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Dear Peace Corps Volunteer: emuon. SiVolunteers are now m the Zimbabwe, Namibia and Congo and re- Baltic nations of Estonia. Latvia and entered CBte d'lvoire, Uganda and Nige- Smce the Wmter/Sphg 1992 issue of Lithuania. Another60 will be at workm 38 ria. In the Lath American Region, we have theTimes, Peace Corpshasmwedp muniapalrnes m Ulaaine by the end of enteredArgenchla forthe kttime, andre- sively ahead on many fronts and 1 would 1992.The6ISt 1OOVolunternwillaniwm entered Panama, Nicaragua, Bolnia, Chile lke tonotesome ofthehighlrghts for you. Russia by November, 1992. AU these en- and Uruguay. These re-ennies haw oc- Asyouhow, qualitypkcement forvolun- cries mme from new funding. curred as hast gmmments have a@ teen is a tou ~rioriwfor me. To that end OurWdaflwsinthe formerSoviet Union become more hospitable to our ella. I have been Gh&th our headwe& Andtheyhaveoccurredmareasofnadi- staff to enswe that the opdrnum match is donal PeaceCo~psmterestanddedicadon. made between individual Volunteer MI Rehtedly, Irepresented %dent Bush lwels and eventual job placement. As we and the United States at the inaugumdon focus our ellom on redment, I am of%dent FielRamosof the Phhppes loohgatways tosttnplify theredttnent m July. Resident Ramas is a big fan of the process and dwelop better pmgrammmg Peace Corps. The Peace Co~sretumedto matches for Volunteers without wmpro- the PhiipmesonMarch 27.1992afteran misfng the qualiry of our candidates. As 1 absence of twenty months due to security navel to meet Volunteers in country after reasons. Currently. there are 18 Volun- country, 1 hear over and over again that teers serving m the Philppmes who are &ty placement is an am that needs mvobedm a pilot Small Integrated Islands improvement. So far, 1have visitedvolun- Dwelopment project. The pmppro- tern in Nepal. Sri lanka, Sierra Leone, vides technical assistance m such arras as agricultud production, fisheries and m- Gte d'lvok. Poland Hungry, Gabon, Director Chao at the June CIS naging. Thailand Niger, Honduras, Jamaica, Fiji, ter sanitation. The Philppmes was one of Tonga, Westem Samoa, Paiaguay and the fnst counaies to welcome Peace Corps Bolii. 1 am so pleased to have met with have caught the imagination of the Arner- Volunteersm 1961.Smce then.over6.500 over one-third of our better than 6,000 can people and the press. The media cw- Americans have served tn the Phhppines. Pcvs. erageofoureffomm the formerSoviet Bloc rhank you ford yourwok duoughout Gigse~cehere needed is the mle has reaped beneficial redfor Peace the wodd. We thiiof youdaily and hope of Peace Cop.Forthmyyem, the Volun- Corps m the Congrw,m the Adrninisua- that we are serving puwell. teer Wonhas been played out in mtly don andm the publiceye. This fond feeling My warmest pemnal regards to you. different pans of the world. Whiie the todPeace Copbenefits all the regions @&needs of the host counnies may we saw.It servesourobjective of mmpet- vary, our mMon has remained constant mg for enhanced funding for our Peace Corps propw. The legislatiw process through the years. Voluntm go overseas 52-Elaine L. Chao to share knowledge, to gatn knowledge which uldmately dtsinthe allocationof and to bbg that new knowledge back to vay scarce resources is an am that we Director. Peace Corps share with other Americans. closely monitor at Peace Corps. The situa- TN~to that nadition, we have begun a don respecting budget allocadonr m the newinitiabve to respond to the requestsof Conpis vqfluid and fastmoving. It is the Newly Independent States and the imp& that Peace Coplet the dea- Baltic nations for Peace CopVoluntern. sionmakershowpredselywhat ourneeds On May 6.1992. President George Bush are and be able to defend our proposals m dped a historic agreement with Ulaai- a lucid and fonhright manner m these nian President LeonidKravchukestablish- ames of conllicting budgemy demands. mg the ktPeace Corps program in the We are dedicated to mahg a persuasive former Soviet Union. On June 17. 1992. argument m favor of adequate and neces- Actingbskn Prime ~terYegor~sary Peace Corps funding. and I signed an agreement establishing a In tandem with the new developments Peace Corps pmpm m the RushFed- m the old East Bloc, we have entered FE AT U RES 4 SEEDS OF FRIENDSHIP Peace Cops'Jon Keeton'svisit to the new Eastern sector. Some lkhating reminiscences.

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AFrER THE CURTAIN FEU RPCV Mike McCaskey writes abut his recent visit to Pohnd and CzechcsWa A unique look at the new East Europe. 25 FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT RPCV JeU Hughes describes Urban Envimnrnental Management projecrs m fica Inn nr*J&rr. d $lhe 1 Rgml rrpat m wws up

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e are convinced that, step by step, it tation. The Soviet Union was the enemy. Nikta will be pmsible to remove &ring Khrushchwhad not yet pounded htsshw on the ((W suspicion and disuust and cultivate United Nations podium, but air raid rnm and seeds of hiendslup and pracdcal cooperadon be- bomb shelters were a part of Amertcan He. The tween our peoples." book, The Ugfy American, had told a generation Nildra Khrushchw about the image we had overseas. January 21. 1961 Congress had a more serious tone, howwer, when it added the requirement that "mhing here Nikta Khruschw's promtsing words were m m above provided for, shall indude insauction m response to John Kennedy's ringing inaugural the philosophy, snategy, tactics, and menace of exhorndon: "My fellow ddzensof the world: ask communism." not what America will do for you, but what By 1963Sovietpublicationswere calling Peace together we can do for the freedom of man." Corps the 'Spy Corps." An artide tn 1971 Those hopeful words, however, were soon emsed entitled, 'Dedine of the Peace Corps," tnduded by the invecdve of the cold war. the Iollowhlg: Over 130,000 Peace Corps Volunteen would serve in over one hundred nadons before the "The Peace Corps is an insuument of opponunirydwelopedm 1992 for Peace Corps to the ideolo@cal expansion of American address those hopes in the former Soviet Union. impe&m. Fmm the outset is pur- Thisarticleisanattempt torecord the wensof pose has been to spread antl-commu- the last few years that haw brought Peace Corps to nist ideology, to culdvate the spirit of this fuli7lling stage ofits hirtory. The artide has a capitalist enterprise, establish contact pe~naltone, for I have been given the sped with loQl reactionary political groups. privilege of parddpating m these events. While and hinder m weryway the dwelopmg manyopponunideshavebeenmine. Ihavesrated munnies' transition to non-capitalist mmtantly that itis theenbe familyof Peace Corps dwelopment. The cophas obviously which brought ur to rhis point. Ewry RPCV been a hilure." should feelthat he/shehasconnibuted to rhisnew era of peace. Several years ago I requested that the Ubrary of The psibiliry of a Soviet Union program had Congress RE%& Divtston pull some quotes been foreseen fmm thebeginning. SargentSher hmSoviet publications. They soon informed me ma 1961 congresdonal tertimonystated that the that they would have to hit their mearch to legrslation Peace Corps wbc requesting would English language publications because there was permit a program m the Soviet Union "within the somuchhthe Rushlanguage. Andeverywhere discretion of the President and the Semtaiy of the Rnt programmmg team went in Rush, the State." That statement may havesulprkd some propgnda accusadom surfaced. One o5d m Congress for it was a heof mld war mn6un- told me that only the C:IA had been more By Jon Keeton uitidzed than Peace Corps over the years. welcome to the Volunteers. right for PeaceCop. The American Ambas- Yet after a week of naveling with the Peace AnditfjustnotmtheoldEastemEumpe sador. Mark Palmer, had suggested that it Corps team. m the UralMountzins this past and the former Soviet Union where Peace waseblethat PeaceCopmuldbemme winter,aformer KGBcolonelmucducedus Corps has embarked on a new era The a topic for Resident Bush's upcomingJuly to an audience of ~mfmrsbv starhe:- 'If -mwthofthe last fewyeaahasbeen unprec- niD,andHungar~hadmdiatedsmngmter- C.I.A hadbeenlidthesepeo~e,wshould edented. Since president Bush announced es;. For his id&, understanding ofpeace have brmed a parmenhfp long ago." Com- mJune, 1989thatPeaceCopwasprepared Corps, and enthusiastic push. Ambassador ing fmm hi.l hew. i;warhe supreme tosendVoluntemto Hungary.PeaceCop Palmer deserves credit for inidadng Peace compliment PeaceCopVoluntms,how- has entered 28 counnies, wen m &a. Copin Europe. He would have made a wer, m their allages and ddes around the hdubgre-enaymto Nigeria,andswenm gmt Volunteer hhnxll. world had been disproving the mld war Inter-America, mduding Argenh for the Theseaetwaswellheldundladaybefore propaganda fmm the bemhg. ktthe. And there has wen been some mydeparmreinlateJune. On thatday 1had On -lune 17. to inform a wupm 1992, when Peace mining fo; chjna Corps Director that due to the Elaine L Ulao sat tragic events on down with Deputy Tianmen Square, Prime MinisterYegor theChneseCoMm- Gaydar in the Ben- ment had jun de- jamin Franklin cided to paspone Room of the State indefinitely the Department to stgn Peace Copprojen the rJqAomaticagree- That China pup ment to begin a pla)~,an impormt Peace Corps pro- role m Peace Corps' gram m Rush, one history. for the me- era of our history dia attention to the ended. TXe goal im- Chinese invitadon plied by our name had alened many to had been fulfilled. In the current viability the rush of the sum- of Peace Cop. I mit, with arms re- wanted to share the ductions exceeding Director Elaine Chao signs diplomatic agreemen1 lo begin a Peace Corps Hungary possibility earlier wctadons. program in Rusia. RUS&I ~ederafionDeputy Prime Minister Yegor Gapiar with the group. little pubhcity was nands at Chao's right. Caught up m the given to this parttcu- emotiomofthe col- lar event. Yet nothing better represents the discdon of Mdco. A thesk can be well lapse of the najnjng promand their per- newreladonshipberweentherwogreatpow- argued that the new program in Europe sonal ph,they deserved to how that en than the Peace Copsigning. And it showed~donswe~herethatPeaceCorpsthere werepmitive,aswellasnegative, evens should be emphasized that there are no mly has a global relwance. Our goals have casting hktoty m new directionr. winners or losers in this new relationship; universal validiry; our PCVs have pemnal Afewdayslaterm Budapest, theMier but Americans and RLlrdans as parmers duesand professionalskills desirable in this of Education had quite a surprise for me as beginning to work together for peace and last pmmishg decade of a mubled century. well. He requested 10.000 Peace Cop development aaoss that vast land. Wile every Volunteer has helped to lay Volunteers! Hestatedthathinadonwithed One of many vignettes suggess the the foundadon, myowndjrectinvoivement torepkce Rdanuith Engkhasiuprimary changed rimes in which we now he: In an inthisexpanweperiodbeganmFijimApril, foreign language. After a week of meedng; office high over the harbor of Vladivmtok. 1989. Regional Director for NANEAP. I with o5& and visirhg potential dtes. I with a Rmian fleet rusdng below, we met was attending a PaciGc Counay Directors' answered that Peace Corps would be pre- with the Governor. I mentioned to him that Conference when I received a phone call paredtosend60Volunteers, thelargest new it would have been unimaginable a short srathlg that newly appomted Peace Corps country entry groupsince Lesotho in 1967. theago that Peace Corps would be commg mector Paul Coverdell wanted to meet me To this day, how&. I continue to believe to that formerly dmed dty. He smiled, outside the building for coffee on the mom that ill had not found the conditionsappm actually fl~shedsorne~andstated:"Yes,you mg of my return. I presumed that he w;a priate for Peace Cop, the idea would have tmk the words from me. Only a few yean going to give me my dngpapes. Never been dropped from the Resident's sched- ago, as a profmr. I taught a murse that could I have guessed what he would request ule. Both Ambassador Palmer and Director mduded informadon on Peace Cop as instead. Heaskedme tomakeanexplorative Coverdell wanted a successful program in CIA" And then he promised a warm uip to Hungary to see if the conditions were keepmg wih the nadirions of Peace Cop. we should chmse adiferent period. Thus. month. Peace Copseemed to be a perfea we offered a six year program. We thought complement to that nation of profound our end objectives should be as dear as our laith. SoliMty had won but there were lnidal plans. To mwhe Hungarian edum many sacrifices ahead. The team garhered tors and officials fully m our planning, we each evening to share the experiences and ananged a wlapup symposium. m which Mghts of the day Our confidence pm HungarianandAmekmIead~mtheTEFL duced the he, often repeated those eve- field could rdewourwork to ensure thatit nings: "To your horses, men. On to was in keepmgwith both Hungarian expec- Mongolia" A program m the WetUnion tatio~andthemmtcurrentAm&canmeth- seemed mevitable. Those of us on the team cdology. who had been volunteers years earlier, en- My image of thesymposium set~gwas vied the jobs and Menkhrps the wlunteers lor a castle on the Danube. And we came would enjoy. History was m the making in close. Thank to the genercsiryof a Hungar- what had been called Eastern Europe, and ianAmerican.Vera Blinken, and herher!- Peace Corps was a welcomed player. cawHungarian Friendshrp Foundation, we That nip culminated with signing cer- were able to do thing m a style that Peace emonies with Hungary and Poland. Both Cop'own funding muldnot pennit. Mrs. evens demonsmted the partnerships that were dweloptng. In Poland the new blidar- .,. .. . . Bhken's aylstance em~hasizdthat there 1; 1; wasanews~ecialdirne~ontopeaceCom3 ity governmen; had little exuerience with Old Town Prague, near Charles eUom in Central Europe. In America there d&matic agreements and key couldn't Universify, where PCVs teach on the were ethnic constituencies that were eager 6nd any drplomatic note paper. A aeadve. pedagogical faculty. to help their homelands. And Congress was hardworhg American embqofficer ex- sensitive to this. Congresswoman Kennelly perimented in the embassy prmt shop and Theideawasright,however, lor the Hungar- (DConn.1, for example, requested a meet- came up with a very reasonable Iarcfinie. tan people I met showed that they would mg. She stated that while she had ahuays Late mto the night Americans and Poles weU utilize the &ilk volunteers would bring been a supporter of Peace Corps, she now assembled the diplomatic book, learned to andoUer them hendshrp at acritical turning wanted more tdonnarion, for she had many tie the prescribed bows,and tested applying pomt m their nation's history. constituents who were asking about Peace sealing wax so the ceremony with Deputy Within daysofthe the President'sspeech Copfor the &st time. In the kc two years SecretluyofState Lawrence Eagleburgerand at Karl Marx University, we began to get many mdividuals and ethnic organizations the Polish Foreign Minister would go off mquiries from other nations m Cennal Eu- have beengenerouswith ideas andmnmbu- properly. In Hungary the signmg occurred rope and from mdividuals tn the Wet tions. One outstanding emmple is the Union. Poles asked why the President had Uberty BeU Foundation,whichin 1991gave not ofered Peace Cop to their couny $1.2 million todouble the numberofvolun- while there on the same nip, even though teers for Poland's second Englrsh group. Ihi was belore Solidarity came to power. By December. I was m Poland with a Representatives of the Baltic nations were Polish American prolwor. Dr. Henry particukrlyactivemlni~~gconracis.when Ubanski. who had -eood contacts with the i explained to one Armen& that we were a newly elected %lidarirygovernment. Here. United States government agency and thus too, the Minisy of Education stated a need would have to negotiate with Mmmw, he lor 10,000 English teachers. A Deputy replied: "Just wait. Mr. Keeton, you will be Minister said that En&h was the mmt dealingwith us." [wish Isdhad his name. critical need the Ministry ked as Poland for this article is king written m Armenia. planned for its economic mteption mto People here love thisstoryoltheirconfident Western Europe. Seventy percent of Polish countryman, who knew back in 1989 that students were selecting English now that Peace Copwas right lor their isolated and they could freely chow a foreign language. troubled land. InJanuary. 1990. a team arrived to make By October. I was back m Hungarywith the necessaryanangements. It included, in Kathleen Corey (Liberia, 75-78)and Michael addition toCoreyandmysd,TmothySmith. Mercil (Malaysia. 67-69) to negoate the whowas to lookat the pibilityofexpand- agreemeni, design the project, and make mg beyond Englkh to Small Enterprise De- anangemenis lor opening an office. We velopment programs, and Lany lbkinen origmaily conceivedoflimitingour prom (Phdrppines 197880). who in addition io to 6ve when I mentioned that toone adm&&uativequestions was to explore as- Small Enterprise Development advisors Hungarian official,he laughed and said that signments in the environmental and corn- visit lumber yard on private farm in shceall thebviet Five-Year Planshadlailed, purer fields. And all seemed posible that Russia. onvalendnes Gay. ltseemedappropriatefor effortsashesawthem. Wehadbeen puzzled there were many commenrs about the new by the animosity many fonner Volunteers relationshrp. The Minister of Education showed towardstheseneweffortsmEastern remmded the audience that although we Eumpe. Thcse of us mvobed in the ef- had phed a six year program, he hew fom--seemg the needs and experiencing that Hungarywouldwant Peace Cop'Mend- the fdends~eltinsdnctively that the ship Ear longer. ebnswerea continuation,acuhination, of Before I could leave the region, however. all Peace Coprepresented to the world. there was a briefvisit to Czechmlomh. Ln Who better than Peace Copto pard& aninterviewonAmerican telwision.Ambas- patein the matmomentouschangesmour sador Shirley Temple Black had mentioned century? How could anyone who had her suppon for Peace Cop. The embassy joinedanorpizadon named "PeaceCop" was mundatedwith letters Lrom Americans. not revel in the oppomnities ncw bdore and Czechs and Slovaks had begun to in- these nations to impme the hes of their quire, I traveled there with RPCV Greg Orr. dm?I wantedJeff, as one no~der,to the USLS English language officer for that obse~eour efforts, check out our concern Shopkeepers in Armenia. part of the world. As pan of our Hun&ary tor Peace Copvalues, and to listen to the team, he was the ktof many RPCVs who hope of that velvet spting. ourgoals; they hadproven eUective. Empha- wouldgive aemendow suppon to the Peace The candles burningin WencelasSquare sis on mscultural and language naining Copevploratory teams. Meeting with the fluminatedsigns that read: Welcome to a would be as imporrant as ever. While some Ambarsadorwasahighlightofthevisit.This Free Europe." Thank you. America" I Hungarian and Polish officials told me that it howchild star sat m a perfect movie set wanted to add our own dgn: 'Peace Cop would beimpossible for Peace CorpVolun- old Prague palace office reminiscing about is here with you." president Havel would teers to leam their difficult languages, 1 was the Peace CopVolunteers she had hown have appreciated it, for in his address to confident And also aware that new chal- lenges could benefit all of Peace Corps. It seemed evident that while Peace Corps was being warmly welcomed at these historic junctures, these European nations would soon place demands on w that would re- quire haeased attention to ow practices and procedures. Their cnun educaiion stan- dards were higher than ours in many ways. I remember, foraneweme example,visiring one school in Szeged. Hungary that had produced heNobel Rlzewinners. Yet now they wanted Peace Corps Engbh teachers. Volunteers myhere would benefit fmm the increased scrudny these new program would soon require. We wouldbe thesame m philawphy, only better in tmplemenm don. The nations ofCend Eumpe were soon jomedby the Balkans. Oneday three Bulgar- ian offidals came to visit. They had read Cifizenrwait for Vice President Quayle andDirecfor Chao on their visit lo about Peace Cop and wanted to know Lithuania on February 7.1992. more. Could it help Bulgaria, too? They wanted me to how that their nation had in Ghana and expressing confidence about Congress,therewasalinethatwelldesuibes higher standards than the others. But they the unique conmbutions Volunteers would Peace Cop: wouldgethack tous. Andso they did. l have make to Gechmlomh. not been mvolved m the Bulgana program. By Apd a Peace Cop team was in '...the salvation of our world can be but fonner bector Cowrdell and many Prague to design the program. Mary foundontyin the human hean, in the power others have often remarked on the special SchleppegreU from OTAPSandJeUDmmm of humans to reflect. m human meehess reception volunteers have known there. (Niger. 78-80),editor of the National Couw and rrsponsibilig:" In the summer of 1990, considerable cilofRemedPeaceCopVoluntee6~ media attention wz given to the plight of Wew Maeazine, pmed me. Jefl's inclusion From the beginnmg, we had emphasized Romanian orphans. America wanted to was very purposehL 1wanted him to write that we were establishing uadidonal Peace respond. Task forces and humanitarian an article for the RPCVjoud layingout our Coppmgam. Congresshadnot changed group pmlifelated. Peace Copbecame

