The Peace Corps Library Peace Corps Online is proud to announce that the new Peace Corps Library is now open. With over 27,000 index entries in 430 categories, this is the largest collection of Peace Corps related stories in the world. Browse through our Master Index and take a look at stories from Acting through Zucchini and we think you will agree that the library will be a invaluable resource to the Peace Corps community.

Master Index to the "Peace Corps Library"



Master Index to the "Peace Corps Library"

Master Index to the "Peace Corps Library"

Peace Corps Online is proud to announce that the new "Peace Corps Library" is now open. With over 27,000 index entries in 430 categories, this is the largest collection of stories about the Peace Corps and Returned Volunteers in the world.

To use the library, click on a top level index entry below and you will go to a detailed index entry. Stories in the detailed index entries are in reverse chronological order. This index is current through January 23, 2005. For stories after that date use the Google Index for the site.

A A - Other Topics Abortion Accounting Acting. Theatre Adoption, Orphans Adventure Advertising Advocacy Afghanistan African American / Black Issues Agriculture AIDS AIDS Education Alabama Alaska Albania Alcoholism Alzheimers Disease Americorps An Electronic Peace Corps Animals Anthropology Antigua Appointments Appropriations Aquaculture Architecture Argentina Arizona Arkansas Armenia Army Art, Murals, Painting Asian and Asian-American Issues Astronomy Awards Azerbaijan B B - Other Topics Babies Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Baseball, Basketball, Football, Soccer, Swimming Bees and Beekeeping Belize Benefits Benin Bicycles Bilateral Relations with COS Biography Biology and Biotechnology Birds Blogs Bolivia Books, Book Reviews, Book Clubs and Bookstores Botswana Brazil Budget for the Peace Corps Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Business, Business Development, Business Education and Business School C C - Other Topics California Cameroon Cancer Cape Verde Cartoons Central African Republic Chad Chief of Staff Children, Child Survival, Children's Books Chile China Christian Issues, Catholicism, Christmas City Planning, City Government, Municipal Government Civil Rights Coffee, Coffee Imports Colombia Colorado Community Colleges Community Development Comoros Computers Congo Brazzaville Congo Kinshasa Congress (1 of 3) Congress (2 of 3) Congress (3 of 3) Connecticut Conscientious Objector Conservation Cooking Corps Care, Insurance COS Country of Service Groups Costa Rica Country Directors by Country of Service Courage Courts, Law, Justice, Jurisprudence Crafts Crime Crisis Corps Criticism Cross Cultural Issues Culture, Culture Shock, Reverse Culture Shock Cyprus Czech Republic D D - Other Topics Dance Delaware Development Digital Freedom Initiative Diplomacy Directors - Bellamy Directors - Blatchford Directors - Celeste Directors - Chao Directors - Coverdell Directors - Craw Directors - Dellenback Directors - Gearan Directors - Hess Directors - O'Donnell Directors - Payton Directors - Ruppe Miller Directors - Schneider D continuation Directors - Shriver Directors - Vasquez (1 of 4) Directors - Vasquez (2 of 4) Directors - Vasquez (3 of 4) Directors - Vasquez (4 of 4) Directors - Vaughn Disabilities Disaster Relief and Tsunami Relief Diversity Documentaries and Documentary Films Dogs Dominica Dominican Republic Downloads, Reports and Reference Material Drugs and Drug Laws E E - Other Topics East Timor Eastern Caribbean Eco-Tourism, Ecotourism, Tourism, Travel Ecology Economics and Economic Development Ecuador Education El Salvador Election 2004 (1 of 3) Election 2004 (2 of 3) Election 2004 (3 of 3) Election 2006 Elections, Election Monitoring and Election Observers Elementary Education Engineering and Energy Environment, Environmental Education and Environmental Activism Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Ethnology Exchange Programs Expansion F F - Other Topics Families and Family Planning Farming and Horticulture Fashion Fellows Program and Peace Corps Fellows Programs Female Genital Mutilation Fiji Films and Movies Fish, Fish Farming and Fishing Five Year Rule Florida Folk Art and Folk Tales Food and Food Production For Prospective Volunteers Forestry, Agroforestry, Parks, National Parks Fortieth Anniversary and Fortieth plus one Freedom of Information and FOIA Fulbright Grants and Scholarships Fund Raising G G - Other Topics Gabon GAO, GAO Reports and Government Administrative Office Gay Issues and Gay Rights Geography Geology and Geoscience Georgia Georgia (US State) Ghana Giants, Peace Corps Giants Global Warming Governance, Organizations and Organzational Development Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana H H - Other Topics Haiti Handicrafts Hawaii Health, Health Education, Health Insurance, Health Services Hearings and Congressional Hearings Hispanic Issues and Hispanic Studies History of the Peace Corps HIV Hollywood Homeland Security Honduras Human Rights Humor Hungary Hunger I I - Other Topics Idaho Illinois Immigrants and Immigration Inauguration India Indiana Indonesia Infectious Diseases, Sars Information Technology Intelligence Issues Internet Inventions Investigative Journalism Iowa Iran Iraq, War in Iraq Islamic Culture, Islamic Issues, Islamic Studies Ivory Coast

