(via peacecorpsonline.typepad.com) Amy Potthast writes: “The reason getting an invitation to Peace Corps becomes such a problem now is the way the nomination process works. If you aren’t familiar, it may help to know that after you apply and interview, you can get nominated to join the Peace Corps from your local recruiting office. Then [...]
Beneficiaries: Congratulations to Philip Chan, an RPCV from Guyana, who won our hearts – and our first small grant – with his proposal to assist a small villiage in Guyana in their effort to obtain clean drinking water. Please take a moment to read his magnificent project report below. PROJECT REPORT FROM PHILLIP CHAN (Slightly [...]
(via economist.com) A MOST unusual document landed on your correspondent’s desk recently: a financial report from a rainforest. Iwokrama, a 370,000-hectare rainforest in central Guyana, announced that it was in profit. It added, more intriguingly, that rainforests had entered the “global economy�. Iwokrama is part of the largest expanse of undisturbed rainforest in the world, [...]
(via etaiwannews.com) Brazil is asking Guyana to quickly open a border bridge that will give farmers in remote northern states better access to Central American and Caribbean markets. Brazilian officials in Roraima state recently held an unofficial opening of the river span. But Guyana has delayed opening its side until a ribbon-cutting ceremony can be [...]
(via huffingtonpost.com) The bold new Peace Corps was born today in room 2172 in the Rayburn House Office Building. It took place as members of the House of Representatives were marking up the Foreign Affairs Authorization Bill authored by Committee Chairman Rep. Howard Berman. For almost every item, the California Democrat kept to the figures [...]
(via HuffingtonPost.com) While Obama is building the domestic program up to at massive 270,000 volunteers, he intends to increase the Peace Corps budget only 10 percent, and envisions a 20 percent increase in volunteers by 2012. It would appear a betrayal of his campaign promise and of his ideals, a tragic failure to change America’s [...]
The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) is seeking a temporary Project Assistant to help in the development and implementation of our innovative new program, Africa Rural Connect (ARC). The ARC Project is an online work collaboration website designed to encourage development work in Africa by drawing on the skills and talents of the African Diaspora, [...]
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