Fmu Cows Tog 7 mvolvedbecawwehadbegun toprove that despite some conowmy, to seize the me who werem the carwith me would probably we hew how to deliver m Europe, where ment for Peace Corps. Elaine Ulao will be give different opinions on that twelve hour one hundred and twenty uainees were aL noted for the enoy mto the former Soviet &. But that Peace Corps faith and pew- readyon thegroundm Hungaryand Poland. Union. Her appomrment comaded with vemce prevailed. On two otps that summer and fall, one with the Erst formal invitation inw that region. We didn't know that waidng for or Ph* Gesuin of OTAPS and one with On her second day as Mctor. m October Lithuania's President Landskrgls uith a AnaheDOWN (Momcco. 82-851,we uied 28, 1991, she traveled to the Hudson Mdedinner m his priMte library. It had to develop a project that not only benefitted LNtitute's Baltia Conference in Lndianap been arranged by a Uthuanian American thechildren but mined thesdandreached lis with vlce Resident Quayle to announce hiend. Grace Kudulds, who had Umvn there out to mtegrate the local communities mto that all three Baltic nations had formally to give any help she could. We anived m the nee& of the institutions. late. but the American Chme. Darrvl lohn- hcreasingly, people in the U.S.S.R. son Chiland 1961631, wii had'helped wanted to know about Peace Corps. The Peace Corps m China and Poland, had a DeputyChairmanoftheMc~x)wCiiyCoun- welklesewed opportunity. cil contaaed Regional Direaor Jeny Leach We were qxcted w design pmjeca. about Volunteers. SUNY Board Chairman negodate Weemena, and anal^ opaa Donald Blinken mduded me m a luncheon tionalneedsinthreecounniesmheeweela. for visibg Russian scholars, who seemed SED and English were the plimary ratgea. more mterested m the comments on Peace with Judy Braus of OTAPS joming ng m Corps than those by aformer ambassador. A Estonia to look at the enraordina~yemmOn- TASSreponer didastory fora Rusian youth mental problems. Yet we learned every magarhe thatmdudedmformationonvida Peace Corps sector requixd assistance. We to Peace Corps in Nepal and Be*. The saw the long lines for bread; visited sizable ardclesmedbystatingthat the U.S.S.R. had towns that had not had heat allwinter:heard aiticied Peace Corps Volunteers for rhmy about hospitals udthout supplies; visited yean. Now, though, it was time to know fann cooperarives where the simple idea of who they really were. Ulaainian offiaals bildng each other's milk w market needed who visited Director Coverdell clearly development. Thegreat uagedyand imnyof touched him with their description of the all our European programs ts that you can health and environmental problems of their attend a wonderful opera, look at magni6- knd. cent architecture but not End food, medi- As these contaca increased and the pro- Small Enrerprise Developmenl c@e or people who how how to bring pmmCenaalEurope~ees[ablished. conculranrs and local oficiols ck'scus change. hops rose and fellabout the Wet Union. possible Peace Corps projects. We had the deadline of a visit by Wce There were expectations that the idea of Resident Quayie w complete our work Peace Corps would be on the agenda of Acmmpanied by Director Chao, he would sweral summits: Wyommg. Malta. Mc6- mvited Peace Corps. These two Directors sign the agreemena in each nation. We cow. Old vlw die hard, however. And the have sewed as Peace Corps ended its third deserve a foomoteh Peace Corps history for propaganda amtPeace Corps had been decade. Historians will undoubtedly record three counay agreements in three week strong in our rival superpower. When ap that they rook Peace Corps into its rightful oversnowy roads. For amore detailedview. proached In June. 1991, Foreign Minisister maturity. Director Chao stayed on m Urhumia-and Besmermyk purportedly replied: 'Don't Thmy-oneyearsaiterN~ktaKhrushchw~s on andon due toa ten hour ntght deb. But insult us by Dising Peace Corps." But that optimistic response to the Kennedy haup while waidng at the mn,we had an Armenian's prediction, "Just wait.." rang ral address, a Peace Corps team entered the experience that epttomtres Peace Corps. A me for many. h Uweland, the United Balds to, 'culdvateseeds of kiendship and young employee there seemed to Qke won UWan Organhation appointed Lydra plactical cooperad~n.~."We drove from forsomereasonasaspedalcaw. In turn we Bazarko toheadaPeaceCorpsmmmitteetor Warsaw m a snowstorm, without a good gave htm some Enghsh tuto~gto pars the UMe. Baltic visitots mueased. And on map or mterpreter. Despite the slldtng and he. Later he wrote a letter that veryshnply the oppmite side of that land mass. Volum sraUing. I at least nwer doubted that we captures the history aid the welcomevolum teers went to Mongoha. And, then, of all would make it. Ocssing through the several teen will how: places, Albanta. The cold-war worldJohn chedqmbtsat theisolated, bzenborderwe Kennedy hew was melbg. hewwasaspedalmoment in Peace Corps' 'DoyourememberourmeeringatMlnius A detailed history of Peace Corps a gem history. But, if you will excuse a pky on a a41pon? We ralked a lot but about not etationfmm nowwillcredit PaulCoverdeh's word,PeaceCorpshadbeenche&doutfor tmportant things. I couldn't End the right time as Director ;a the period of entry mto years, and we were pomtedm an important words w exp!ain why iwanted to help allof Cend Europe and for the greatest expak direction. Tm Smith. Mary SchleppegreU. you. So now 1 want to say what I constder sion worldwide since the 1960s He knew. Michael bmie (Sene@. 8187). however. important. Smce I was 11, I took pan in the resistance movement against the commu- The time spent on planning and budget humanimtm commodities at a time of a% nist regime. I ahvays felt the suppn of your ~onswaspunctuatedbyswedevenn sk. Both theproject destgnandadminism- country. I feel now and 1'U ahvays feel we that showed how interested these new IX+ rive set up reqube tremendous e&n. And owe you a lot" tions were. When U!uaine's Preddent for Russia we chase to work in M areas kwchukvisited Preddent Bush.weweren't outside of M-. Neverin trs history ha sure which man would rake the subject ktst. PeaceCorpsattempted toopenofficerwhere When the American did, the Uhainian re- no American embassy existed, in areas that Detailed p!annfng for pr- in Rush plied: 'Da. da." That simple, enthuriasdc had been dased to fordgnm for decades. and the other republics had begun in the till response became the official invitation. In and in which everyone had heard the nega- of 1991. We were convinced that the A& conmt to the formality of a presidendal tive propaganda W~than Invitadon from ministration and Congress would provide dtxurdon, a Cennal Asian bazaar ano- Russia in hand, we scheduled a &-an&% additional funding for this expanston. There sphere took holdwhen Director Chaospoke half week nip that took us to the Urak. was a need, however, to demonstrate that toa meedngofall theMinistersofEducarion Vladhtok and the Volga region and to Peace Colpwds up to Ulaatne. The nine the challenge; to show hour night am chatourhtstoryhadpre- seven $me zones pared us for this mo- from Moscow to ment Several senators Vladivostok alone had begun to talk of emphadzd what a legislation for a 'profe huge task Peace sional Peace Cop: It Corps was under- was particularly puz- talimg. TISmith zling when Paul had the challenge of Tsongas. RPCV Ethio- designing a project pia, propmed such an that Russianswould organization. We realize addressed wanted toshowoneand theirneeds and that all the dbreofvoluw Volunteers would tees Peace Cop al- know warranted ready reauited. And their two year; and after hctorChao had the unusual hard- suggested the new pos ships. Tralning sibilities in a televidon would begin dter intewiew, weknewthe SED comullanl Tim Smirh, left, meers with oficials in Ekaterinburg, Russia. thehtsndand numben we could at- would end duringa uact. Phone enquiries Siberian January. maeased dramatically from an average of from the lormerbviet Union. Eachcountry Larry bkinen had to ppple with the 200 per day to over 1.200. had mted on mlators for in own lan- detailrofmmg.housing,medlcally Qrmg The phof the U.S. government, called guage. instead of using Rumas the com- for and Pa$&? Volunteefi and sdin an "ADetailedVldon,"beganwithPeaceCop' mon language. The din was inaedible as ~~~nmentwith a &ling nanspo~tion unchanged goals, provided evidence of the Elaine desoibed Peace Cop. One oarujk hnucture. bdequate homg for iu accomplishmenn in Cennal Europe, and tor tried to out-shout the other. When she OW"~-~~~~~~W~~~~~~~~~~ proposed that we could place 250 Voluw ldtthepodtum,theysurroundedher.Depuy plies, and a mmmercial srmcture teerstn the Baltics. Russia. Ukmine, Armenia hctor Barbara Zartman. Jeny Leach and Mcgwds. Thesupplysituadonwasdriven andone Cennal Asia Republicby the endof me to stan the banering. The product was home by the in the Kiev. Larry to 1992. It proposed chat all the Volunteers Peace Cop; the time su~~eal.Never has a new embassy in When asked get on his calendar, he replied. 'U you can would be assigned to the Small Enterplw quiet library of Conpconference room find a calendar." During our entire time in Developmentsector. Despite thedireneeds seen anydung like it Uzbela intempted Ulaatne we looked for a calendar as agilr for in several other naditional Peace Corps ar- Ukrahians. People pushedandshovedand him. ke one, nor a map, eas, an economic adnsition would lay the moved about to see who was saying what. anywhere we went in that new nadon of all foundation for progress. The 'Vldon" One aide yanked meaway From onegroup to 54.000.000 people. pmjected500volunteersbytheendof1993 listen to his minister waiwg impatiendy 0, my Bfth landing in Morow, how- and the entry into four additional republics. amthe room. Only the Balrs stayed out ,, ,, I how much we had found in We felt our plan wasbased on thinyyear;of ofthefray,for they knew that we wouldsoon base four On the hhg, experience. Ourid* didnot prevent us be on our way. there had been awe at thesunset rumingthe from being pmIesslonaL We knew that Volunteers, however,are not simply bar- snow o,ge and pmk as we hd,~nd Peace CopVolunteers expected no lea. tered for as items of trade or delivered as laughter as T~ qdpped: -D,,you see any smallbusinesmendown there?" In the four teers who kt sewed m these emerging monthssince theblacksnowofElgterinburg nadons. Yet enough time has passed that the to these white nights, we found enough htgroups to Hunw and Poland have govemmento5dsandp1imteadzerujwho now completed service. It will ultimately be have given suppon to our project design to up to the Volunteers who serve m these belleve that it has significant potential. We pmto write the dehitive vtew. They have found hiends. And we have found an are Peace Corps. awareness of howbig the challengeswill be. And they are living history. It is Peace The addidonal staff aniving today to begtn Corps' obligadon as an agency, however, to the derailed site check have an muedible realize that allVolunteersarernakinghiitory. experience ahead of them. Over one hun- I remmded our teams of this during our dred communities must be visited to ex- uaveIs by frequendy taasting the Volunteen plain who Peace CorpsVolunteersreally are, m Vanuatu and the Comoros, two nations and what they with to contribute. The hard that had welcomed Peace Corps duing my he yea^ as Regional Director. My purp work has just begun. I'm trusting the stafl Jon Keela hnr held many poritionr, at Pmcr was who will implement this program will find to remind us that the sue- of all Cdps siw he was a PCV in Thailnnd in Lhc eachdaythat theycanageewith~chev: Volunteers is equally imponant and that 1960';. HnuasacambydirPaorinKmminthc 'We are convinced that, step by step, it will three decades of Volunteer service largely 1970's, and renuned lo PmCorps in 1984as explains be posdble..." these new momentow oppom+ RDfa Nmh $ua, Nmr Easl. Asia, and ihc This ankle has attempted to cover an ties for hiendship and woperadon. Pa@. In 1989,JWm undertmk a ntw rdr as imponant stage of Peace Co@ history. My Thank, to all of them, the name 'Peace Dirtrraoflntemarional Rnavch and Dewlop role, however, has been only in the tnitia- Corps" now seems more real. menL His primary rqxmhhty has barn opn- rion. No mention has been made of the stafl ing ntw programs in Cmhd Eurqx and Lhc July, 1992 who implemented the plans or the Volun- MthS OfhCfbIE7 %Vid RepubkS.

