Petoskey News-Review – Petoskey,MI,USA Jenny Zeisler, a 1998 Littlefield High School graduate, expects to leave for Peace Corps service in Armenia on June 3. Following three months of language and job training in that country, she’ll work for two years as an adviser for one or more nongovernmental, or nonprofit, organizations. Zeisler will assist with needs [...]
i-Newswire, 2005-03-28 – When President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961, he created three simple goals for the organization. The third goal was ( and still is ) to “Help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of all Americans.” In February 2005, Third Goal was created out of a [...]
i-Newswire, 2005-03-28 – “I want to assure families, loved ones, and friends that the Peace Corps’ number one priority is the safety and security of each volunteer,” stated Director Vasquez. “Therefore, as a precautionary measure, all volunteers serving in the Kyrgyz Republic were consolidated to predetermined locations.” The Peace Corps staff in the Kyrgyz Republic is [...]
(via GuyanaFriends.com) Canadian M.P. Jim Karygiannis is warning that Guyana – still reeling from the flooding caused by five days of continuous, unremitting rain in mid-January – faces an even greater potential danger from massive flooding in the official rainy season of May and June. “There is a very real possibility that flooding could take place on [...]
Twin Falls Times-News – Twin Falls,ID,USA Streeter, a Peace Corps volunteer, now teaches English to young students in Ukraine, where she had a first-row seat to the so-called “Orange Revolution.”. …