J J - Other Topics Jamaica Jewish Issues, Jewish Studies Jordan Journalism (1 of 2) Journalism (2 of 2) Journals K K - Other Topics Kansas Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea Kyrgyzstan L L - Other Topics Land Mines, Landmines Language, Language Training, Linguistics Lariam Latin American Studies Latvia Laws Governing the Peace Corps Legacy Legislation Lesotho Liberia Libraries. Library Science Libya Literacy Lithuania Local RPCV Groups Louisiana Love, Romance M M - Other Topics Macedonia Madagascar Maine Malaria Malawi Malaysia Mali Marriage, Married Couples Marshall Islands Maryland Massachusetts Mathematics Mauritania Mauritius Medicine Mexico Michigan Micronesia Military, Military Affairs Minnesota Minority Volunteers, Minority RPCVs, Minority Issues, Minorities Mississippi Missouri Moldova Mongolia Montserrat Montana Morocco Mountaineeering, Mountain Climbing Mozambique Murder Museums Music Muslim Issues, Muslim-American Issues, Palestine N N - Other Topics Namibia National Service Native American Issues Nebraska Nepal Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York NGO's Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Carolina North Dakota NPCA Nursing O O - Other Topics Obituaries (1 of 3) Obituaries (2 of 3) Obituaries (3 of 3) Ohio Oklahoma Older Volunteers Oman Oregon Organic Food, Organic Farming P P - Other Topics Painting Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peace Corps Alternatives Peace, Peace Builders, Peace Makers Pennsylvania Peru (1 of 2) Peru (2 of 2) Philippines (1 of 2) Philippines (2 of 2) Photography by Country of Service Photography, General Photography Physics Poetry Poland Politics (1 of 4) Politics (2 of 4) Politics (3 of 4) Politics (4 of 4) P continuation President Bush (43) President Carter President Clinton President Kennedy President Reagan Primary Education Procurement Psychology, Pschological Testing, Pschological Warfare Public Health Publishing Q Q - Other Topics R R - Other Topics Recruitment Refugees Religion Return to our Country of Service Rhode Island Romania Russia Rwanda S S - Other Topics (1 of 3) S - Other Topics (2 of 3) S - Other Topics (3 of 3) Safety (1 of 7) Safety (2 of 7) Safety (3 of 7) Safety (4 of 7) Safety (5 of 7) Safety (6 of 7) Safety (7 of 7) Saint Kitts Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Science Secondary Education Senegal September 11 Service (1 of 2) Service (2 of 2) Sierra Leone Slovakia Small Business Sociology Solar Energy Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Carolina South Dakota Space Speaking Out (1 of 5) Speaking Out (2 of 5) Speaking Out (3 of 5) Speaking Out (4 of 5) Speaking Out (5 of 5) Sports Sri Lanka Staff State Government Stories Strategic Planning Suriname Swaziland T T - Other Topics Tanzania Teaching English, TESOL, TEFL Television Tennessee Terrorism Texas Thailand (1 of 2) Thailand (2 of 2) The Gambia The Third Goal Togo Tonga Training Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu U U - Other Topics Uganda Ukraine Unesco, Unicef, United Nations University Administration University Education Uruguay USA Freedom Corps Utah Uzbekistan V V - Other Topics Vanuatu Vasquez Nomination Venezuela Vermont Virginia Volunteer Life (1 of 4) Volunteer Life (2 of 2) Volunteer Life (3 of 4) Volunteer Life (4 of 4) Volunteers for Prosperity W W - Other Topics Washington, Headquarters Washington (State) Water West Virginia Wildlife Wisconsin Women's Issues World Wise Schools Writing by RPCVs (1 of 3) Writing by RPCVs (2 of 3) Writing by RPCVs (3 of 3) Wyoming Y Y - Other Topics Yemen Youth and Camps Z Z - Other Topics Zambia Zimbabwe

When this story was posted in February 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:

The Peace Corps Library Peace Corps Online is proud to announce that the Peace Corps Library is now available online. With over 27,000 index entries in 430 categories, this is the largest collection of Peace Corps related stories in the world. From Acting to Zucchini, you can use the Main Index to find hundreds of stories about what RPCVs with your same interests or from your Country of Service are doing today.