Norman Rockwell Peace Corps Prints Mr. Rockwell covered the three major agriculwre and community dwelopment. areas of the world-Ada. Africa, and Latin Anyone interested in ob&ng copies of Americaiwhere most peace CorpsVolun- these prints may contact ~riendsofalum- By Roben Columbo teersworkandcapwred themajoractivities bi at P.O. Box 15292,Chwy Chase. Mary- Special to the Peace Corps nmes mwhichVolunteenareengaged-teaching, land 20825. OnJune30.some350 RPCVsandguesL5 attended a Congressional Reception orga- nized by Friends of Columbia and the Hom of Ahca Relief Committee announcing the avaibbilityof Norman Rodovell's PeaceCorps prins. In attendance were Senators Edward Kennedy of Masachusetsand hk newwife Waoria, Harris Woffordof Penmyban~aand RepresentarivesTom Pem ofeonsinand Ben Gilman of New York. Mr. Rockwell did four Peace Corps paint- ings. One showJfl( surrounded by eight Voluntees. A second painting represens Volunteers m Ada depiaed by a teacher Volunteer in lndia AhirdrepresenrsVolun- teers m Ahica depicted by an Agricultural workern Ethiopia. The founhpainring~p resentsvolunteersin LatinAmericadepicted Se~torKennedy speaks about the Rockwell collection. Mrs. Kennedy holds tk by a community dwdopment Volunteer m most famous Rockwell pointing featuring President John Kennedy with PCVs. Columbia. PEACE CORPS NEWS UPDATE

DETRO~~FULOWSCONVOU\TION work that ourvoluntemare doingoveneas to monitor and evaluate the progress of the A Peace Cop FellowslUSA program and the fact that our returned Volunteen mtemational Guinea worm eradication pro. convocation was held Thursday, April 30 continue thespirit ofvolunteerism once they gram. The Peace Cop' Gumea worn pm through Saturday May 2, m Detmit. Michi- retum to the United States." grams were evaluated at the worlahop and gan for all FdowsNSA university and pri- new skil!s were acquired in an efon to vate sector panners. The gad of the convo- EmDAY OBSERW develop an updated action plan. The work- cation was to exchange information on the h recognition of Eanh Day 1992, the shop was the last ofa three-part series which development of the prop,prwide tech- Peace Copreaf6nned irs mmminnent to was held m amrdance with a three-)~ar nical assistance, and establish solid worldng educating developing nations about the Guinea worm eradfcadon grant fmm AID. relationships. Barbara Zamnan. Deputy Di- challenges they Iace in pr-g the en+ Becaw of the debtlitamg eUects of the rector of the Peace Cop, attended the ronmenL Today Peace tophas nearly 700 Guinea worm disease, which immobilim convocation, joining Peace Copstaff and people worldng on environmental projects up to 10 million people annually, the Peace Feh,and deans and representak of worldwide, more than any other intern* Cop' Gumea worm eradication projea, partiapadngunive~ities,aswellasstafffrom tional organization. Volunteers initiate h become a major programming e%onm partiapating school disuicts and FeUw projects that will conmbute to a muny's fica The World Health Arsembly has set placement sites. The Peace CopFeUW local economy and give people incendve to 1995 as the target date for the elimmationof USA pmpm, which was cmted at Teach- pmtea their local envhonment. Environ- the Gumea worm through the elTom of en' College at Columbia University, aLTords mental education, at both the community Peace Copand other international or@ Retumed Peace CopVolunteen (RPCVs) and national levels, is aucial to the success zations. h attendance were Peace Cop the opponunity to work toward a master's ofany munuy'smlwrvationprogram.Their Volunteen. PeaceCopsta6,and host coun- degree while teaching hlm challenging workranges fmm grms roors lwel projecfs m uy nationals fmm Benin. Central fican communides m need of qualified teachers. heavily pollutedareas to environmental edu- Republic, Chad. Ghana. Mali. Mauritanta. Currently, there are 13 FeUWSA pm cation projecrs, and the development of Niger, Nigeria, and Togo. grams operating at universities aams the ecotoulism, often combmed wirh teaching counny, Peace Copexpects to have 24 English. In countries where environmental ACE &RPS BOTSWANACEUBRATTS programs by this fall. The FebwsNV\ prc- problems have been pushed aside for so 2% ANNMIMRY gram utiltzes the unique s!& of RPCVs to many years, Peace Cop' environmental The 25th Annlvesary of Peace Cop work on some of America's toughest pmb education eUom can make an imporrant Botnvana was celebrated thh May in the lems. Although the majority of the Fellows conuibution to ongomg tnitiadves. countty's capital, Gaborone. The pmgm programs are m education. Peace Corps is began m 1966anddnce thena totalof1600 mendy developing pmgam in public SmBus- DEVEJDPM~ Volunteers hIvese~edin Botswana Today, health and small busin&community de- C~NFERENCE Bomvana's 150 Volunteenrepresentone of velopment. The convocation mduded wer A four-day regional conference on mall the largest pmpmsln Ahica, sewingm the 40 panidpants and was undewitten by business developmentwas held May 4- 9 m areas of education, envtronment, health. ATKT. GuatemalaTheconferencebroughttogether andbusiness development. The majorityof small business developmentspedalists from those Volunteen are teaching secondary the Inter-Amdcaregionandrepresenta* math, science, art, and En&h at local of national hart counav omnizations. The schools. Basic education for all ddzens is a ~,-~--~~~ - ~ For the Peace Cop. National Volunteer conferenceserved as a forum for &cussion primary concern of the BowanGovern- Week is a special time of commemoration ofsomeofthemostpr~~issuesmmicrr>.ment and there has been arapid expasion and celebration as Peace Cop embcdies enterprise development. lt is hoped that the ofschools. In celebration of the annivetsary, the very spirit of volunteerirm. Peace Cop new ideas exchanged at the conference will Volunteen jomed the community m a me currently has approximately 6000 Volull- serve to imprwe the quality of Peace Corps' planting and cleakup project at White City teen sewing in 90 counmes worldwide. eUom m this field. in Gaboronebeforeattending the mmony. They are wohg tn the areas of health. The brswanan Minister of Education. Mr. education, a@culture, bustness, uhde- Gum% WORMEw\olu\no~ WORKSHOP Molomo, spoke at the event, attended by velopment and the environment. On the The Peace Corps sponsored the Third Peace Cop bmana Dirrctor Maureen spmt ofvolunreerirm at Peace Cop,bet- Regional Gumea Worm Eradication Work- CHloUandtheU.S.Ambasdortobm~d~, tor Chao ad.'PCVs are some of the most shopin Nouakchott, Mauritanta fmm May 2 David Passage. committedthatlhavemet lam proudofthe to May 6. The purpose of the worlahop was PEACE CORPS NEWS UPDATE New Appointments

