Archive for November, 2007

 
 
Free Rice

Free Rice

Free Rice donates so many grains of rice per each vocabulary word you match to the correct meaning.  It builds your vocabulary while donating rice to the United Nations food program, making the site a fun time waster while benefitting the hungriest of the world.  Since launching on October 7, Free Rice has donated 2,098,280,280 grains [...]

 

To Win the Peace, Restore the Corps

An op-ed calling for more volunteers, less war. Written by Arthur S. Obermayer, president of the Obermayer Foundation and Kevin F. F. Quigley, president of the National Peace Corps Association. Share this article on Facebook!

 
FROGs branded site on Change.org

FROGs branded site on Change.org

A few months ago FROG, along with 49 other organizations, were invited to have their Change.org sites turned into a branded site. http://www.change.org/FROG Some of these other organizations included Amnesty International, Green Peace, CARE, Environmental Defense, The American Lung Association, and The Humane Society of the United States. We jumped on board immediately, providing Change [...]

 

Guyana’s bold move: Offering to place its rainforest into the hands of the international community

Guyana has offered to “place its entire standing forest under the control of a British-led, international body in return for a bilateral deal with the UK that would secure development aid and the technical assistance needed to make the change to a green economy.” The deal would amount to the largest carbon offset ever offered [...]

 

Thank You

Thank you for supporting the Friends and RPCVs of Guyana. You can expect your calendar to arrive in 1 to 3 weeks via the US Postal Service.

 

2008 Peace Corps Calendars for Sale

You can help support the Friends and RPCVs of Guyana by purchasing a high-quality 2008 wall calendar featuring pictures of Peace Corps sites around the world. The International Calendar project seeks to share Peace Corps experiences with our home communities and to raise money for grassroots projects in the countries where we served or in [...]

 
 

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