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In July 2010, this was on the front page of PCOL:
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| 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 |
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Nita Lowey pushes $46.15 million PC funding increase
Rep. Nita Lowey (NY-18) Pushes for a $46.15 million funding increase for the Peace Corps in 2011 1 July 2010
Botswana RPCV Rev. David Carlson is the new lead pastor...
Botswana RPCV Rev. David Carlson is the new lead pastor at the River of Life United Methodist Church 1 July 2010
Nepal RPCV Heather Thomas died last June from Melanoma...
Nepal RPCV Heather Thomas died last June from Melanoma 1 July 2010
Natalie Montanaro, 52, a research assistant from the College of...
Natalie Montanaro, 52, a research assistant from the College of Charleston, South Carolina, volunteered for the U.S. Peace Corps and moved to Romania in May 2009 1 July 2010
So many fair-trade companies were founded by Peace Corps...
So many fair-trade companies were founded by Peace Corps volunteers, so it seems to be the way that movement has progressed 1 July 2010
In 1973 Kay Chernush moved to Arlington and took a...
In 1973 Kay Chernush moved to Arlington and took a job with the Peace Corps as a public affairs writer 1 July 2010
Danny Dunbar is a fan of Brazil soccer
Danny Dunbar has been a fan of Brazil soccer since his time in the Peace Corps and he passed on that passion to his son Ian 2 July 2010
People-to-people contacts are the core foundation of what...
People-to-people contacts are the core foundation of what the Peace Corps is meant to do, says Lesley Duncan, country director of the US Peace Corps in Bulgaria 2 July 2010
Kenya RPCV Chris Rushlau protested the Iraq war, but served...
Kenya RPCV Chris Rushlau protested the Iraq war, but served and was wounded 2 July 2010
Mongolia RPCV Michael Burden writes: Managing stormwater important for individuals...
Mongolia RPCV Michael Burden writes: Managing stormwater important for individuals, city 2 July 2010
Five questions with International Fund for Animal Welfare leader Fred...
Five questions with International Fund for Animal Welfare leader Fred O'Regan 2 July 2010
Christopher Hill leaves Iraq Embassy For Academia
Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill To Leave Post For Academia 2 July 2010
NPCA holds YouTube contest
National Peace Corps Association holds YouTube contest 2 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "Jan Larsen's Peace Corps Adventure" writes: The...
Peace Corps Volunteer "Jan Larsen's Peace Corps Adventure" writes: The State Department got some credible intelligence (I have no idea how, or exactly what) that there was a terrorist threat in the city were we were for training so we have been evacuated back to the capital city 3 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "He Who Seeks Knowledge Begins With Humbleness...
Peace Corps Volunteer "He Who Seeks Knowledge Begins With Humbleness" writes: So there has been an extreme change of program for reasons I cannot delve into on this blog 3 July 2010
Ecuador RPCV Ed Steele was sworn in as Dunsmuir's newest...
Ecuador RPCV Ed Steele was sworn in as Dunsmuir's newest city council member on July 1 3 July 2010
Obituary for Peru RPCV Leon Haller...
Obituary for Peru RPCV Leon Haller 3 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "My Life in Guinea / Burkina Faso" writes...
Peace Corps Volunteer "My Life in Guinea / Burkina Faso" writes: When I recieved a message on my cell phone that we were going on the first level of alert (standfast), you could imagine that my beautiful day was all but finished 4 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "101 Things to Do With Mud" writes...
Peace Corps Volunteer "101 Things to Do With Mud" writes: Congo, the security officer entered the meeting a short while later to tell us that the Country Director had received notice of a kidnapping threat in our town of Ouahigouya 4 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "7736 Kilometers" writes: We were locked down...
Peace Corps Volunteer "7736 Kilometers" writes: We were locked down in a secure place in Ouahigouya for the night… without any of our things 4 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "Brooke's Peaceful Perseverance" writes: Life is good...
Peace Corps Volunteer "Brooke's Peaceful Perseverance" writes: Life is good. For the past two days we haven't had any power. In Tav's village it came back on last night for a few hours (just enough time to watch Germany destroy Argentina). 4 July 2010
Sierra Leone RPCV Storm Waters hasn't missed a Round River...
Sierra Leone RPCV Storm Waters hasn't missed a Round River Rendezvous in 17 years, and the other environmental activists behind the Earth First! movement are better off because of it 4 July 2010
Ecuador RPCV Everett Myers wants to provide people with food...