Pcace Corps k pleasod to atcnd a WALKAMONIN SAUDI ARABIA RAISE DONATIONHEHLKH~ ~CE CORPS' m weIcomc to a number of nov MONTYFOR PFACE CORPS ENVIRONM~Emm members of the Peace~rpsseniorsraf TheSaudi Arabian International The Peace Coprecently completed a Thexind~duaLsbrin~grtatqaiem School tn the Saudi capital of lbyadh &ed me-phth7gcampaigna~the counayto to their new posts and wlll pmnde an $25.000 in thetr 4th Annual Walk-;+&on re~andhonorthemrnendowmnaf inme- Conhution to the mmth month for the peace Corps Parmershrp butions of Peace Corps Volunteen. This and Opmtionof the Peace Rv.The school has over 2000 sw celebrationwasmade pmsible bya donation Corps. Elaine Medverd k hrsociatc from the Weyerhaeuser Company. Dirrctor for Volunteer Recruitment and denrsin grades K through 9 who represent Selection. Before Pace Corps, Flak 57 different counnies, with American and Weyeheuser donated 2,500 se*gs to ,VkeRaidentofHumanResoulces adj,students mmpmg half the help promote environmental education and S- B& ~o~~ti~~m N~Y~~ student body. Students asked Lvniy and to RW~the mnmbutions Peace Corps City. sine has also worked at Dun & hien& in the cornmunitytopledgea &r& Volunteershavemade in theirservice abroad. ~idsmer.McKimeyandCompanyand 'amount foreach lap they&daround the Ten schools invobed with the PeaceCm-p I Molgan Stanley. She also held senior I schml's mck A &to[ peace CopPamer- hership Program received 250 conifer level adminiroarive posts at M.I.T. and shrp projecrs was then provided and the seedlings each. which were planted in prepa- tiaward Business School. brly in her student body chase which programs they ration for Earth Day. Through the Peace career, she taught French to hiihxhml k would like the funds tosuppon. In the last Corps Parmenhip hgam, organizations students. !.&a BoeD~le k~torof Co~ionalAKain.lisahasudensive four year;, the school's Wak-a-thon has cansuppondscaledwelopmentpmjeas m communities where Volunteen live and Hill experience in both the House and raised nearly $70,000 for the Peace Corps theSmat~BeveltvAhnamPhemisChief Pannetship program. The school's eNom work and panicipate in a dynamic aosc Financial Offrer and Director of rhe have enabled hinyfouroversm wmmunt cultural exchange with members of that Officeof P!ann& Budget and Firre. ties in seventeen countries to implement community. Beverly spent 6 years with the Office of projects addressing top pliority needs, par- Management and Budget and wedar ticularly the consauction oischook. This REIURNED VOW REUNION a Peace Corps Volunteer m Bomvdna year, the students have already mmmitted TheAnndConferenceofRetumedPeace fmm 1980 - 1982. Maw Lou Darning 817.000 weight projects. whlch mge from Corps Volunteers was held on July 9 -10 In is Diretor of Extemal AUak. Before a new playground for an orphanage in Fayettwille. Adamas. Over 400 Returned coming to the Pace Corps. Mary Lou was Senior Vice Mdcnt at Kaufman Bumndi toahigh school Engkh programin Volunteers attended the event, which was Public Relations and Vice Pnsidmt at Poland. hosted by the National Council of Returned Ogilvy&MathcrPublkABaia. Peace CopVolunteers. The annual coder- is Inspector Ccncd. Michael was FOUNDER'SDAY DINNER ence provides an opportunity for the Re- an Assistant ImpectorGenml for Audit The Nonheast Ohio RetumedVolunteer turned Volunteer mmmunity to stay active Policy and Oversipht at the Department ArsodationsponsoredaFounder's Day Din- in the PeaceCorpsandsharetnformationon of Delenu. Nancv Moh Kennedy 6 ner, in honor of the biof Peace Cop' current PeaceCorpsprcgmns. DirectorChao Chief of StaK Nancy has thii yas of founderJohn F. hedy,onMay 14,1992. addressed the group on the Peace Corps' scnior executive qaience. Mmr re- h her remarks. Director Wne L Wlao mastrecent Wdativesandeffomtoimprove cen~.shewastheExecutiveDinctorof saessedtheimpact thePeaceCorpshashad the recruitment profess and placement sy; the Whirc House Conferenceon Agmg. Nancy lived abroad during ha tcmagr throughout the developing world over the tem. She also spoke enthudasncally about a ymrs and speaks Frmch and Gmnan. number of the 2000Volunteen she has met past thiiyears. The Direnor lauded Rgi- lefI Ls Deputy Chief of StaK JcK dent Kennedy and Sargent SW,the $st during her site visits to Peace Corps mun- comes to the PmeCorps 6um the U. 5. Peace Cop Director, for their visionary nies lhmughout the wodd. 'Returned Vo!- Department of T~ll~porration,wivre aeation of Peace Corps. She noted that unteen are some of the most dedicated he was an aaomey in rhe ofkc of thc Peace Corps has come full drcle, tumfngirs alumni of any group I have wer met, rmly Assistant Genml Counvl for Intcma, founders' dream of sewg in the former dedicated to the Peace Corps." Chao said . dona1 Iaw. JCKS~ICSFre~h. Gem. Soviet Union into a reality. 7he Peace Duringthe conference. DirectorChaospoke lralian and Tuhh. Alexandra (SanM Corps can help the peoples of the former with Chic Dambach, the new Executive -Kcithis Deputy lmpector General. Just Soviet Union build the foundation needed Directorofthe National Coundlof Returned prior. Sandy was the Counsel to the to preserve the individual freedom and de- Volunteers and Doug Siglm, the National lmpector Genml at the Dcpmnent of Coundl'sPrrsident,onwysthePeaceCorps Trasu~y.Sandyxlnd as a Peare Corps mDaacythat have been w, long in coming." VoluntcainThailandhorn 1965-1967. and the National Councilcan work together. Former Peace Corps Director Kevin Amold In~aterisAc~DcputyCenenl The 1993 Annual Convention of Returned O'DomeU was the hast. AU prooeeds from Counul. Hecomcsto Pcace Corps with the dherbenefited the NadonalCouncilof Peace Corps Volunteers will be held in Ber- over 25 ycars of qaiencc ar an attor- Returned Peace CopVolunteers. keley. Calilomia nywith the Fedcd Covmunmt AFRICA REGION NEWS FROM AFRICA

By Linnea Fossum ers in Comoros. Malawi, and Bo-a Lawyers for Africa: Recent polltical Counq Desk Officer, havebeenheldwerthepst 15months.and and economic developments in Afxica have Afiica Region many more counnies have requested as% shapmed a focuson theimponanceoflaw. tance m the mmmg year. F'reservice naik Thedwebpmentofnewm~n~d0~srm~- In addition to its traditional activities mg m The Gambla this year will mdude tures m emerging demwades, the emer- such as agricultural extendon, dasswm environmental education miraining for sec- gmceoffree-market economies,andmn& teaditng, and community development- ondary education, foresy, and agticulrure ued human rights issues all require e%e&e which Peace Corps h;a SU~Ce~sfuuyIlUW Volunteers. legal arrangements. The AfIIca Region, in aged since its mception- there are several conjunction with the Institute for AfIIcan areaswhich are receMnggreater attention at Dwelopment at Cornell University law present in Afxica: In less formal pmgam. Volunteers are School, is currmdy considering a proposal workingin anumberofcounuies toimprove that would place Peace Corps Volunteers m environmental education activities. In Ahican law rhook. One or nvo recent law Uganda, several Volunteers are helpmg to graduates would each go to of a number of set up interpretive centers m the national Aftican universities to teach law and &t in park one F€V is worhg to impmve the research. educational experiences of rhoolchildren who come to one of the pakon field trips. InSenegal. Environmend Educadon PCVs UhEnvironmental Management: are helpmg to uain primary rhwl teachers, In 1991. Peace Corpslare dlvolre tnau- as well as domg extension work with rural guratedantnn~dveubnplannhgprojea farmers m an effort to prevent further en* m conjunction with decentdrauon effom ronmental problems. of the Government of CBte d'boire. Voluk Children cony water in Botswana in teers work with local offid m semndary this Best Photo entry by PCV Katherine atiesthroughoutG3te d'lvoire todesignand Munson. AIDS Education: In an effort to involve implement waste management and water EnvimnmenalEducation: Envimw Peace COpVolunteers in AlDS education mental breakdm due to deforestation. efforts worldwide, a workshop was held m soil emion, and poor agticulrural practices Cameroon mJune 1992 to dwelop mate* are problems throughout the world. In als for use m English dacsoorns. ,&ica. drought and rapid population growth have conuibuted to the seriousnes of the PaeCoqwMalawl will bring m the heat. Peace Corps is addresing envtmn- ktgroup of minesm Nwember 1992 for menralissuesm anumberofways,oneofthe a new project, where the Volunteers will most pmmisingofwhlch is the mdudon of workwith regional and disuict AlDS coordi- environmental topics in dasser taught by Peace Corps Volunteers and their counter- nators to help buildup thecapaaty ofhealth staB for AlDS education and counseling. Pam. Several Volunteers m the Cennal AFrican Republic are mvobed in AlDS education ~nMarch 1991. Peace Corps conducted activities. Theseindude prepzing teachers' an In Service TmMng Program (LST) m guides on AIM for phayand semndary Gabon for Enghsh as a Foreign Language teachers, working with 'high-risk' group, volunteersand theirlocalcounterpans.This and improving diagnmis and treatment of four-day worlahop focused on suengthen- sexually oansmttted dwases in general. In hg teaching techniques for ERm general. addidon, throughout Afxica many Volun- and worked to develop content-based les- tern have begun AlDS education on their son phon environmental topics using own as secondary projects. local resources similar propm5 for teach- PCV Bill Potter consmcts an irrigation sysm in Safe Coro. Mali. AFRICA REGION

purification projects. These activities are cmiedoutwithin thecontextofmmmunity development eflom aimed at inaeasing b calpanidpationm decision-makingand the needsevaluation process. thereby aeattng a more open, democratic system m the local community. lsee article on page 25)

Guinea Worm Eradication: Gumea worm infestation is a problem which se- verely inhibits the productivity of workers auass subSaharan Ahia Peace Corps is involved m &om to eradicate this scourge by providingdean watersupplies, diitribut- mgfiiter fabricswhichintermpt the life cycle of the Gumea worm, and educattngvulner- ableppuktionsabouthow toprevent- mtujon.

