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Peace Corps Director to Leave Post, Gives no reason
| | Gaddi Vasquez resigns as Peace Corps Director A Look Back on his Tenure |
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Send in the Peace Corps? Should the Peace Corps be heading into Iraq and Afghanistan? What do you think? Improvements needed ...in Volunteer services. Read our exclusive story on what needs to be done to support volunteers and reduce attrition rates. Volunteer Safety Read the GAO Report on Safety and Security of Volunteers.
Peace Corps Charter Read about the new Peace Corps bill going through Congress. Compare the Senate and House versions of the bill here. The Numbers Game Double the Peace Corps - but maintain the quality of the programs and the volunteer experience. The Shrivers: A Special Legacy The Founding Director of the Peace Corps and his future plans.
The Lariam Files Read about the anti-malarial drug thousands of volunteers have taken - and its potential side effects. Alcohol Abuse a big issue for PCVs in Central Asia Read about the health hazard PC Staff is warning volunteers in former Soviet Republics about. Peace Corps to add 1,000 AIDS/HIV volunteers Director Vasquez's new initiative to expand the Peace Corps in Africa.
RPCVs organize Read how 1,800 RPCVs organized to place two half-page ads in the New York Times. Here's the email that got it started, how they met their goal and the ad as it ran. RPCVs honor Jack Vaughn Returned Volunteers met to honor and listen to the wisdom of Peace Corps legend Jack Vaughn. PCVs honor Royal Marines The Friends of Malaysia honor the Royal Marines who saved a Peace Corps Volunteer from terrorists in 1962.
A Modest Proposal Read the op-ed by John Coyne on how to expand and revitalize the NPCA and what you can do to help. Become a Peace Corps Advocate Join the NPCA's nationwide network of RPCVs who will lobby Senators and Congressmen on behalf of Peace Corps legislation. PC is "truly hardcore" A Marine Sergeant visited his daughter who is serving in Nicaragua. Read what he says about the Peace Corps.
Peace Corps TV Show Last year Fox network created a pilot for a tv show about a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Although the show wasn't picked up, read RPCVs' many humourous suggestions for the title. RPCV Spy dies in Moscow The strange story of the RPCV who defected to Russia. The IDPA: PC Forerunner The IDPA, a forerunner of the Peace Corps, created in 1951 to place people with indigenous organizations and governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Peace Corps opens Career Centers Last year RPCVs asked Peace Corps to reconsider the rule limiting the usage of Peace Corps Career Centers to only 1 year after Completion of Service. Here's what happened. George and Jack RPCV Chris Mathews talks about the parallels between JFK and President George W. Bush including the strong support of both Presidents of the Peace Corps. JFK's Character Read this op-ed on the pain and suffering that forged JFK's character. The Case for Peace Corps Independence Why the USA Freedom Corps doesn't make sense by former Peace Corps Deputy Director David Searles. Preservation of an Independent Peace Corps Returned Volunteers insist that the Peace Corps must remain an independent agency to do its job. |
