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Feb 10, 2010: Senator Dodd to Retire Date: February 19 2010 No: 1433 Feb 10, 2010: Senator Dodd to Retire
Dodd retires from Senate 6 Jan
Cameron Hume named US Ambassador to Pakistan 8 Feb
Florida RPCVs sponsor Everglades Experience 6 Feb
Jeff Hall brings aid to Sierra Leone 1 Feb
Peace Corps to reach 11,000 PCVs in 2016 1 Feb
Hugh Pickens writes: Standing Bear Looks to the Future 27 Jan
Ann Varghese survives 55 hours in Haiti rubble 26 Jan
John Guy LaPlante at 80 was oldest PCV 17 Jan
Steve Radelet to advise Hilary Clinton on Development 15 Jan
Obituary for Co-Author of ‘The Ugly American' 14 Jan
Peace Corps Establishes Program in Indonesia 11 Dec
What Happened to Obama's Promise? 3 Dec
George Packer writes: Obama’s Troubles 24 Nov
PC Mourns Loss of Morocco PCV So-Youn Kim 17 Nov
Peace Corps volunteers return to Madagascar 16 Nov
PC to grow by several thousand over next 2 years 15 Nov
Former Hostage John Limbert named to Iran Bureau 11 Nov
Carrie Hessler Radelet named PC Deputy Director 9 Nov
Garamendi Sworn into Congress 9 Nov
Jesse Lonergan writes graphic novel “Joe and Azat” 4 Nov
David Macaray writes: Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan 29 Oct
Dustin Hogenson writes: Sauna in Kazakstan 26 Oct


Memo to Incoming Director Williams Date: August 24 2009 No: 1419 Memo to Incoming Director Williams
PCOL has asked five prominent RPCVs and Staff to write a memo on the most important issues facing the Peace Corps today. Issues raised include the independence of the Peace Corps, political appointments at the agency, revitalizing the five-year rule, lowering the ET rate, empowering volunteers, removing financial barriers to service, increasing the agency's budget, reducing costs, and making the Peace Corps bureaucracy more efficient and responsive. Latest: Greetings from Director Williams

Join Us Mr. President! Date: June 26 2009 No: 1380 Join Us Mr. President!
"We will double the size of the Peace Corps by its 50th anniversary in 2011. And we'll reach out to other nations to engage their young people in similar programs, so that we work side by side to take on the common challenges that confront all humanity," said Barack Obama during his campaign. Returned Volunteers rally and and march to the White House to support a bold new Peace Corps for a new age. Latest: Senator Dodd introduces Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act of 2009 .

Meet Aaron Williams - Our Next Director Date: July 30 2009 No: 1411 Meet Aaron Williams - Our Next Director
Senator Dodd's Senate Subcommittee held confirmation hearings for Aaron Williams to become the 18th Peace Corps Director. "It's exciting to have a nominee who served in the Peace Corps and also has experience in international development and management," said Dodd as he put Williams on the fast track to be confirmed by the full Senate before the August recess. Read our exclusive coverage of the hearings and our biography of Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams.



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Malaysia RPCV Woody Lane a fanatic about growing forage...
Malaysia RPCV Woody Lane a fanatic about growing forage 4 April 2010



Honduras RPCV Annette M. Richter is a program officer and...
Honduras RPCV Annette M. Richter is a program officer and monitoring and evaluation officer at the Millennium Challenge Corp 6 April 2010



Kenya RPCV Phillip Schaefer appointed to Mainland Resources Advisory Committee...
Kenya RPCV Phillip Schaefer appointed to Mainland Resources Advisory Committee 6 April 2010



Dick and Marty Lemke met and became close during a...
Dick and Marty Lemke met and became close during a two-year teaching stint in a pre-Peace Corps program in Tanzania 6 April 2010



Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams speaks at William and Mary...
Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams speaks at William and Mary University 6 April 2010



Congo Kinshasa RPCV Charles Krakoff writes: Members of the U.S...
Congo Kinshasa RPCV Charles Krakoff writes: Members of the U.S. Congress, in a rare show of bipartisanship, have introduced legislation to try to curb the trade in conflict minerals from Congo 7 April 2010



