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Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez: "Collectively, we are all at the beginning stages of reviewing the legislation."
Gaddi Vasquez, Director of the Peace CorpsRead and comment on the prepared statement by Gaddi Vasquez (shown at the hearings in the photo above) on the New Peace Corps legislation at:
RPCV Mark Schneider, Former Peace Corps Director and Senior Vice President of the International Crisis Group
RPCV Dane Smith, President of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA)
RPCV John Coyne, founder and editor of the Peace Corps Writers and co-founder of the Peace Corps Fund
RPCV Barbara Ferris, President of the International Women's Democracy Center and co-founder of the Peace Corps Fund
The implementation and compliance of new procedures for Volunteer/Trainee Safety and Security (Manual Section 270) to measure and monitor posts’ compliance with important safety and security requirements;
The hiring of over 40 new personnel in the field and at headquarters in security related positions;
The addition of one full day of safety and security training during staging for new trainees;
The establishment of regular safety and security staff training on a two-year cycle;
An enhancement of the safety and security information message that a potential applicant receives from his or her first contact with Peace Corps—during recruitment and throughout the application process; and
The ready availability of a library of safety and security information on the Peace Corps Intranet.
EducationRecruiting is one of our key challenges and in responding to the President’s challenge to increase the number of Volunteers, our agency has recently delivered to Congress our Fiscal Year 2003 Congressional Budget Presentation, which outlines our eleven goals to accomplish this effort.
Health and HIV/AIDS
Environment
Agriculture
Business Development
Information and Communication Technology