In Benln, song contests and puppet Environmental Specialist Therese Glowac.ii conducts a noining session for park show have caught on narionally as PCVs sfoff in Kibira Nario~lPark. Burundi. workwith UNlCEFand theGovemment of Befi to publidze the Gumea worm prh Cameroon and Mauritania are helpmg to Senegalese Peace Corps: The Gov- lemandways topreventlt. In Ghana. PCVs produce educational materials for use m ernment of Senegal, reqnizing not only are wohgwith the Global ZOO0 eradim teach'mgvillagers how Guineaworm is m the contributionsof Peace Corpsvolunteers tion camp&q. The project hasdevelopeda mitted and how to prevent it to the communities they serve but also the 'filter hat'which farmers can usem the field long-term conmbudons of former Volun- to edy Hter their water. Volunteers in In May 1992. Mauritania hosted the teers to theh home communities and ro the hird Guinea worm Eradication workhop couny as a whole, is now m the proces of for 64 panicipana from me countries. cmtfngtheirown 'PeaceCorps.' TheSenegal Participants included Peace Corps Voluw Volunteer Corpswill be largelybased on the teers, their host couny counterpam, and principlesandorganizauonolthe U.S. Peace National Gumea Worm cmrdinators fmm Corps: SenegaleseVolunteersunder the age each of the countries. The workshop of 30 will sewe for 24 months in communj- promptedtheGovemmentofMauritaniato ties throughout Senegal. Volunteer assign- hold its first ever national conference on mentswillrespond toloellyexprenedneek, Gumea worm, and has alsosuengthened a and those selected will receive mining and national campaign focusing on this debili- suppon throughout their service. The pm tamg problem. gram will mdude assistance m developing Volunteers' individual pkns for future pm- Youth Development The htoaim fesional activity following their service. ees loran exciting nRv project will arrive m Namibla thisNovember. Afterthreemonths of mining, they will help to identify and The addition of these newproject arras to organize youth groups for 1524 year old the uadiuonal areas of emphasis for Peace Namibians who are the most likely to leave Corps is one way m which we are nying ro ~uralareas and jotn the &of the unem- maease our impact on development m Af- ployed in does. Volunteers will help to rica. Ourhostgwemmenrsareta!&gakeen develop career counseling and job Wng mterest msuppovingandcoUaboradngwith PCV Jennjfer Dieges holds young pro- which will help young people Peace Corps to ensure the succm of these friendSweto in Kevl. Togo. Best Photo hdjobs or stntheir own businesses. new projects. entry by PCV Sue Henderson. REGIONAL FEATURE

SPECIAL FROM AFRICA A Dream Fulfilled

So, hwis life m Africa for two A6icn ing in businen and semndary math educa- Americans after almcat a year? It hasbeen an tion, and attended lectures by Peace Corps or many years. I have wanted to adventure, to say the least! My htimpres- medical staaon how to stay healthy m rud travel and live m Africa 1 think the sionsofAfricawereofthe Kenyankndscape. areas, where qualified medical staamay be F urge or desire to learn more about Naimbi. Kenya's capital,is agreen, uehed hous my. Most imporrandy for my wife Africa was nurtured by my grandfather. city that sits one mile high on a plateau. Is Mary and me, we learned that the average Granddaddy wasaself-taught student of the dimate, like much of Kenya's, is mild and "Mwanan&."Kenyan,hewverylitdeabout culture, history, and polirio of Africa. He pleasant.Lvdiaerent thanthehot,drydesert African-Americans. also swore his ancestors daended Wehavealsoleamedalittleabout from Ethiopia His stories were very the many challenges Kenyam he. engaghe.-- - and althouh at the time I - I One is the lack of economic oppor- we thought a bit ,, ' P " . *. * ' ...... tunides for the young. un&loy- - 7:,.I: . , ., , . " , very eccenuic. we loved to visit him for +. .w -.:. ment is kgh, and althouah hous and listen to his stories. there is very litie sraivarion here, When I attended college, this de- hhgisprovidinglesofanoppor- sire to vtsit the motherland was nur- tunity for Kenyan youth. The tured more when, as a member, and country's high population grdis later as President of our Black SN- aha cause for concern. Africans dentGovernment. I becamemvoh.ed have traditionally had hge families with our school's African Student due to high mortality rates and the Abnce, an organization ofstudenrs a amount of work required for sur- from themcan mntinent. Working vival. However. with mortality rates with African brothets and sistes was reduced, and the cost of living ir~ an experience Inever will forget Al- aeased, It is becoming mmmingly though we had a lot in common, our 2 difEcult tosuppon large lamies. experiences and histories were quite p~~~khaelCarson conducu ap/anning session with Even though our da)s stan at dinerent. a village women's cooperative on opening a shop. 7:00 A.M., we rarely feel mhed as Alter 1 htshedcollege, It was dme we often did m the States. My wife to join the 'rat race." I still, however, kept orhumidjunglelimaginedmuchof~cato has more time to crochet. Ihave thetoread readtng about African culture, and stayed be. The 88ldlometerbus ride toour mgandwrite, and lwtsh lhadbmughtmyhom. abmtof mnrs that occurred on that cop center in Naivasha w;a amazing. The lush Although there are no theates or VCRs,we tinent. Itwasnoteasy.Wthwor~maniage, red soil, farms, and canyons which hed have frlends we can Invite over or vtdt We church,andsodalac~nesoccup~gm~tKenyaim~hi~,theAl04,werebeaw also have the beautiful, hiiy landscape we of my time, it appeared like my dream of tifulwhenourgroupofVolunteersreached can stare at andjust daydream. *ring was shpping funher and fur- NaMsha, we could have been in a Western So we have fulfilled my dream, and my ther away. I did, however, stan to mvestigate U.S. town rather than equatorial Africa We pdfather's dream ofvidting Africa So far. dinerent ways I could work tn Mca fie weresumundedbycac~trees,Ned living m Abia has been a marvelous qxii- Peace Copseemed tobe thektwayfora brown grass, and a beauriful high-altitude ence thatwednever forget I hope that in couple with no international experience to lake.Thezebras,antelopes,and@eswere thefuture.African-AmericanswillvisitAfrica work abrcad. So we explored the idea fur- there, of course, to remind us that we were m greater numbes, and leam more about her. Three and a haltyearjlater, alter much still Africa our Motherland souhdimg,we are m Afrtca. The Mother- our three-month miningexperiencemm land! Spedcally. Taita Hi, Kenya. Eat veryvaluable. We learned Swahili. Kenya's MiP.CaMnwasa PeaceCapsVohmlar Africa. A small, beautiful town named national language, and were inucduced to in thcTaifa Hills Qum of9uhasm Kmp Mgange-Dawida Kenyan culmre. We also had technical mim /mm]anlrary 1990 0 Ddanb~1991. INTER-AMERICA REGION NEWS FROM INTER-AMERICA

ness that began ragmg over the Central Peace Corps European counuies. Many Latin Amerim counuies looked again at the many suc- cesses of the Peace Corps. Changes in gw- emments in places like Nicaragua and F'anamaaeatedfede environments for Peace Corps activity. From Latin Peace Corps Ladn America has re-en- tered Bolivia. Uruguay. Hald, Nicaragua. and Panama The ktwer Peace Corps America Volunteers arrived m Argentina m July of 1992. Pknsareculmtlyundawaytore~m to El Salmdor. Ggional Director A young evacuee in the Asuncidn flwd Infer-America The Inter-America Regional initiatives camps during Director Chao's July trip comcide with Agencypriorides. The Region to Paraguay. Ifwe were to look at a map of the 60's. has made substantial prcgress m each of there would be wry few wunmes in Latin theseinitiadvesandwillconrjnueto focuon America that did not have a Peace Corps each of these arras during FY 9395. ln The priority ranking of the dwelopment post. There were wer WOO Volunteen m general, the Region will work at: reducing areas in the Region is as follows: Ladn Ametica dwing the 1960's. environmental degradation. mueasing food In thelate60'sandearly 70's, these posts production, increasing sources of employ 1. Envhonment began to disappear, as a result of security ment and income generadon, Improving 2. Small Business Development concerns, budgetrealities.and pohticalded primary health care, improving educational 3. Agnculrure sions of host wunuy goveimments. senices, andreducingsod~nomicpmb 4. Health In 1989 transfoxmations in many coun- lemsm urban areas. The IA Region will also 5. Education uies began to occur, brought about by the suesthe mtegration of puth and women's 6. Urban Dwelopment. ~~tiousfeverofdemoaa~donandopen-concemi into each of our pmpm secton.