Ecuador RPCV Everett Myers wants to provide people with food like what he ate growing up as a kid 5 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "Pat in the Kyrgyz Republic" writes: I...
Peace Corps Volunteer "Pat in the Kyrgyz Republic" writes: I spent about 5 or 6 days at an undisclosed location with all of the volunteers before the constitutional referendum that happened here on the 27th 5 July 2010
Macedonia RPCV Hugo Dahlstrom will provide occupational therapy to patients...
Macedonia RPCV Hugo Dahlstrom will provide occupational therapy to patients to the Western Plains Medical Complex 5 July 2010
South Africa RPCV Misty Brodiaea, is "Son of the Wind...
South Africa RPCV Misty Brodiaea, is "Son of the Wind"'s writer and stage director 5 July 2010
The Green Party of South Carolina has a serious candidate...
The Green Party of South Carolina has a serious candidate in Costa Rica RPCV Tom Clements in the race against entrenched Republican Jim DeMint and Democrat Alvin Greene 6 July 2010
Rachel Freed writes: I vowed that I would act on...
Rachel Freed writes: I vowed that I would act on Kennedy's inspiring words, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." I volunteered to serve in the Peace Corps and spent two years in Tunisia, where I taught English and worked in a family planning project. 6 July 2010
Ben Masters promotes bamboo bicycles
Zambia RPCV Ben Masters makes promotes bamboo bicycles as a viable form of transportation 6 July 2010
PCVs Evacuated from Northern Burkina Faso
Peace Corps Volunteers evacuated from north Burkina Faso after terror warning 7 July 2010
Americans leave north Burkina Faso...
Americans leave north Burkina Faso 7 July 2010
Dominican Republic RPCV Christina Ygoña will travel to the Philippines...
Dominican Republic RPCV Christina Ygoña will travel to the Philippines this November to conduct research as a Fulbright Scholar 7 July 2010
Milton Wright started his farm in 1947, but it wasn't...
Milton Wright started his farm in 1947, but it wasn't until 1972 that Ethiopia RPCV David Wright ventured into the dairy business himself 7 July 2010
When the Peace Corps discovered that their new recruit Peter...
When the Peace Corps discovered that their new recruit Peter DiCampo had received first-aid training as a Boy Scout, they assigned him as a medical officer to the village of Wantugu, Ghana 7 July 2010
Ecuador RPCV Pat Derdzinski will miss variety of opportunities to...
Ecuador RPCV Pat Derdzinski will miss variety of opportunities to teach 8 July 2010
In 1994, Debra Millar became a Peace Corps Medical Officer...
In 1994, Debra Millar became a Peace Corps Medical Officer and over the next decade, she served the Peace Corps in its efforts in several African countries, including helping it start new programs in Eritrea and Mozambique 8 July 2010
Thirty-five New Peace Corps Volunteers ready to serve Fiji...
Thirty-five New Peace Corps Volunteers ready to serve Fiji 8 July 2010
After coaching varsity wrestling the past 34 years - including the...
After coaching varsity wrestling the past 34 years - including the last 32 at Byron - Swaziland Marti Covert has finally decided it's time to step down and enjoy the fruits of retirement 8 July 2010
All elements of the U.S. Peace Corps have been called...
All elements of the U.S. Peace Corps have been called back from the villages where they live, and left the town of Naba Kango, in the North of Burkina Faso, under military escort 9 July 2010
Kazakhstan RPCV S. Francesca Po writes: Kyrgyzstan: the road not...
Kazakhstan RPCV S. Francesca Po writes: Kyrgyzstan: the road not taken 9 July 2010
Charles L. Kennedy writies: I went to Africa as a...
Charles L. Kennedy writies: I went to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1963, when the Peace Corps was in its infancy and was assigned as a history teacher to the Schlenker School in Port Loko, Sierra Leone in West Africa where My first memories of Port Loko were of little kids playing fotbol in a cloud of dust 10 July 2010
Botswana RPCV Susan Ross recently received a degree from Case...
Botswana RPCV Susan Ross recently received a degree from Case Western Reserve University after returning to college nearly 40 years after receiving her bachelor's degree 11 July 2010
Peace Corps volunteers in Panama in the city of Changuinola...
Peace Corps volunteers in Panama in the city of Changuinola have been temporarily relocated from the area 11 July 2010
Push the Senate Subcommittee to Support the $46 million increase...
Push the Senate Subcommittee to Support the $46 million increase 12 July 2010
Joshua Hardester recently finished his first year serving with the...
