of life'
CapitalGazette.com
Arundel High seniors Jordan Luber and Aashi Parikh lead the school's Interact Club in a virtual book discussion with students at Kenya Connect Learning Resource Center in Wamunyu, Kenya. The two schools read "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" by ...- Landrieu holds child adversity hearing in Congress - The Advocate
[?]Landrieu holds child adversity hearing in Congress
The Advocate
The federal ?Action Plan on Children in Adversity? launched in December with the support of several federal agencies, the Peace Corps and more to offer aid for children with HIV/AIDS, children orphaned by war or disaster, child soldiers, children taken ...- Juicer squeezes into policy forum - Hometownlife.com
[?]Juicer squeezes into policy forum
Hometownlife.com
Caitlin James trained as a special education teacher at Eastern Michigan University and spent two years teaching in Jordan with the Peace Corps before locating in New York City, where she worked as a tutor. Many of her students there were autistic and ...- 3 Myths About Changing the World - Huffington Post
[?]3 Myths About Changing the World
Huffington Post
And today you join the ranks of alumni who include civil rights leaders like Barbara Jordan and -- by my count -- at least four heads of state. Today you become the stewards of BU's long legacy of promoting social justice. So as you continue your ...
and more »- Education news briefs - GoErie.com
[?]Education news briefs
GoErie.com
... narrative design to promote environmental and economic sustainability through the fair trade movement; Rossy Sevilla's "Casa Colonial," Spanish-themed housing for Peace Corps workers; and Jordan Vitale's "Hush," a nightclub for the hearing-impaired.- Remarks by the President at The Ohio State University Commencement - The White House (blog)
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San Francisco ChronicleRemarks by the President at The Ohio State University Commencement
The White House (blog)
Consider that graduates of this university serve their country through the Peace Corps, and educate our children through established programs like Teach for America, startups like Blue Engine, often earning little pay for making the biggest impact ...
'I dare you to do better' ? Obama's Ohio State commencement speech Washington Post (blog)
all 191 news articles »- Chuck Carlson: Connections still has plenty of stories to tell - Battle Creek Enquirer
[?]Chuck Carlson: Connections still has plenty of stories to tell
Battle Creek Enquirer
Or three local young people who decided to give back by joining the Peace Corps. Pennfield's Jordan Blekking is currently in Zambia in Africa; Battle Creek's Jarrett Dunn recently returned from Azerbaijan; and Marshall's Britta Seifert just left to ...
and more »- Caitlin James, 29 - Crain's Detroit Business
[?]Caitlin James, 29
Crain's Detroit Business
Just a year out of Eastern Michigan University with a degree in special education, Caitlin James set out to see the world and help people with special needs through the Peace Corps in 2008. After serving in the Dead Sea Valley of Jordan and later as an ...