NATIONS AT A GLANCE

BOLIVIA The Peace Corps pragtam m Bolivia has jut completed two years since is return after an layear absence. PVBolivia now has 83Volunteers assigned ro 4 major pn grammatic areas: @cultural extension and sail m~tion/envbonmenraleducation. small bushess development, emrtronmem ral development. and mral sanitadon. It is esdmated that Volunteer pwhwill stabi- be duiing FY93 at approximately 100 Vo!- unteen. PuBOlivia has established dwe offices to pddeprogram suppon to Vo!- unteen. These are located in La Par, the capital aty, Gxbbamba and Taqa PCV Sarah Huber leads local high school girls on afield trip in SmaCru. BO~had the honor of welcohng PC Bolivia in rhisBest Photo enny by PaWill Rex. Ikector Elaine Chao to the wunuyJuky 14-

16 ~ComT~ S- 1991 INTER-AMERICA REGION

17. 1992. During her smy. Director Chao try, plumbing, computer met with PC SUIT, US and BolMan offidals. sdence, elecuidtyandjob and PC Volunteers. Director Chao had the placement m Managua. opportunity to see hthand the work the In collaboration with a rural Volunteers cany out h Cochabamba Canadian non-govern- m @culture, agmforestry, and mpera- mend orptadon, Vol- tives. Her itinerary also included a vtdt to unteers provide teud the PC uainingcenterm Mallasa, where the production ;lrdstance and Dtrector met with 31 new small business mfningtosmallbusinmes development and rural sanitation nainees. m order to maease em- ployment and productiv- HAITI ity b Nicaragua. Haiti experiencedacoup d't?tat resultjng PVNicaragua is cur- m theremdoftheirdemwadcallyeleaed rently developingaproject PCV Beth Berlage talk with primaty shulenfs in President. Wthh several week. 59 Peace withtheMirtyof Health Comava~ua.,u . Honduras. PhofoPraoh-. taken bv PCV CopVolunteers were either separated or and vdAlfomo Garcia. uansferred to other Inter America Reglon qualityhealthcaresewices counuies. We have an Acting Coun try Di- to the urban poor. Beaning in January smallest country m South Amaica and is rector. Wchard Edenne, and an Admmtstm 1993, rhis jomt efIon will develop and home to approximately 3 million mhabit- tive Antstantwho nowwatt untilitissafe to presentapreventativehealtheducationp~ ants of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese retum to Haiti, the poorest counuy in the gram focusing on cholera, rnakria, nutri- decent The government of Uruguay and Western Hemisphere. We will return to don, drug and alcohol abuse. AloS, mater- the PeaceCorpssignedajointagreement on work m the arras of apforestry, health Muchild care. vaccination. fist ad andoral July 31,1963.The PeaceCorpssuspended admintsuation and pre-prim;lly education. rehydration. operations m Uruguay m 1973 due to budgetary consnaints resulting from a NICARAGUA PANAMA world-mde reduction m Peace Corps pm The Peace Corps returned to Nicaragua Six Volunteers were swom in on Nc- grams. in May 1991 alter a twelve-year ahsence. vember27.1990.thebttose1vemPanama OnJuly 30, 1990,the Uruguayan Mm- Peaae Corps Volunteers origmally served m since May of 1971. The PC program in istryofForeignRekdonsfodynquested Nicaragua from 1968 to 1978.The program Panama inidally focused on the manage- the Rtum of the Peace Cop. The ht was suspended in 1978 due to civil war. mentofnatural resources.wor~gwiththe group of 24 uainees took their oath in Volunteers provide asslrtance to a la- National Lnsritute for Renewable Natural December 1991, with Uruguayan Pr&- tional educadon project funded by AID. Resources (INRENARD. p~apalywihin dent Dr.LuiAlberto Lacalle and U.S. Sena- Volunteesalsoact arinsmctos,in carpen- the Panamacanalwatershedarea.Recently, tor Wchard hgar administrating the Peace PWanama has manded Corps oath. into consemiion, mmmu- Thae are cumtly 44 Peace corps nity development and small Volunteers throughout Uruguay,main~& budners. Peace Corps has mg the programmatic focus of developing also been sought out by the small business and environment sector ac- Ministry of Education to as- dvities. sist in the design and imple- Envimnmend degradation B a serious menration of environmental challenge in Uruguay, and Peace Corps is educadon propms on a na- &tingthegovemmentmitsimplemen& donal level Cumntly there don of an eifective mponse. Volunteers are 37 Peace Corps Voluk focus on lntepted Watershed Manage- teen sening throughout ment and Environmental Education Panama projecn. They are assigned to national PCVSUSUM Lein vacci~tespoultry in the Alto parks to teach park management sldlls, Verapor region o/Guatemala in this Best Photo enlry URUGUAY work in bufferrone management, and con- taken by villiager Eligio Toj Sdbano. Uruguay is the second duct environmend education. REGIONAL FEATURE

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Peace Corps in the Galapagos

By Robetl Drickey Ecuador Country Director the extensive exploitanon thatvaluable, but sively push some nadw speaes to exdnc- slow+wing, local species are undergomg don. Since the 19605the DamAn Station has alapagos. The meconjures im- due to the high demand by consumers for worked to save a number of threatened ages of exodc species, living in local uses such as ship building, construe- [email protected] Galapap G isolation, wohg m their own don, and furniture. tortoise and the maxine iguana. way, separate from the rest of the world. Volunteencwrdinate theiractivttiesvery Introduced tree species such as guava Galapagos is the site of Charles Darwin's dosely with the Galapagos Nauonal Park and red quinine threaten to replace a num- olsemtions in 1835, which led him to Service, the Charles Danvin Scient%c Sta- berof native tree specieson theislands. The don, and local hers. lheir main tasks Peace Corps Galapagos Agmfomuy Roject. mdude: providing technical assistance for usingSPAfunds,has estabtishedanuseryto the propagation of seedling at the cenual mvesdgate, develop, and dismbute seed- nursery, working as extensionisrs for the hg of native spedes and non-aggressive establishment of qhentalagoforestry muoducedspedessuch as teakand walnut. plots, and taking measures to establish and Ln these daysofgrowingawarenessofthe manage seed bank ecology of our bade planet, emtourists are Results to date have been very encourag flocking to the Galapagos. Ironically, this mg. The experimental nursery is functioning popukrity presents yet another threat horn adequately with an average production of humans to the hgile ec~qstemsof the 10.000 seedlings a year. Approximately 10 islands. Toulism dwelopment, poor ph agroforesuydemomuadonplantanonshave ning, and rapid population growth threaten beenestabMed.andreladonsbe~veenPeace to desaoytheisland's prisdne beautyandits Slowly moves the shell that makes these ~p,the ~alapagm National park Service. protected habitatsf~r~ni~uefloraanhfaurn islandsfamous. the Charles Dawin Scien&c Stadon, and Peace Corps Volunteers will continue work local hersare excellent. m theGalapagostoinaeaseawarenessofthe formulate the Theory of Evolution. Daiwin Peace CopVolunteers have worked on en~onmenraldangersneatedbyunpknned spent only beweeks on the islands durtng theGalapagosmtmittentlyforwenryyean. and umesmcted growth. his he-year sojourn aboard the Beo&. But Dumg the 1970s. Volunteers worked with The Peace Corps has a long, producrive the duence of the Galapagos upon him, sdendsts at the Charles Daiwin Biologtcal history m the Galapagos, and will mndnue andmmquenrlyupontheworld.wnsmonu-. .. Research Station as pan of an weement to work to preserve hisjewel m the Pdc. mental. with the ~mithson& The Galapagos lslands are parr of Ecua- Imtitute. For the past dor. They cover an area of 4,690 square three years. Volunteers kilometers and lie some 900 kilometers off have worked with the Ecuador's Padc Coast. The Galapagos Danvin Station and spe- coru;ist of 13 major and six mmor islands, cies of plants and ani- with 42 other very small islands or WIG. malsmuoducedinto the For the past rhree yeasvolunteenm PU Galapagos hmtheout- Ecuador's Natural Resources Project have side have had an ex- been working on the establishment of an tremely deoimental im- qrimental agroforesuy nursery with the pact almost sincethediE, hlobjective of providing native species to coveryoftheishds. Be- be planted m agroforesuy systems on crop cause theislandsare& and pasure lands. laced, with dehcate em This is imponant m light of the impact systems, newly intrw hat aggres~iv~~introduced speciesare hav- duced species in Consrrucring a wafer storage rank for tk native species mg on the native vegetation and becase of abundance and aggre nursery near Puerto Ayola. Galapagos.

I8 Pr*uCn.nTnm Sum. 1992 REGIONAL FEATURE

SPECIAL FROM INTER-AMERICA Summer Youth Program in Costa Rica Asks: Whcrt Pkznet Are Bu Fvom?