RPCV Catherine Knott helped organize the grassroots organization Homer Helping...
RPCV Catherine Knott helped organize the grassroots organization Homer Helping Haiti 7 April 2010



Niger RPCV Shannon Honeybloom provides picture for slow living...
Niger RPCV Shannon Honeybloom provides picture for slow living 7 April 2010



Johnnie Carson writes: Africa Policy Under Obama
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Carson writes: U.S.-Africa Policy Under the Obama Administration 7 April 2010



Matt Orosz builds Solar Thermal Power System
Lesotho RPCV Matt Orosz builds prototypes of a solar thermal power system that he designed 8 April 2010



Mali RPCV Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is a Microsoft Women...
Mali RPCV Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is a Microsoft Women Worth Watching 8 April 2010



Nicaragua RPCV Ruth G. King, principal of the Homer Elementary...
Nicaragua RPCV Ruth G. King, principal of the Homer Elementary School in the Homer Central School District, has been selected as the 2010 New York State Elementary School Principal of the Year 8 April 2010



Congo Brazzaville RPCV Teresa Bavibidila dedicated to teaching AIDS awareness...
Congo Brazzaville RPCV Teresa Bavibidila dedicated to teaching AIDS awareness abroad 10 April 2010



Fiji RPCV Stephanie Odegard is not only known around the...
Fiji RPCV Stephanie Odegard is not only known around the world for her carpet designs, but for her environmentally sustainable practices 10 April 2010



Jordan RPCV Ashley Bates writes: Gaza and Bi'lin witness same...
Jordan RPCV Ashley Bates writes: Gaza and Bi'lin witness same demonstrations 10 April 2010



Papua New Guinea RPCV Ursula Osborne née Solmitz decided to...
Papua New Guinea RPCV Ursula Osborne née Solmitz decided to translate "Not To Hate But To Love That Is What I Am Here For" for a woman who was helping her in her archive work, but quickly realized that there may be greater public interest in it 11 April 2010



Sierra Leone RPCV Joni Foster is executive director of Support...
Sierra Leone RPCV Joni Foster is executive director of Support Corporation (LISC) Jacksonville 11 April 2010



Chile RPCV Mary Burke to give keynote address, "Today's Slavery...
Chile RPCV Mary Burke to give keynote address, "Today's Slavery: An Issue of Human Rights" at Indiana State University 12 April 2010



Brian Kuhn among Scientists on Ancestor Find
Morocco and Jordan RPCV Brian Kuhn among scientists in on ancestor find 12 April 2010



Peace Corps Volunteer Rob Place told Dr. Frank Andolino about...
Peace Corps Volunteer Rob Place told Dr. Frank Andolino about a Kenyan community where 43 percent of the population was ravaged by HIV/AIDS 12 April 2010



The High Atlas Foundation trains twenty-eight university students in...
The High Atlas Foundation trains twenty-eight university students in participatory development 12 April 2010



Melanie Edwards gathers data on “invisible poor”
Drawing on her background from the Peace Corps, Wall Street investment banking and technology research, Togo RPCV Melanie Edwards launched Mobile Metrix, a market research company that gathers data on the “invisible poor” 12 April 2010



Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite writes: In the past, many...
Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite writes: In the past, many of our USAID staff were former Peace Corps workers [who] had lived in the countries and been engaged and understood, to some extent, the value of culture 13 April 2010



Aaron Williams visits Jordan
Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams visits Jordan 13 April 2010



Adam Maines is teaching high school-level math and physical...
Adam Maines is teaching high school-level math and physical science at St. Bridget's Secondary Day School in the village of Natola in Malawi 13 April 2010



The Melrose Public Library’s “A Celebration of Authors” series continues...
The Melrose Public Library’s “A Celebration of Authors” series continues in May featuring local author Micronesia RPCV Roland Merullo 13 April 2010



Runner Erik Heinonen works with Sports Camps in Moldova...
Runner Erik Heinonen works with Sports Camps in Moldova 13 April 2010



