US legislation for global health corps IANS Washington April 27: United States Senate majority leader, Mr Bill Frist has introduced legislation to help citizens in foreign countries through a global health corps, modeled like the Peace Corps of the 1960s. The Global Health Corps Act of 2005 creates a programme for Americans to provide healthcare and [...]
The Mission of the Peace Corps To help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women. To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of [...]
I was reading in the latest Wired mag about a man who put together a volunteer architectural organization that will benefit communities struck by disaster through open source design and information sharing. Through this project, aid organizations will be able to build inexpensive, effective semi-permanent housing. What struck me was that was that [...]
I’m pleased to announce the launch of Third Goal Wiki, an enterprise established for the sole purpose of “Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of all Americans,” the Third Goal of Peace Corps. We would like to share this wiki with current and former Peace Corps volunteers that have stories to [...]
I have noticed that the Peace Corps doesn’t offer much as far as alumni relations or networking. There are countless ad hoc online communities that have formed so that current and past volunteers can keep in touch with each other. Seeing no community or network for Guyana, I created a list serve for current, past, and [...]
