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Nepal RPCV writes about the Kennedys
Nepal RPCV Laurence Leamer writes about the Kennedy's - America's Fallen Royals 31 March 2004


Georgia PCV suffers severe injuries
Norman Hickey suffered severe injuries recently in a fall while on a Peace Corps mission in the former Soviet republic of Georgia 31 March 2004


Thailand RPCV writes Thai cooking book
Nancie McDermott was a Peace Corps worker in Thailand in the 1970s and since then has made a career of explaining Thai cuisine to Westerners 31 March 2004


Vasquez speaks to Escondido Rotary
Peace Corps director speaks to Escondido Rotary 30 March 2004


Rep. Sam Farr dedicates Peace Pole
Rep. Sam Farr will be guest speaker for dedication of a Peace Pole at UC Santa Cruz’s Merrill College 30 March 2004


RPCV writes about tv news in Arab countries
Jordan RPCV Gregory D. Johnsen, writes about tv news in Arab countries 30 March 2004


Peace Corps won't meet 2007 goal of doubling
Peace Corps Lacks Money to Expand, goal of doubling by 2007 is unattainable 29 March 2004


Peace Corps Lacks Money to Expand
Peace Corps Lacks Money to Expand, goal of doubling by 2007 is unattainable 29 March 2004


RPCV Peter Burleigh warns of Pakistan nukes
Nepal RPCV Peter Burleigh warns of Pakistan nukes 28 March 2004


PCV works for School for the Deaf in Kenya
Julie Guberman, a deaf Peace Corps volunteer from Chicago who works at the Kibarani School for the Deaf in Kenya 28 March 2004


RPCV is EarthBalance's chief executive
RPCV Don Ross is EarthBalance's chief executive and a former Charlotte County commissioner 28 March 2004


Bulgaria PCVs host Levs for Lads & Lasses
Bulgaria Peace Corps Volunteers host an evening of entertainment called Levs for Lads & Lasses 26 March 2004


DDN discusses FOIA Struggles with PC
Goldsmith Winners Discuss FOIA Struggles 25 March 2004


Walter Poirier says change needed at PC
Walter Poirier tells Congress change needed at Peace Corps 25 March 2004


Peace Corps defends workers' safety
Peace Corps defends workers' safety 25 March 2004


Gidget joins the Peace Corps
Gidget joins the Peace Corps 25 March 2004


RPCV named Ambassador to Vietnam
Colombia RPCV Raymond F. Burghardt is US Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 23 March 2004


RPCV Paul Johnson runs for Congress
Ghana RPCV Paul Johnson running for Congress in Iowa 23 March 2004


Hyde to introduce PC Safety Legislation
Hyde to introduce Peace Corps Safety and Security Act of 2003 23 March 2004


Shrivers Leave 'Solid' Legacy
Shrivers Leave 'Solid' Legacy 23 March 2004


House schedules PC Hearings for March 24
House schedules Peace Corps Safety Hearings for Wednesday, March 24 22 March 2004


Peace Corps works despite wars
Peace Corps works despite wars 21 March 2004


Ethiopia RPCV Mildred Taylor honored
Ethiopia RPCV Mildred Taylor to be honored at UM seminar 21 March 2004


Mozambique RPCV launches photo project
Mozambique RPCV Blake Schmidt launches a project featuring photographs taken by young Mozambicans 21 March 2004


Turkey RPCV writes "Justice on Earth"
Turkey RPCV Tom Turner is Earthjustice Advocate and author of Justice on Earth 21 March 2004


RPCV Fern Holland Killed in Iraq
US Friend of Namibia Peace Corps volunteer, Fern Holland Killed in Iraq 20 March 2004


Meet the conservative Peace Corps
Meet the conservative Peace Corps 20 March 2004


Former Deputy Director speaks in New Orleans
Charles Baquet, a New Orleans native who was deputy director of the Peace Corps during the Clinton administration speaks on "How to be a Leader Who Respects Cultural Differences" 20 March 2004


RPCV Senator Chris Dodd is an internationalist
Dominican Republic RPCV Senator Chris Dodd is an internationalist 20 March 2004


Togo RPCV is Gays Rights activist
After graduating from Yale College, Evan Wolfson went to Togo as a Peace Corps volunteer. It was there that Wolfson first began to grapple with what being gay would mean for the rest of his life 19 March 2004


RPCV named Ambassador to Sierra Leone
Former Peace Corps As New United States Ambassador: Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Thomas Neil Hull. III was a Peace Corps Volunteer primary school teacher in Sierra Leone from 1968 to 1970. While there, Mr. Hull met his wife Jill, also a Peace Corps Volunteer teacher. 19 March 2004


Peace Corps CIO receives top award
Peace Corps HQ Chief Information Officer Gopal Khanna receives top US award 18 March 2004


DDN was finalist for Goldsmith Prize
Dayton Daily News was finalist for Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting 18 March 2004


Colombia RPCV promotes understanding of Latinos
Colombia RPCV Dr. Refugio I. Rochin promotes Cultural Understanding of U.S. Latinos 17 March 2004


