Archive for October, 2008

 
 

Peace Corps Director proposes Peace Corps Foundation

(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 [...]

 

Wikipedia on BitTorrent

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 [...]

 

Job Opening: Prevention Specialist

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 [...]

 
 

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