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December 29, 2004: Headlines: COS - India: COS - Indonesia: Tsunami: Washington Times: Washington Times says Peace Corps volunteers could go to India, Indonesia and at least nine other nations damaged by the tsunami, but no decisions have been made
Washington Times says Peace Corps volunteers could go to India, Indonesia and at least nine other nations damaged by the tsunami, but no decisions have been made
Read and comment on this excerpt from a story from the Washington Times that says that "Peace Corps volunteers also could go to India, Indonesia and at least nine other nations damaged by the tsunami, but no decisions have been made." If this is true, then it is big news since the Peace Corps left both Indonesia and India in the mid-1960's. A response to our calls to the Peace Corps Press Office to comment on the statement in this Washinton Times story that the Peace Corps is considering sending Crisis Corps volunteers to India and Indonesia has not been received at the time this story was posted. The full story is in the link above. Read the story at:
Volunteers inundate local aid agencies*
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Volunteers inundate local aid agencies
By S.A. Miller and Amy Doolittle
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Volunteers from throughout the region have flocked to Washington-area relief agencies as donations continue to arrive from across the country to help victims of the killer tsunami in southern and Southeast Asia.
[Excerpt]
The International Red Cross and other emergency-response teams are already in India and Indonesia providing aid and planning how best to deploy volunteers.
Peace Corps volunteers also could go to India, Indonesia and at least nine other nations damaged by the tsunami, but no decisions have been made.
The agency has a group of former volunteers, known as the Crisis Corps, who rely on their experience and acquired knowledge of language and culture to help after natural disasters.
"We'll know a little more by [today] or in a few more days," said Jennifer Borgen, an agency spokeswoman.
Miss Borgen said the volunteers do not arrive immediately after a disaster to provide "blood and water," but provide more long-term help such as reconstruction and rehabilitation.
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