Los Alamos Monitor – Los Alamos,NM,USA SARAH HOFFMAN, Peace Corps, For the Monitor I am in Albania to help teach English as a Foreign Language at the local high school in Gramsh. I serve as a resource to the three English teachers at the school. I have been able to explain many small technicalities in vocabulary and [...]
The Athens News – Athens,OH,USA President George W. Bush allotted $345 million to the Peace Corps on Feb. 7 for fiscal year 2006, which was a $28 million increase from 2005. The organization’s current budget of $317 million was previously the highest appropriation in its history. …
Jason, this is a great idea. Kudos to you for starting it. I’m a current volunteer in Ukraine and I just thought I’d stop by and say hi.
Laura Vanderkam, a reporter for the DC Examiner, is doing a story on how volunteers are creating new literature about their experiences as they’re happening. She writes: “I’m looking for stories of blogging and the Peace Corps. Can today’s technology lessen the isolation that many volunteers felt in the past? Can blogging (and the feedback [...]
To find the utmost reward of daring should be still to dare. Robert Frost’s words have been a great help to me as I prepare to go to Haiti. I hope that these words will help any people out there about to leave home and their comfort zone. In about a week, I’ll be leaving for [...]
