January 19, 2004 - Fiji Live: Peace Corps returns to Fiji to work on coastal resource management and environment education
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January 19, 2004 - Fiji Live: Peace Corps returns to Fiji to work on coastal resource management and environment education
Peace Corps returns to Fiji to work on coastal resource management and environment education
Peace Corps returns to Fiji to work on coastal resource management and environment education
Environment priority for US volunteer body in Fiji
Jan 19, 2004
The Peace Corps have returned to Fiji with coastal resource management and environment education high on their priority list.
Peace Corps director Gaddi Vasquez says the corps is back in the country upon invitation from the government with three areas of priority work.
Vasquez says the corps will be looking at coastal reserve management and coastal education, the youth sector and community health education. These areas, he says, are the priority areas outlined by government. Other sectors the corps will look at include information technology, small business development and forestry and fisheries. [passage omitted]
Vasquez says the numbers of volunteers in Fiji are set to increase as well with the arrival of 25 more volunteers in June.
Peace Corps membership is at a 28-year high, with the corps serving in 71 countries. Vasquez says over 2,000 Peace Corps [members] have served in Fiji.
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Story Source: Fiji Live
This story has been posted in the following forums: : Headlines; COS - Fiji; Coastal Resource Management; Environmental Education
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