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Are you a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Hoping to Help Out in Haiti?
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 15:31
UPDATE 1/19/10: Peace Corps Response needs Returned Peace Corps Volunteers [only] who are Kreyol speakers to leave for Haiti within 24-48 hours. Contact pcresponse [at] peacecorps.gov.
Peace Corps has created a questionnaire (not an application) to gauge the current level of interest among Returned Peace Corps Volunteers [only] to assist Haiti via Peace Corps Response (formerly Crisis Corps).
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Launch Haiti Relief Discussion Group
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 18:21
Today, the National Peace Corps Association established a discussion group on its social networking site Connected Peace Corps for the Peace Corps Community to ask questions and learn more about disaster relief efforts in the wake of Tuesday’s devastating earthquake near Port au Prince, Haiti.
Reinvigorating Peace Corps
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 16:20
Sprin 2009 cover
The Winter 2009/2010 WorldView Magazine — a quarterly publication of the National Peace Corps Association — came in the mail recently, and explores questions of how to reinvigorate Peace Corps to fulfill its potential.
Congress is Considering Final Action to Appropriate $400M for Peace Corps
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 12/09/2009 - 11:51
More Peace Corps may be in the stars — and the budget.
Yesterday evening, Jonathan Pearson of the National Peace Corps Association’s Advocacy Program announced that According to Congressman Sam Farr, speaking tonight at an event in Washington to celebrate the Peace Corps, negotiations on the State/Foreign Operations Fiscal Year 2010 appropriations bill have closed.
Peace Corps Community Resources: An interview with Erica Burman and Molly Mattessich of the National Peace Corps Association
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 01:19
Molly Mattessich
The New Service podcast from Idealist.org features the national group of Peace Corps alumni. Listen here.
As Peace Corps nears it’s 50th Anniversary in 2011, applications are on the rise, fewer Volunteer positions are getting funded, the Senate just confirmed a new agency director, and the number of Peace Corps alumni is nearing 200,000.
Africa Rural Connect Wants You to Collaborate, Share and Strengthen Ideas
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 14:17
A contest of ideas to change African lives — deadline to vote is tomorrow at noon EDT!
A new collaboration and idea aggregator site called Africa Rural Connect launched recently, with the mission of improving lives in sub-Saharan Africa by connecting rural farmers of sub-Saharan Africa, members of the African Diaspora, development practitioners, scholars, technology innovators, returned Peace Corps Volunteers, and anyone who cares about Africa.
Aaron Williams’s Peace Corps Director Confirmation Could Come Quickly
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 14:38
Update August 7th, 2009: RPCV Aaron Williams (Dominican Republic 67-70) has been confirmed to become the 18th Director of the Peace Corps. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed his nomination today in one of its final actions before a five week recess. Read more.
RPCVs: Find a Mentor, Be a Mentor
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 15:39
Recently-returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) can find focused readjustment support, networking help, and even career guidance through a mentoring program established by the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA).
More Peace Corps Legislation Could Enable More to Serve Abroad
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 19:31
National Peace Corps Association Looking for Several New Interns
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 00:00
The independent organization of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, based in Washington, D.C., is recruiting several interns.
The National Peace Corps Association is seeking the following interns:
