Directory of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers by Country of Service



Directory of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers by Country of Service

• Directory of Afghanistan Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Albania Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Antigua Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Argentina Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Azerbaijan Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Armenia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Bahrain Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Bangladesh Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Barbados Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Belize Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Benin Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Bolivia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Botswana Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Brazil Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Bulgaria Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Burkina Faso Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Burundi Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Cameroon Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Cape Verde Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Central African Republic Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Chad Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Chile Returned Volunteers

• Directory of China Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Colombia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Comoros Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Congo - Brazzaville Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Congo - Kinshasa (Zaire) Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Costa Rica Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Cyprus Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Czech Republic Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Dominica Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Dominican Republic Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Eastern Caribbean Returned Volunteers

• Directory of East Timor Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Ecuador Returned Volunteers

• Directory of El Salvador Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Equatorial Guinea Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Eritrea Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Estonia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Ethiopia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Fiji Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Gabon Returned Volunteers

• Directory of The Gambia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Georgia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Ghana Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Grenada Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Guatemala Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Guinea Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Guinea-Bissau Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Guyana Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Haiti Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Honduras Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Hungary Returned Volunteers

• Directory of India Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Indonesia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Iran Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Ivory Coast Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Jamaica Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Jordan Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Kazakstan Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Kenya Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Kiribati Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Korea Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Kyrgyzstan Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Latvia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Lesotho Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Liberia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Libya Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Lithuania Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Macedonia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Madagascar Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Malawi Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Mali Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Malaysia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Marshall Islands Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Mauritania Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Micronesia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Moldova Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Mongolia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Monteserrat Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Morocco Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Mozambique Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Namibia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Nepal Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Nicaragua Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Niger Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Nigeria Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Niue Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Oman Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Pakistan Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Palau Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Panama Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Papua New Guinea Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Paraguay Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Peru Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Philippines Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Poland Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Romania Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Russia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Rwanda Returned Volunteers

• Directory of St. Kitts Returned Volunteers

• Directory of St. Lucia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of St. Vincent Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Samoa Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Sao Tome Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Senegal Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Seychelles Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Sierra Leone Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Slovakia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Solomon Islands Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Somalia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of South Africa Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Sri Lanka Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Sudan Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Suriname Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Swaziland Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Tanzania Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Thailand Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Togo Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Tonga Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Tunisia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Turkey Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Turkmenistan Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Tuvalu Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Uganda Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Ukraine Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Uruguay Returned Volunteers

• Directory of USA Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Uzbekistan Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Vanuatu Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Venezuela Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Yemen Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Zambia Returned Volunteers

• Directory of Zimbabwe Returned Volunteers

When this story was posted in February 2006, this was on the front page of PCOL:




Peace Corps Online The Independent News Forum serving Returned Peace Corps Volunteers

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Top Stories: February 2, 2006 Al Kamen writes: Rice to redeploy diplomats 20 Jan Peace Corps mourns the Loss of Volunteer Tessa Horan 1 Feb RPCV pursues dreams in America's Heartland 1 Feb Sargent Shriver documentary to be shown in LA 30 Jan W. Frank Fountain is new board chairman of Africare 27 Jan Abbey Brown writes about acid attacks in Bangladesh 26 Jan Christopher Hill Sees Ray of Hope in N.Korea Standoff 26 Jan Jeffrey Smit writes on one man diplomatic outposts 25 Jan Joe Blatchford's ACCION and microfinance 24 Jan James Rupert writes: A calculated risk in Pakistan 23 Jan Sam Farr rips conservative immigration bill 21 Jan Americans campaign for PC to return to Sierra Leone 20 Jan Kinky Friedman supports Gay Marriage 20 Jan Margaret Krome writes on Women leaders 18 Jan James Walsh leads bipartisan US delegation to Ireland 17 Jan Mark Schneider writes on Elections and Beyond in Haiti 16 Jan Robert Blackwill on a "serious setback" in US-India relations 13 Jan Kevin Quigley writes on PC and U.S. Image Abroad 13 Jan Emily Metzloff rides bicycle 3,100 miles from Honduras 9 Jan Charles Brennick starts operation InterConnection 9 Jan Lee Fisher tells story of Pablo Morillo 7 Jan Nancy Wallace writes: Was PC a CIA front after all? 4 Jan

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RPCV admits to abuse while in Peace Corps Timothy Ronald Obert has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a minor in Costa Rica while serving there as a Peace Corps volunteer. "The Peace Corps has a zero tolerance policy for misconduct that violates the law or standards of conduct established by the Peace Corps," said Peace Corps Director Gaddi H. Vasquez. Could inadequate screening have been partly to blame? Mr. Obert's resume, which he had submitted to the Peace Corps in support of his application to become a Peace Corps Volunteer, showed that he had repeatedly sought and obtained positions working with underprivileged children. Read what RPCVs have to say about this case.