Joshua Hardester recently finished his first year serving with the Peace Corps in Costa Rica 12 July 2010
Anne Goddard helps lead ChildFund
Kenya RPCV Anne Goddard helps lead ChildFund in a new directon 12 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "Getting Lost in Africa" writes: No Need...
Peace Corps Volunteer "Getting Lost in Africa" writes: No Need For Alarm… 12 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "Among the Acacias" writes: Tragedy in Kampala...
Peace Corps Volunteer "Among the Acacias" writes: Tragedy in Kampala 12 July 2010
PCVs Safe after bombing in Uganda
The Uganda bomb, which killed 74 at World Cup parties, may signal a new theater for Islamist terrorism 12 July 2010
Statement from Director Williams on the Bombings in Uganda...
Statement from Director Williams on the Bombings in Uganda 12 July 2010
Tim Moss and Becky Turnquist Moss gave a presentation about...
Tim Moss and Becky Turnquist Moss gave a presentation about their Peace Corps service in Burkina Faso at a Rotary Club 13 July 2010
From his days in the Peace Corps, where he served...
From his days in the Peace Corps, where he served two years as a teacher in Iran, Joe Mangi has seen what is possible when people learn from each other and try to get along 13 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "Two Stops Past Siberia" writes: Due to...
Peace Corps Volunteer "Two Stops Past Siberia" writes: Due to the nature of the violence, Peace Corps put all of its volunteers on radio silence 13 July 2010
For more than a year, 27-year-old Samuel Hagler...
For more than a year, 27-year-old Samuel Hagler has been on a 10,000-mile bicycle tour from Paraguay to the U.S. to raise awareness and funds for endangered forests worldwide 13 July 2010
The Peace Corps is seeking a chess coordinator to work...
The Peace Corps is seeking a chess coordinator to work in Saint Lucia, the island nation in the Caribbean 13 July 2010
Peace Corps volunteer Laura C. Corcoran OK after Uganda bombings...
Peace Corps volunteer Laura C. Corcoran OK after Uganda bombings 13 July 2010
Ethiopia RPCV Edward Lynch named Director of Planning & Development. in...
Ethiopia RPCV Edward Lynch named Director of Planning & Development. in Newburgh, New York 14 July 2010
Obituary for Malawi RPCV Helen Elizabeth Scruggs Horvath...
Obituary for Malawi RPCV Helen Elizabeth Scruggs Horvath 14 July 2010
Taft Franklin returned after spending 27 months in Paraguay, and...
Taft Franklin returned after spending 27 months in Paraguay, and the experience provided him with a new perspective of what other Americans might view as an under-developed nation 14 July 2010
Obituary for Peru RPCV Peter Stonewall Jenson...
Obituary for Peru RPCV Peter Stonewall Jenson 14 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "Stranger in a Strange Land" writes: I...
Peace Corps Volunteer "Stranger in a Strange Land" writes: I am okay, and as far as I know, no Peace Corps Volunteers or staff were harmed during the attacks 14 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "Stranger in a Strange Land" writes: Evacuation...
Peace Corps Volunteer "Stranger in a Strange Land" writes: Evacuation! 16 July 2010
Thailand RPCV Merissa Shunk (playwright) has been with Adventure Stage...
Thailand RPCV Merissa Shunk (playwright) has been with Adventure Stage Chicago since 2007 as the Director of Education 18 July 2010
Senate Appropriations Committee provides $420.15 million for Peace Corps which...
Senate Appropriations Committee provides $420.15 million for Peace Corps which is $20.1 million above the FY 10 level 29 July 2010
Peace Corps Needs Senator Mikulski On July 29, 2010...
Peace Corps Needs Senator Mikulski On July 29, 2010 29 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "Hayley in Uganda" writes: The situation following...
Peace Corps Volunteer "Hayley in Uganda" writes: The situation following the twin bombings in Kampala is still pretty tense and Peace Corps Volunteers have been banned from non-essential traveling there for several weeks now 30 July 2010
50th Anniversary Event planned for Colombia I in November 2010...
50th Anniversary Event planned for Colombia I in November 2010 at Rutgers University 30 July 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer "You gone da? No, Uganda" writes: Earlier...
Peace Corps Volunteer "You gone da? No, Uganda" writes: Earlier this month, when hundreds of people were gathered in the capital to watch the world cup finals at a large, public venue, multiple bombs went off, taking the lives of many, injuring many more, and leaving an unexpectant country, not know what next to expect 31 July 2010