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Crisis Corps a department of the U.S. based Peace Corps is sending one of their volunteers to Montserrat for a six month attachment.
Crisis Corps a department of the U.S. based Peace Corps is sending one of their volunteers to Montserrat for a six month attachment.
CRISIS CORPS SEND VOLUNTEER TO MONTSERRAT:
Crisis Corps a department of the U.S. based Peace Corps is sending one of their volunteers to Montserrat for a six month attachment.
Ms Rose Arnold arrives here later today (Tuesday) to assist in the starting up of the Golden Years Old Peoples Home which has been built by donations to the Montserrat Red Cross. The home is ready for handing over by the contractors.
A Foundation has been set up to run the home and the building will be handed over to the Foundation by the Red Cross on the official opening day carded for sometime next month.
Ms Arnold a former director of a nursing home in California and a Peace Corp volunteer in India several years ago will oversee the furnishing of the home, help to recruit the staff, put a management system in place, develop a daily menu for the residents of the home, advise on occupational activities in the home and to train a local counterpart.
Crisis Corps recruit former Peace Corp volunteers after a period back at home to respond to crisis situations caused by natural disasters or civilian strife in the developing world.