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Military Option sparks concerns The U.S. military, struggling to fill its voluntary ranks, is allowing recruits to meet part of their reserve military obligations after active duty by serving in the Peace Corps. Read why there is opposition to the program among RPCVs. Director Vasquez says the agency has a long history of accepting qualified applicants who are in inactive military status. John Coyne says "Not only no, but hell no!" and RPCV Chris Matthews leads the debate on "Hardball." Avi Spiegel says Peace Corps is not the place for soldiers while Coleman McCarthy says to Welcome Soldiers to the Peace Corps. Read our poll results. Latest: Congress passed a bill on December 22 including language to remove Peace Corps from the National Call to Service (NCS) military recruitment program

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Why blurring the lines puts PCVs in danger When the National Call to Service legislation was amended to include Peace Corps in December of 2002, this country had not yet invaded Iraq and was not in prolonged military engagement in the Middle East, as it is now. Read the story of how one volunteer spent three years in captivity from 1976 to 1980 as the hostage of a insurrection group in Colombia in Joanne Marie Roll's op-ed on why this legislation may put soldier/PCVs in the same kind of danger. Latest: Read the ongoing dialog on the subject.

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PC establishes awards for top Volunteers Gaddi H. Vasquez has established the Kennedy Service Awards to honor the hard work and service of two current Peace Corps Volunteers, two returned Peace Corps Volunteers, and two Peace Corps staff members. The award to currently serving volunteers will be based on a demonstration of impact, sustainability, creativity, and catalytic effect. Submit your nominations by December 9.

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Robert F. Kennedy - 80th anniversary of his birth "Few men are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change the world which yields most painfully to change."

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Peace Corps at highest Census in 30 years Congratulations to the Peace Corps for the highest number of volunteers in 30 years with 7,810 volunteers serving in 71 posts across the globe. Of course, the President's proposal to double the Peace Corps to 15,000 volunteers made in his State of the Union Address in 2002 is now a long forgotten dream. With deficits in federal spending stretching far off into the future, any substantive increase in the number of volunteers will have to wait for new approaches to funding and for a new administration. Choose your candidate and start working for him or her now.

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The Peace Corps Library Peace Corps Online is proud to announce that the Peace Corps Library is now available online. With over 30,000 index entries in 500 categories, this is the largest collection of Peace Corps related stories in the world. From Acting to Zucchini, you can find hundreds of stories about what RPCVs with your same interests or from your Country of Service are doing today. If you have a web site, support the "Peace Corps Library" and link to it today.

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Friends of the Peace Corps 170,000 strong 170,000 is a very special number for the RPCV community - it's the number of Volunteers who have served in the Peace Corps since 1961. It's also a number that is very special to us because March is the first month since our founding in January, 2001 that our readership has exceeded 170,000. And while we know that not everyone who comes to this site is an RPCV, they are all "Friends of the Peace Corps." Thanks everybody for making PCOL your source of news for the Returned Volunteer community.

Read the stories and leave your comments.

By Hugh Pickens (ac860905.ipt.aol.com - 172.134.9.5) on Saturday, September 23, 2006 - 12:27 am: Edit Post

LOOKING FOR HUGH AND SUNDAY PICKENS. I noticed, after doing a search on my husband/son's name, "Hugh Pickens" that this gentleman has the same name. We seem closely connected and I would like to pass our email address along to them if possible.
Thank you in advance and God Bless.
Hugh and Kelly Pickens

By don washington (214.3.138.234) on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 4:06 pm: Edit Post

Looking for Ernie Lenz. Former OE student. Don Washington