2008.01.13: January 13, 2008: Headlines: COS - Senegal: Speaking Out: New York Times: Senegal RPCV Benjamin Y. Clark writes: The Peace Corps is really more of a cultural-exchange program than an international development organization
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2008.01.13: January 13, 2008: Headlines: COS - Senegal: Speaking Out: New York Times: Senegal RPCV Benjamin Y. Clark writes: The Peace Corps is really more of a cultural-exchange program than an international development organization
Senegal RPCV Benjamin Y. Clark writes: The Peace Corps is really more of a cultural-exchange program than an international development organization
"The reality was that I was the one who learned the most and got the most from the experience. The Peace Corps is really more of a cultural-exchange program than an international development organization."
Senegal RPCV Benjamin Y. Clark writes: The Peace Corps is really more of a cultural-exchange program than an international development organization
To the Editor:
In 2000, when I was a 23-year-old straight out of graduate school, I had very little to offer the Senegalese village I was sent to by the Peace Corps.
Sure, I was the only one in my village with a college degree, but I was in no position to tell the villagers how to run their businesses. Sure, I taught them a little about accounting and some basic math, but my real value was being one extra person to hold a shovel.
The reality was that I was the one who learned the most and got the most from the experience. The Peace Corps is really more of a cultural-exchange program than an international development organization.
Benjamin Y. Clark
Athens, Ga., Jan. 9, 2008
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