Peace Corps Announces New Strategy for Ukraine
Development: Peace Corps Announces New Strategy for Ukraine
WASHINGTON D.C. - At a press conference yesterday, Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez announced the long-awaited new strategy for Peace Corps in Ukraine - one volunteer per person. "We just decided that the best way we could help Ukraine to develop in the 21st century would be to assign one Peace Corps volunteer to each Ukrainian citizen - that way, everyone would be covered." This ambitious plan, which calls for the increase of the current number of 170 volunteers to approximately 48 million, is expected to be realized by the end of fiscal year 2004. This new plan coincides with the Peace Corps 10th anniversary in Ukraine and U.S. President Bush's pledge to increase the Peace Corps' role in world affairs. When asked for his comment about the anticipated doubling of the Ukrainian population, Prime Minister Kinakh asked, "How much is their monthly living allowance?" Current Peace Corps Ukraine Director, Karl Beck, was unavailable for comment.
