By Admin1 (admin) on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 11:58 pm: Edit Post |
Update on the New Mandate for the Peace Corps
1) fully utilize the vast resource which RPCVs represent
a) as members of technical support teams working autonomously in the field or with PCVs in the field
b) as members of domestic recruitment teams perhaps specifically focusing on Muslim Americans (and especially women)
c) as part of an effort to "partner" or "buddy up" with the vast numbers of foreign students (large numbers of whom are from the Muslim world) who are studying at American universities, to ensure that they have a positive experience in this country and to maintain contact with them once they are back in their own countries.
2) expand the role of the PCV in the field by
a) providing incentives for extending for a 3rd and 4th year (and reducing the Early Termination rate)
b) providing computers (via private enterprise) allowing for on-going PCV contact with the Host Country Nationals after the PCV's tour of duty is over---to ensure on-going friendship and support.
c) expanding the role of PCVs in identifying leaders in their community who could be brought to the US for training and education.
d) many, many other possibilities & much more detail of the above 3.
3) expand the programming potential of the Peace Corps (perhaps using RPCVs) looking at going into countries we have never been in (Mexico, Egypt, etc.) and going back into countries we have exited.
4) creating an Office of Strategic Planning in the Peace Corps with adequate funding which would serve as a "Think Tank" for the Peace Corps---creating visionary paths to pursue.
5) and many more ideas