Q&A with Niger RPCV poet Susan Rich...
Q&A with Niger RPCV poet Susan Rich 13 April 2010



Committee passes Dodd's Peace Corps Bill
Foreign Relations Committee passes Dodd’s "Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act of 2009" 13 April 2010



NPCA's Africa Rural Connect wins Award
NPCA's Africa Rural Connect project receives an Interactive Media Council Outstanding Achievement Award 13 April 2010



Liberia RPCV Barbara Ferguson Kamara will be the speaker at...
Liberia RPCV Barbara Ferguson Kamara will be the speaker at the 140th anniversary of Gregory Congregational United Church of Christ 14 April 2010



Mark Lenzi writes: Can Poland get past the 'curse'?
RPCV Mark Douglas Lenzi writes: Can Poland get past the ‘curse’? 14 April 2010



Ambassador Stephens has a special message for high school...
Ambassador Stephens has a special message for high school 14 April 2010



Jamaica RPCV Keith McDorman and Paige Hill run Urban Patchwork...
Jamaica RPCV Keith McDorman and Paige Hill run Urban Patchwork, which turns local homeowners' yards into vegetable gardens 15 April 2010



Morocco RPCV Sarah-Ann Lynch (SHS 1978) were inducted into...
Morocco RPCV Sarah-Ann Lynch (SHS 1978) were inducted into the Stoughton High School Hall of Fame for Extraordinary Achievement 15 April 2010



Sierra Leone RPCV Thomas Hull delivers last lecture...
Sierra Leone RPCV Thomas Hull delivers last lecture 15 April 2010



NPCA wins award for Africa Rural Connect...
NPCA wins award for Africa Rural Connect 15 April 2010



Cape Verde RPCV Justin Barnum is currently an adjunct instructor...
Cape Verde RPCV Justin Barnum is currently an adjunct instructor at the University of Central Arkansas 16 April 2010



Chile RPCV Juana Bordas will discuss “Igniting the Inner Leader...
Chile RPCV Juana Bordas will discuss “Igniting the Inner Leader” at Leadership Wabash Valley’s Edibles and Ideas event 17 April 2010



Jordan RPCV Ashley Bates Dispatches from Gaza...
Jordan RPCV Ashley Bates Dispatches from Gaza 17 April 2010



Cecillia Villarruel taught English in a village in Namibia and...
Cecillia Villarruel taught English in a village in Namibia and led a project to renovate several classrooms in the school 17 April 2010



Senegal RPCV founded the Jembetat African Art Gallery and Cafe...
Senegal RPCV founded the Jembetat African Art Gallery and Cafe in Rochester New York 17 April 2010



RPCVs Lee and Susan Schriever revisit Khandbara, a small city...
RPCVs Lee and Susan Schriever revisit Khandbara, a small city in central India, where they served as volunteers 18 April 2010



Speaking during the occasion to welcome the 60 new Peace...
Speaking during the occasion to welcome the 60 new Peace Corps at Molepolole College of Education Friday, Assistant Minister of Health, Mr Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri said the Peace Corps contributed immensely when there were significant shortages in specialized personnel in different sectors of the economy 19 April 2010



Hungary RPCV writes: Work-Free Sundays? Say It Isn’t So...
Hungary RPCV writes: Work-Free Sundays? Say It Isn’t So, Europe. 19 April 2010



Peace Corps/Namibia Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary...
Peace Corps/Namibia Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary 19 April 2010



Hillary Clinton says the United States will work through the...
Hillary Clinton says the United States will work through the Peace Corps to advance renewable energy efforts in the Americas 19 April 2010



Allison Moses spent 15 months in the Eastern European country...
Allison Moses spent 15 months in the Eastern European country of Georgia in 2007-08 doing humanitarian work for the Peace Corps before being evacuated due to political unrest, is now engaged in similar endeavors in the Central American country of Costa Rica 20 April 2010



Honduras RPCV Leon Kolankiewicz writes: Earth Day founder disappointed in...
Honduras RPCV Leon Kolankiewicz writes: Earth Day founder disappointed in followers for neglecting overpopulation 20 April 2010