Guatemala Honors Peace Corps
Guatemala Honors Peace Corps for Over 40 Years of Service with National Award 17 March 2004


RPCV David Magnani will not run for re-election
Kenya RPCV, Sierra Leone Country Director and Massachusetts State Senator David Magnani will not run again 17 March 2004


RPCV Bill Kendall returns to Ghana after 30 years
Peace Corps volunteer Bill Kendall returns to Ghana after 30 years 17 March 2004


Ukraine RPCV plays music around the world
Ukraine RPCV Matt Taylor plays music around the world 16 March 2004


Congo Kinsasha RPCVs direct Mango Bridge
Tom and Pam Pendleton met while working in the Peace Corps in the early 1980s in Congo Kinsasha. Now they are working to establish Mango Bridge, an organization with the mission to provide educational opportunities and vocational resources to individuals and families in The Gambia. 14 March 2004


RPCV writes book of Quick & Easy Thai food
Quick & Easy Thai. By RPCV Nancie McDermott 14 March 2004


Salute to Peace Corps in Bulgaria
Saluting the Peace Corps in Bulgaria 12 March 2004


Morocco RPCVs friends for 40 years
Richard Harris and Henry Rollins spent two years together in the Peace Corps in Morocco 12 March 2004


DDN wins Scripps Award
'Dayton Daily News' series on Peace Corps wins award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment from the Scripps Howard Foundation 12 March 2004


PCV's navigate cross cultural issues
In many parts of the developing world, Peace Corps volunteers are the ones directly negotiating the complicated interactions between very different cultures 12 March 2004


Namibia RPCV killed in attack in Iraq
Namibia RPCV Fern Holland killed in attack in Iraq was advocate for women's rights 11 March 2004


77 year old PCV going to Albania
At the age of 77, Helen Bunch has joined the Peace Corps and going to Albania 10 March 2004


RPCV named Ambassador to South Korea
Cameroon RPCV Christopher R. Hill, 52, the current U.S. ambassador to Poland, is in line to succeed Thomas Hubbard as the ambassador to South Korea 10 March 2004


RPCV writes about travel in Thailand
Fifty-one years old and fluent in Thai, Joe Cummings first came to Thailand 27 years ago as a Peace Corps volunteer knowing nothing about the country 9 March 2004


RPCV Environmentalist launches New Book
India RPCV Carl Pope to Launch New Book at National Press Club 9 March 2004


RPCV named Veep at Knight Foundation
India RPCV Mike Maidenberg Named Vice President, Chief Program Officer at Knight Foundation 9 March 2004


PC Trainee dies in Ecuador
Peace Corps Trainee Gregor V. Baker dies in Ecuador 9 March 2004


Peace Corps part of RPCV's election campaign
Peace Corps part of Liberia RPCV Shaun McNally 's election campaign 8 March 2004


RPCV attended mosque in Senegal
The first time Michael McColly set foot inside a religious temple other than a church was at the mosque in the Senegalese farming village he lived in as a Peace Corps volunteer 7 March 2004


Farr, Honda honor Peace Corps
Farr, Honda honor roots on Peace Corps Week 6 March 2004


Kerry supports 25,000 PCVs, "Service for College"
In an effort to boost enrollment in the Peace Corps from 6,700 today to 25,000 "where we ought to be," Kerry said his administration would pay the four-year tuition to an in-state public university for any high school graduate who gives two years to the Peace Corps 6 March 2004


Ecuador RPCV Poet speaks at UNM-VC
Poet-essayist and Ecuador RPCV John Brandi to speak at UNM-VC 6 March 2004


Botswana RPCV facilitates Children of Abraham program
Botswana RPCV Joni Overton-Jung is facilitator and speaker for the Children of Abraham program 6 March 2004


RPCV supports eco-tourism in Laos
"My vision is to make Laos the center of eco-tourism in Southeast Asia," said Steven Schipani, a New Yorker who earlier worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in neighboring Thailand 5 March 2004


Peace Corps to Reopen China Program
Peace Corps to Reopen China Program 4 March 2004


Costa Rica RPCV in wild carrot
Costa Rica RPCV Pamela Temple and Spencer Funk are wild carrot 4 March 2004


Dayton Daily News wins award
Dayton Daily News wins award for "Casualties of Peace" 2 March 2004


RPCVs run Rainforest Camp
Costa Rica RPCV Nancy Aitken announces tropical ecology camps and courses 2 March 2004


PC names controversial EMA Director
Peace Corps Names controversial Virginia Politician Jay Katzen as new Regional Director for the Europe, Mediterranean, and Asia region 1 March 2004


Teresa Heinz Kerry praises Peace Corps
Teresa Heinz Kerry says US was an idea embodied by the Peace Corps workers in Africa 1 March 2004


Turkey RPCV is top human rights expert
Turkey RPCV Joe Stork is top American human rights expert 1 March 2004


Peace Corps Celebrates 43 Years
Peace Corps Celebrates 43 Years 1 March 2004


RPCV praises Arab Women's achievements
Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley says Arab Women Should Not Give In to the Restrictions of Their Cultural Environment 1 March 2004