NPCA Reports Multipart Series by Dayton Daily News on Lack of Security in Peace Corps
Read and comment on this excerpt from an email that was send out on the NPCA Weekly News listserv on the multi-part series by the Dayton Daily News charging that Peace Corps does little to protect volunteers and under-reports incidences of rape and assault, which have risen substantially since the early 1990s at:
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Multipart Series on Lack of Security in Peace Corps
Expected shortly is a multi-part series by Cox Newspapers' Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Russell Carollo charging that Peace Corps does little to protect volunteers and under-reports incidences of rape and assault, which have risen substantially since the early 1990s. Carollo and colleague Jeff Nesmith won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for a series on mismanagement in military health care. Given that NPCA cares deeply about the safety of Peace Corps volunteers and staff and because we have "been there and done that," we are providing our unique insights about volunteer safety and security to the current Peace Corps leadership. When the news breaks, NPCA members may respond in a variety of ways, including writing opinion pieces or letters to editors, calling in local talk shows if they devote a segment to the issue, and sending email to Peace Corps sharing concerns about safety and making suggestions for improvement. If you do respond, please let us know by emailing us at president@rpcv.org <mailto:president@rpcv.org>.
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