Morocco RPCV Andrea Gousen worked as a landscape architecture design...
Morocco RPCV Andrea Gousen worked as a landscape architecture design group administrator at MIG Inc. 20 April 2010



Sierra Leone RPCV Joseen Vogt finds her path as Franciscan...
Sierra Leone RPCV Joseen Vogt finds her path as Franciscan sister, continues today at age 88 20 April 2010



As a researcher at the University of Witwatersrand’s Institute for...
As a researcher at the University of Witwatersrand’s Institute for Human Evolution who specializes in extinct carnivores, Morocco and Jordan RPCV Brian Kuhn is especially interested in the latest piece of rock he’s been given because he believes it holds the fossilized remains of a saber-toothed cat 21 April 2010



Russia RPCV Heather Josselyn-Cranson has been struggling to create...
Russia RPCV Heather Josselyn-Cranson has been struggling to create a song last winter for BU’s first hymn-writing competition and to honor the work of one of her former professors at the School of Theology 21 April 2010



What will the Peace Corps do without Dodd in the...
What will the Peace Corps do without Dodd in the Senate? 21 April 2010



Peace Corps Volunteer Laura Kutner Creates School Out of Plastic...
Peace Corps Volunteer Laura Kutner Creates School Out of Plastic Bottles 22 April 2010



After graduating college, Cindy Hunter participated in the Peace Corps...
After graduating college, Cindy Hunter participated in the Peace Corps in Mauritania, West Africa from 1983 to 1985, and continued to volunteer for other service agencies like Bread for the World and Mennonite Central Committee 22 April 2010



RPCV Greg Dever has dedicated his professional life to improving...
RPCV Greg Dever has dedicated his professional life to improving medical care in the South Pacific 22 April 2010



Alyssa Nyberg helps restore Indiana Prairie
Restoring the prairie is her labor of love for Nepal RPCV Alyssa Nyberg 22 April 2010



This is a requirement to obtain physical and e-mail...
This is a requirement to obtain physical and e-mail addresses for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers 22 April 2010



Olivia Szymanski is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer...
Olivia Szymanski is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer working to empower the young women of Belize 23 April 2010



Thailand Peace Corps Volunteer "Peace Corps'd!" writes: So I understand...
Thailand Peace Corps Volunteer "Peace Corps'd!" writes: So I understand that the situation in Bangkok has gained more international attention now as violence has escalated, and I thought I'd share a bit about what it's like to be in a nation where there is such civil unrest 23 April 2010



Obituary for Tonga RPCV Andrea Leigh Ptolemy...
Obituary for Tonga RPCV Andrea Leigh Ptolemy 23 April 2010



Karen Smith works in Afghanistan and Sudan
Morocco RPCV Karen Smith gives humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and Sudan 24 April 2010



Brazil RPCV Bob Chase is president and CEO of SERRV...
Brazil RPCV Bob Chase is president and CEO of SERRV, the Madison-based nonprofit organization that works with artisans to help sell their products and develop their businesses and communties 24 April 2010



Korea RPCV Margaret Wheatley speaks on "The Future of the...
Korea RPCV Margaret Wheatley speaks on "The Future of the World Depends on Women" 24 April 2010



Kevin Bubriski began photographing Nepal in 1975
Kevin Bubriski first began photographing Nepal in 1975, when he was stationed there as a Peace Corps water engineer 24 April 2010



David Searles writes: Why the Peace Corps/ACTION Marriage Failed...
David Searles writes: Why the Peace Corps/ACTION Marriage Failed 24 April 2010



Macedonia RPCVs Tara Trepanier and Joshua Gill marry on the...
Macedonia RPCVs Tara Trepanier and Joshua Gill marry on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 25 April 2010



Obituary for Thailand RPCV William Luther King II...
Obituary for Thailand RPCV William Luther King II 25 April 2010



Thailand Peace Corps Volunteer "Peace Corps: The Thai Experience " writes...
Thailand Peace Corps Volunteer "Peace Corps: The Thai Experience " writes: A couple days before I headed to Bangkok to meet her, the situation in Bangkok turned even more critical and travel to Bangkok became essentially off limits 25 April 2010



