February 7, 2005: Headlines: Budget: Appropriations: Presidents - Bush: Congress: Expansion: Peace Corps: President Bush asks Congress for $345 M for Peace Corps
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February 7, 2005: Headlines: Budget: Appropriations: Presidents - Bush: Congress: Expansion: Peace Corps: President Bush asks Congress for $345 M for Peace Corps
President Bush asks Congress for $345 M for Peace Corps
President Bush asks Congress for $345 M for Peace Corps
President Bush Announces 2006 Budget; Asks Congress for $345 M for Peace Corps
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 7, 2005—Today, President Bush unveiled his fiscal year 2006 budget, in which he asks Congress to provide the Peace Corps with $345 million— a $28 million increase from fiscal year 2005. The Peace Corps’ current operating budget for FY 2005 is $317 million, which is the highest appropriation in the agency’s history.
“We are pleased with the President’s continued commitment to the Peace Corps and the accomplishments we have achieved to date,” stated Peace Corps Director Gaddi H. Vasquez. “Today, 7,733 Americans are serving in 72 countries – the largest number of volunteers to serve overseas since 1974 - in projects related to agriculture, health, HIV/AIDS education and prevention, information technology, business development, the environment, education, and youth at risk.”
Moreover, the demand for Peace Corps volunteers overseas continues to increase, with more than 20 additional countries requesting Peace Corps programs and assistance. This past year, the Peace Corps opened a new program in Mexico with volunteers concentrating on information technology, small business development, and science and technology. The Peace Corps also returned volunteers to Haiti, sent Crisis Corps volunteers to assist with disaster recovery following Hurricane Ivan in the Caribbean, and plans to send 30 Crisis Corps volunteers to Thailand to support post-tsunami relief efforts. In addition, the Peace Corps is a participant in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and is working in 10 of the 15 focus countries offering HIV/AIDS prevention training and care.
When this story was posted in February 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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." |
| 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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