March 2001

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Indiana University Sophomore Kyra Busch will be spending six weeks...
Indiana University Sophomore Kyra Busch will be spending six weeks in Burkina Faso later this year with her brother Jonah, a 2000 graduate of IU, who is currently volunteering with the Peace Corps. 1 March 2001



James Birchfield said he was in Guatemala in the Peace...
James Birchfield said he was in Guatemala in the Peace Corps when the country was in the midst of a civil war 1 March 2001



Obituary for Guatemala RPCV Janet K. Getchel...
Obituary for Guatemala RPCV Janet K. Getchel 1 March 2001



Angela Martz worked as a maternal and child health-care...
Angela Martz worked as a maternal and child health-care worker for the Peace Corps in Guinea Bissau 1 March 2001



The students, who won essay competitions at their school, are...
The students, who won essay competitions at their school, are being accompanied by Fern Holland, a US Peace Corps volunteer, Erasmus Mwiikeni, Hilie Paulus, and Andreas Nangolo, all teachers at Onamutai Combined School 1 March 2001



Profile of Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo...
Profile of Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo 1 March 2001



Cows and culture: Roger Dix spent his two-year service...
Cows and culture: Roger Dix spent his two-year service teaching English in Khust, and signed up for a third year when he married a fellow teacher, Neyla 1 March 2001



RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer Carlos Amador who died while...
RPCVs remember Peace Corps Volunteer Carlos Amador who died while serving in El Salvador in March, 2001 at Age 27 4 March 2001



Peace Corps' official Web site stated that the cause of...
Peace Corps' official Web site stated that the cause of 27-year-old Carlos Amador's death in El Salvador on March 4, 2001, is "still undetermined" 4 March 2001



Togo RPCV Ann Moore invented the Snugli...
Togo RPCV Ann Moore invented the Snugli 6 March 2001



Peace Corps Mourns Death of Carlos Amador...
Peace Corps Mourns Death of Carlos Amador 7 March 2001



Ms. Aud-Frances McKernan, USAID Democracy and Governance (D/G...
Ms. Aud-Frances McKernan, USAID Democracy and Governance (D/G) Center's Democracy Expert, is a former Congo Peace Corps volunteer, and thus knows the country well. 17 March 2001



Over the course of the next two years, Christine Shirley...
Over the course of the next two years, Christine Shirley would teach English to an eager group of 150 schoolgirls. She would hold workshops on self-esteem, hygiene and AIDS awareness, and show 20 young Malawi women how to build a house out of mud bricks 21 March 2001



Dennis McMahon's dream during his stint in Mali was to...
Dennis McMahon's dream during his stint in Mali was to help his village build a dam 21 March 2001



Two and a half years in southern Tunisia with the...
Two and a half years in southern Tunisia with the Peace Corps helped focus John Hartley even more. The program head in Tunis happened to be a registered architect, so Hartley's work with him qualified as an apprenticeship 21 March 2001



El Salvador RPCV Congressman Mike Honda Introduces "NET Corps" to...
El Salvador RPCV Congressman Mike Honda Introduces "NET Corps" to Improve Education Through Technology 23 March 2001



Hinojosa Welcomes Peace Corps Volunteer bound for Uganda to Washington...
Hinojosa Welcomes Peace Corps Volunteer bound for Uganda to Washington, D.C 26 March 2001



Christie Appelhanz: Arrival rivals the second coming...
Christie Appelhanz: Arrival rivals the second coming 26 March 2001



Morocco RPCV Sarah Chayes Reports on Life in the Trenches...
Morocco RPCV Sarah Chayes Reports on Life in the Trenches 27 March 2001



Through Erica Joncich's experience with the Peace Corps, she forged...
Through Erica Joncich's experience with the Peace Corps, she forged a relationship with the Volgograd Philharmonic Orchestra, where she plays the violin 27 March 2001