Kathleen Stephens shows Photos in Korea
It is well documented that U.S. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens spent time in Korea in the 70s as a Peace Corps volunteer, but what is not widely known is her love for photography and the countless pictures she took during those two years 25 April 2010



Obituary for India RPCV Gerry Copeland...
Obituary for India RPCV Gerry Copeland 26 April 2010



Jamaica RPCV Terry Berlier presents "The 41st Rudiment," named after...
Jamaica RPCV Terry Berlier presents "The 41st Rudiment," named after the 40 “rudiments” that percussionists study as they develop their craft 26 April 2010



Dennis Lucey was director of the Peace Corps in Liberia...
Dennis Lucey was director of the Peace Corps in Liberia for two years 27 April 2010



Byron L. Jeys has spent 25 years making a difference...
Byron L. Jeys has spent 25 years making a difference in Malawi and was nominated by the people of Mawai for the country's Nation 2009 Achiever Award 27 April 2010



What began for Poland RPCV Mark Lewandowski as a summer...
What began for Poland RPCV Mark Lewandowski as a summer working in a fish processing plant in Alaska has ended with a book of short stories 27 April 2010



Taylor Hackford wins Hackford 2010 Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement...
Taylor Hackford wins Hackford 2010 Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award 27 April 2010



PC assembling database of RPCVs
Peace Corps to assemble database of former volunteers 27 April 2010



Eric Lax 's “Faith Interrupted’’ is in part a longer...
Eric Lax 's “Faith Interrupted’’ is in part a longer reflection on the troubling paradoxes that confront a religiously observant life 28 April 2010



Tanzania RPCV Dennis Herlocker writes“Buffaloes In My Bedroom,” a...
Tanzania RPCV Dennis Herlocker writes“Buffaloes In My Bedroom,” a memoir of the ensuing three years as a forester in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), a newly-independent corner of the British Empire 28 April 2010



Thailand violence flares as red-shirts and troops clash...
Thailand violence flares as red-shirts and troops clash 28 April 2010



Dodd Leaving Senate at the Apex of his Career...
Dodd Leaving Senate at the Apex of his Career 28 April 2010



Cameroon Peace Corps Volunteer Gloria Twesigye has earned a prestigious...
Cameroon Peace Corps Volunteer Gloria Twesigye has earned a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to research Germany’s efforts to rehabilitate former child soldiers from the Republic of Uganda 29 April 2010



Ecuador Peace Corps Volunteer Cindy Ann Oursler writes: I'm enchanted...
Ecuador Peace Corps Volunteer Cindy Ann Oursler writes: I'm enchanted by this little town and its history is a source of conversation more interesting than the weather 29 April 2010



Georgia RPCV Michael Hikari Cecire writes: An Interview with Giorgi...
Georgia RPCV Michael Hikari Cecire writes: An Interview with Giorgi Kvelashvili 29 April 2010



Georgia RPCV Michael Hikari Cecire writes: Georgia's NATO Dream...
Georgia RPCV Michael Hikari Cecire writes: Georgia's NATO Dream 29 April 2010



Guyana RPCV Andi Weiss Bartczak, a science consultant and science...
Guyana RPCV Andi Weiss Bartczak, a science consultant and science translator from Ulster County, is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor on New York 29 April 2010



Amy Smith named to Time Magazine's 100
Amy Smith named as one of Time Magazine's 100 people who most affect our world 29 April 2010



Carl Pope ‘Green’ Graduation Speaker at College of the Atlantic...
Carl Pope ‘Green’ Graduation Speaker at College of the Atlantic 29 April 2010



Philippines RPCV Jon Gresley steps down as Executive Director of...
Philippines RPCV Jon Gresley steps down as Executive Director of the Oakland Housing Authority 30 April 2010



Aaron Williams writes: Peace Corps Volunteers are Natural Social Entrepreneurs...
Aaron Williams writes: Peace Corps Volunteers are Natural Social Entrepreneurs 30 April 2010