October 25, 2008 5:03 pm / 1 comment
(via peacecorpsonline.typepad.com) Peace Corps Director Ronald A. Tschetter officially announced his vision for a Peace Corps Foundation during a town hall staff meeting on October 23. The principal purpose of the Peace Corps Foundation would be to advance the Peace Corps’ third goal of inspiring a better understanding of other cultures through returned Volunteers in [...]
October 24, 2008 12:45 pm / no comments
Wikipedia content is now available through BitTorrent – Wikipedia school edition is an offline DVD version of Wikipedia by SOS Children’s Villages (a charity for orphans) filled with “checked content” from the user-edited online encyclopedia. The 2.9GB download is available only via BitTorrent, and to top it off, here’s a quote you don’t hear every [...]
October 17, 2008 3:03 pm / no comments
The Prevention Specialist will be responsible for the implementation of capacity building and provision of technical assistance to field activities for prevention with a focus on those programs targeting most at risk population. An understanding of the socio-cultural issues and nuances of working in such communities is highly desirable. S/he will work directly with partner [...]