Bush's FY06 Budget for the Peace Corps The White House is proposing $345 Million for the Peace Corps for FY06 - a $27.7 Million (8.7%) increase that would allow at least two new posts and maintain the existing number of volunteers at approximately 7,700. Bush's 2002 proposal to double the Peace Corps to 14,000 volunteers appears to have been forgotten. The proposed budget still needs to be approved by Congress.

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February 5, 2005: This Week's Top Stories Peace Corps swears in 12 new Country Directors 4 Feb Kenneth Hawkinson studies oral traditions of Mali 4 Feb Tony Hall urges politicians to bring religious faith to office 4 Feb Dodd opposes Gonzales nomination 3 Feb Dr. Robert Zeigler to head Rice Research Institute 3 Feb Taylor Hackford going into television with "E-Ring" 2 Feb President Bush's past promises in State of the Union 1 Feb Moreigh Wolf says gays cannot volunteer with partners 1 Feb Coleman to chair Peace Corps Subcommittee 1 Feb Vasquez assesses need in Southeast Asia 31 Jan James Bullington says Bush Inaugural speaks to PC 31 Jan Allen Andersson creates foundation to promote libraries 31 Jan Joseph Opala to film "Priscilla's Homecoming" 31 Jan Donna Shalala embarks on aggressive UM expansion 31 Jan Thomas Dichter says Poor Countries Need Smarter Aid 30 Jan Alberto Ibargüen to head Knight Foundation 28 Jan Helen Sheehy organizes "Endangered Peoples" exhibit 28 Jan

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RPCVs mobilize support for Countries of Service RPCV Groups mobilize to support their Countries of Service. Over 200 RPCVS have already applied to the Crisis Corps to provide Tsunami Recovery aid, RPCVs have written a letter urging President Bush and Congress to aid Democracy in Ukraine, and RPCVs are writing NBC about a recent episode of the "West Wing" and asking them to get their facts right about Turkey.

RPCVs contend for Academy Awards Bolivia RPCV Taylor Hackford's film "Ray" is up for awards in six categories including best picture, best actor and best director. "Autism Is a World" co-produced by Sierra Leone RPCV Douglas Biklen and nominated for best Documentary Short Subject, seeks to increase awareness of developmental disabilities. Colombian film "El Rey," previously in the running for the foreign-language award, includes the urban legend that PCVs teamed up with El Rey to bring cocaine to U.S. soil.

Ask Not As our country prepares for the inauguration of a President, we remember one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century and how his words inspired us. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."

Coleman: Peace Corps mission and expansion Senator Norm Coleman, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee that oversees the Peace Corps, says in an op-ed, A chance to show the world America at its best: "Even as that worthy agency mobilizes a "Crisis Corps" of former Peace Corps volunteers to assist with tsunami relief, I believe an opportunity exists to rededicate ourselves to the mission of the Peace Corps and its expansion to touch more and more lives."

RPCVs active in new session of Congress In the new session of Congress that begins this week, RPCV Congressman Tom Petri has a proposal to bolster Social Security, Sam Farr supported the objection to the Electoral College count, James Walsh has asked for a waiver to continue heading a powerful Appropriations subcommittee, Chris Shays will no longer be vice chairman of the Budget Committee, and Mike Honda spoke on the floor honoring late Congressman Robert Matsui.

Latest: RPCVs and Peace Corps provide aid Peace Corps made an appeal last week to all Thailand RPCV's to consider serving again through the Crisis Corps and more than 30 RPCVs have responded so far. RPCVs: Read what an RPCV-led NGO is doing about the crisis an how one RPCV is headed for Sri Lanka to help a nation he grew to love. Question: Is Crisis Corps going to send RPCVs to India, Indonesia and nine other countries that need help?

The World's Broken Promise to our Children Former Director Carol Bellamy, now head of Unicef, says that the appalling conditions endured today by half the world's children speak to a broken promise. Too many governments are doing worse than neglecting children -- they are making deliberate, informed choices that hurt children. Read her op-ed and Unicef's report on the State of the World's Children 2005.

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