Peace Corps volunteer Meghan Driscoll is headed back to a rural village in Uzbekistan



Peace Corps volunteer Meghan Driscoll is headed back to a rural village in Uzbekistan

Peace Corps volunteer Meghan Driscoll, 25, headed back to a rural village in Uzbekistan last Friday after spending about two weeks at home in Beverly trying to raise money to renovate a health clinic in the central Asian nation.

A 1998 graduate of Beverly High School, Driscoll enlisted in the Peace Corps after earning a degree in French and political science from Union College. She recently wrote a grant proposal to raise $5,700 to improve electricity and heat, install running water, and make other improvements at the health clinic where she works.

The renovations would make the clinic eligible for World Bank assistance, said her mother, Ann Driscoll , adding that a meeting of about 60 people at the family's Beverly home last week raised additional funds for the project.

When this story was prepared, here was the front page of PCOL magazine:

This Month's Issue: August 2004 Teresa Heinz Kerry celebrates the Peace Corps Volunteer as one of the best faces America has ever projected in a speech to the Democratic Convention. The National Review disagreed and said that Heinz's celebration of the PCV was "truly offensive." What's your opinion and who can come up with the funniest caption for our Current Events Funny? Exclusive: Director Vasquez speaks out in an op-ed published exclusively on the web by Peace Corps Online saying the Dayton Daily News' portrayal of Peace Corps "doesn't jibe with facts." In other news, the NPCA makes the case for improving governance and explains the challenges facing the organization, RPCV Bob Shaconis says Peace Corps has been a "sacred cow", RPCV Shaun McNally picks up support for his Aug 10 primary and has a plan to win in Connecticut, and the movie "Open Water" based on the negligent deaths of two RPCVs in Australia opens August 6. Op-ed's by RPCVs: Cops of the World is not a good goal and Peace Corps must emphasize community development.

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