October 11, 2002: Headlines: COS - Madagascar: US Embassy in Madagascar: Peace Corps Madagascar Re-Opens!
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October 11, 2002: Headlines: COS - Madagascar: US Embassy in Madagascar: Peace Corps Madagascar Re-Opens!
Peace Corps Madagascar Re-Opens!
Peace Corps Madagascar Re-Opens!
Peace Corps Madagascar Re-Opens!
Due to the 2002 political crisis, Peace Corps Madagascar, like many foreign government institutions, companies and NGOs working in Madagascar, switched into a standby mode for almost five months starting in April 2002.
The Peace Corps office in Washington decided to re-open programs in September 2002 when the local political situation returned to normal. Seven Peace Corps Volunteers out of the 108 evacuees decided to come back to Madagascar.
A few months later, Côte dIvoire experienced its own crisis. Peace Corps Volunteers serving in Cote dIvoire had to be evacuated and transferred to other countries. Peace Corps Madagascar offered to host some of them, and 18 Peace Corps Volunteers from Côte dIvoire arrived in Madagascar in October 2002.
Most Volunteers from these two groups were posted around the high plateau and at a few provincial sites that provide safe work environments, like villages around Diego Suarez.
In order to maintain the existing links between local partners and beneficiaries and not to lose the impressive support network it had before the crisis, Peace Corps Madagascar decided to replace as fast as it could Volunteers who had worked at its most active sites. To that end, new recruits from the United States arrived in Tana on February 7, 2003. The largest group that Madagascar has ever received, this group makes the re-entry process "official."
Peace Corps Washington also appointed a new Country Director, Mr. William Bull, who had already been working at Peace Corps Madagascar as the associate director for Environment when he was selected. Bill brings in something special, as he already knows the country and its people.
1992: A memorandum of understanding was signed by US Ambassador Howard K. Walker and Minister of Foreign Affairs Césaire Rabenoro that spells out Peace Corps activities in Madagascar.
1993: The first group of 10 Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) arrived in Madagascar and served as TEFL teacher trainers.
1994: A new sector was added to the Education Program and the first group and the first group of Environment would start working in natural parks and protected areas.
1995: The Ministry of Health invited the first group of Health Peace Corps Volunteers.
1996: Recruitment of Peace Corps Volunteers was momentarily put to a hold following the murder of Environment Volunteer Nancy Coutu at her site.
1998: The annual Peace Corps Volunteers number input was increased from 10 to 25 per sector. Madagascar had become one of the heavy weight programs around the world.
2002: Madagascar experienced a political unrest. All the Peace Corps Volunteers were evacuated to Kenya in April 2002. The Peace Corps officially re-entered the country four months later.
PAST AND CURRENT STAFF
Past Peace Corps Madagascar Directors
Bob Friedman (1992 1997)
John Reddy (1997 1999)
Kathy Tilford (2000- 2002)
Senior Staff
Associate Peace Corps Directors
for Administration
Larry Blake (1992 1996)
Nancy Gehron (1996 1999)
Suzan Zitomer (2000 2002)
Dan Reilly (2002- to date)
Associate Peace Corps Directors for
Environment
Therese Glowacki (1993 1996)
was also in charge of the Education
and Health Programs
Betsy Carlson (1997 2001)
Bill Bull (2001 - )
Associate Peace Corps Director
for Health
Boda Ranjeva (1998 to date)
Associate Peace Corps Director
for Education
Xavier Louis (1998 to date)
Training Managers
Helen Miles (1993 1995)
Lawrence Leahy (1996)
Lucie Razaiarimalala ( 1997 to date)
Voahangy Harimanana ( 2000 to date)
Programming and Training Officer
Wick Powers (1999 2001)
Peace Corps Madagascar
Medical Officers
Boda Ranjeva (1993 1995)
Peter Leutscher ( 1994 to date)
Christine Rocuet ( 1997 to date)
Diane Dessureault Roy(1999 to date)
Education Program Assistants
Xavier Louis ( 1993 1998)
Joelle Tondra (2002 to date)
Environment Program Assistant
Stanislas Rakotondramena (2001 to date)
Health Program Assistants
Boda Ranjeva (1995 1998)
Noro Rafidimanana (2000 to date)
Security and Safety
Désiré Ramarojaona (1999 to date)
When this story was posted in December 2004, this was on the front page of PCOL:
| Our debt to Bill Moyers Former Peace Corps Deputy Director Bill Moyers leaves PBS next week to begin writing his memoir of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Read what Moyers says about journalism under fire, the value of a free press, and the yearning for democracy. "We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country," he warns, "or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we'll not save democracy from its own inertia." |
| Is Gaddi Leaving? Rumors are swirling that Peace Corps Director Vasquez may be leaving the administration. We think Director Vasquez has been doing a good job and if he decides to stay to the end of the administration, he could possibly have the same sort of impact as a Loret Ruppe Miller. If Vasquez has decided to leave, then Bob Taft, Peter McPherson, Chris Shays, or Jody Olsen would be good candidates to run the agency. Latest: For the record, Peace Corps has no comment on the rumors. |
| The Birth of the Peace Corps UMBC's Shriver Center and the Maryland Returned Volunteers hosted Scott Stossel, biographer of Sargent Shriver, who spoke on the Birth of the Peace Corps. This is the second annual Peace Corps History series - last year's speaker was Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn. |
| Charges possible in 1976 PCV slaying Congressman Norm Dicks has asked the U.S. attorney in Seattle to consider pursuing charges against Dennis Priven, the man accused of killing Peace Corps Volunteer Deborah Gardner on the South Pacific island of Tonga 28 years ago. Background on this story here and here. |
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