By Pat Thompson, Mike Inzitari, and Lee Martin employment and overcrowding m mew As with most Peace Corps asignmens, politan communities. the Volunteeris faced with the taskof meet- hreeyearsago,verylittle~known PA.N.1. has grouped the "street kid" ing the varied needs of the community. This about street kids m the mermpoll- population mto three categories: children require padence, organkadonal skills and T tan areasofCosta Rca Peace Corps OFTHESIREETS, thcsechildrenwhobth energy.The UrbanYouthVolunteersthatare dweloped a small progrim called bdal workandlivein thestreets; childrenLNTHE nows~gthQcommunidesandthesueet Rehabitadon for InnerCity Youth, where STREETS, those who work in the streets to ldds have confronted the enonnlty of their three Volunteers were placed m squatter suppon their families but return home at situation,and thisconstantly alters the focus settlemenam theSanJoseand Ljmonareas. night; and children ATHIGH RISK, children of Peace Corps hvohrment. two of the biggest dtiesof Costa Rica They hgat home at the poveny lwel. In an eKon to meet these challenges and were asked to investigate the situations and Street kids in general work in the streets addrers mmmunity problems, four Peace problems confronting street kids and how selling flowers, gum, nwpapers, andother CorpsVolunteers, alongwith a WorldTeach Peace Corps could address thi growing small item. They wash cars and buses, sing volunteer, dweloped a challengingsummer populadon.Theirhhgsare helpmgimple- and play musicalinsuumenn.begorsteal to program for the street kids of Canago. Cmt ment the Urban Youth Program that exisa earn a living and helpsuppon their families. Rica The project is called WHAT PLANET today. Sueet kids are often forced to leave school, ARE YOU FROM? It was at fhst a wishful Cunently,thereare heVolunteerswork- and their tidylives are pkgued with alco- idea, then became a reality. The project is mg with street kids, lMng m marginal com- holism, pmdrution, economk hardship. almedat physically andmenrally challenged munides sunoundmg the largest dties in and phflcal, sexual, and emotional abuse. (Continued on page21) Costa Rca. The Urban Youth Rcqm has three primaw, -go&: aearing- opponuunies-- for street kids in education. jobs and reae- ational projects; establishing, or worldng with community groups addresing urban youth problem; and wohgwith existing pupsto coordinate inter-hstitutional pm grams and community mvobement. Too little is known about the extent of current problemsofinnercitykids.PAN.1. (Parmnato Nacional de la lnhda). Costa RcaSgowrnmend~dtudonwhid7worla with women's and children's issues, began realizing the apeof the problem hew ago, but due to brk of funding and peMm nel, has not been able to suFiaently address this growing honor. What is hown is that the population of uhan youth has doubled since 1982, and m 1984 a study was done thatshowed 60% ofthe population. . hgin- cines is under the age of 15, creatjng a PCVs, left to right, Lee Mmin, Pafricia Thompson and Michael Inritnri with I5 tremendous werload in schools, a lack of "sneet kids"frorn Cartago, Costa Rica.

S-n 19)Z PusrConr T- I9 PACEM REGION NEWS FROM PACEM

By Janet Paz Castlllo -InJuneandJuly stalTarrivedin Ulaaine. out thecounay. TheVolunteenwillwrkin PACEM Ttalnlng Omcer the former bread basket of the WetUnion. Small Enterprise Development and TEFL and Jlll Dtskan and at two locations m Ruzsla: Saratov, On a more pemnal note. Mongolia PCV Spglal Aslstant, PA- located on the Volga her, the heartland of MiChaw came m second, to the delight Russia territorially;and Vladivostok, the out- of the crowd.h the roadrace which- pan Most of PACEM's growth has occurred post of the Russian Far East and Russia's of Naadam, Mongoiia's annual national fe because of the opening up of Cennal and window totheorient. Thesesdmemben. dval of "manly spons" competition. Eastern Europe and the disinteption ofthe selected from candidates wbo had the small WetUnion. In the past two yean PACEM budness expertise. Peace Corps experience CEN7RAL & WTERN EUROPE has opened posts in Poland, Hungary. andlor Russian and Ulaainh knguageskik -Peace Corps Hungary was the initial Czechaslovalda. Bulpb. Romania. Alba- from withm the agency and from the out- Peace Corps pqnmm Cennal Europe. Its nia, Mongolia, Latvia. Estoniaand Uthuania. side.arechallen@gtheslow-mhgfonner fmt pupof Volunteers, In education and allofwhichhaveVolunteei-smplace.Sdin Soviet bureaumcyastheyestablirhthe posts. en-nment, hasjust completeditsservlce. Uhe,Rush and he& are preparing organize the lint mining project and com- andHungaryNiscurrentlyin mining. Pas for a mi&Navember arrival of mees. h plete programmingandsitedevelopment m are now organtrmg a camp for secondary addition. PACEM has successfully re-err school students to promote environmental tered Tunisia. Morocco, Yemen and P& awareness. stan, which were temporarily suspended during the Gulf War and the Phdtppmes -Peace Corps Poland, the Re@on'skrgest which was suspended for security reasons. post,basalSOCOSedits~~pupoNoIurr Cul~entplans call for nRv programs in teen. Poland now has about 180 Volunteen Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan. Krygystan. in TEFL 51 in SBD, and nine m Envhok Turhenistan. Tajhtan, and Be&, by menr Poland'shighlysundSBDprojen the end of 1993. Other pmsibilities include is a model upon which several of the new Azerhjan. China, Moldova, the Maldives. projects m the CIS are being based. Djibouti, and Cambodia. This rapid expaw sion m the PACEM Rehon is providing -Bulgaria's Multtltnk Business Resource Volunteers with additional oppmnities to Centen provide infonnadon on small bust- be agents for consuuctive change m coun- ness development, envtronmental bes. uies that haven't been open to the Western and Englnh language teabgtosmall bust- world for many years. nwes-and eitrepreneus in six aties. There is no common language among Bulgaria's fmt pupof 26 SBD volunteets PACEM counaies. PACEM teaches 48 h basjust arrived. 12ofwhichwillbeasigned guages, many ofwhich are rated among the to sdtheCenten. On another front. Bu!- most difacult m the world, for example. garia TEFL PCV. David Kinsley, recently Arabic, Mongoh. Hungarian. ThA and organized a marathon rhrough and around Polish. h preparation for the CIS pwm, b6a to mist funds to send up to 14second- PACEM h&&mpleteddevelopm~nt~fnew PCV Michael Makcaptured these aryschool students to the US to explore the knguage curricuh lor Uthuanian. Larvlan, children playing on sracks of harvested roles and respnslbilities of an individual m Estonian, and Albanian, and antidpates rice in Dang Valley. Nepal. a demooatic sodety. They will meet with completion of curricda for U!ainhn. As- community, political and busines leaders menian, Russian. Uzbek and Kazakh by the rime for the planned anival of 100 Volun- and high scbool smdenrs and pamdpate tn end of the year. teersin Rushand60 Volunteersin Ulaaine mmrnunity~projec~.Kidey'smother before the end of the calendar year. is orgmizing their visit CIS -DuiingJune andJuly, 6 minee pups -After its 6~tyearofoperatingonlymthe ASIA pmvtdtng 26 badness and a@busines and capital dty of Ukanbaatar. Peace Cop -Sri Lanka has a new Wildlife and Envi- 42 TEFL u-alnws for the nadons of Latvla. Mongolia is now ready to place its second ronment Education Project Wtial bcourr Estonia and Uthuania arrived m country . groupofVolunteenm 13provincesrhrough try uaining for thFs new project is jointly

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ment projects are moving foward in Micmnesia. Western Samoa. Cook Lslands, Tong. Fiji, and Vanuatu. Staff and hast What's Next counaycounterpans fmm Western Samm. Ton@,and Fiji havebeen aatned in envimn- lnorderwprwidewnrinuedqual- mental education techniques. itysuppontosuch adiverseandkrge -The Federated States of Micronesia ts- numberofmunmes,asofOcwber1, sued a pcstage stamp to commemorate 25 PACEMwtllbedividedintonvomore years of Peace Corps assistance. manageable and geographically ca. Following a Ngasech, the fraditional -Peace Corps WestemSamoacelebrated herent Regions: first childbirth ceremony. Palau PCV its 25th anniversary mJune with a visit by Angelica Sorge participates in a Director Chao. EIJ~~AAND~MIDDLEM(EAMD restaged ceremony using a doll. -In October, Tong d celebrate 25 Albania, Hungary, Poland. Roma- yem of 'Peace Corps and Tonga" nia. Czech*. Bulgaria (Ce- sponsored by Peace Corps and US FFsh and ad Europe); Lithuania. Estonia. Wldlife Service, and funded by the U S Latvia. (Baltic Nations); Russia. Agency for lntemauonal Development. Uhe,Armenia and the Cenoal Asian Republics (Eurasia): Mom, -On the not sn positive side, the Peace Tunisia-Yemen,Malta. (MiddleFasr) Corps program m Pakistan was clmed out onAuwtl5thbecause Peace Corpsand the h AND THE PAIYflc Government of PaMstan have notbeen able Nepal. Mongolia.Sti LankasThai- to agree on the appropriate level of hart land. (Asia); Cook Islands. Fiji, country support. Knibati, Marshall Lslands, Micmnesb, Palau, Papua NEW Guinea. Philip MED- pines, Solomon Islands. Tonga. -Yemen is stanjng a new maternal and Tdu,Vanuatu. WesternSamcra(Pb child health pmject and is exploring enay dc). mto the environment sector m N 93. PCV Linda Messner on Nama. Micronesia usespuppets to help teach - PAcrFlC SUBREGION English tofirst graders. -In the F'adc. Small Business Develop

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Anyunemterestedm more detaileddor- mation about Urban Youth problems and children at I& through aseriesofoutingsto pmject development can write to: IKiti~tlalPdS,reSeNes and h -. thmughout Costa Ria This okrs the chil- urban Youth Program drenanewmvimnmentmwhich toexplore Peace Corps Costa Wca themselvesasyoungaduIs.@n selfesteem APDO. 1266 and ~mmunicationskills, and leam to sanJc6e - 1000 appredate nature. By taldng them out of Costa Wca. Cenual America theunormalmrroundingandhgthem climb a mounth, ams a river, or set up a campice, they became empowered as im- portant members of a team of adventurers. They are ah able to enjoy their counay's beauty, along with having the oppormniry tojust enjoy being a &Id. Childrenfrom Cartago. Costa Rica explore Volcano IrarJ near their village.

PrrcrC~vrTlve21 BEST PHOTOS CONTEST

Edited by Brian Liu

A Hard Day's Work During the rainy season, IWO young nee-planters carry Dawodawa trees as [hey return home from a long day of planting in northeastern G~M.The boy on the right carries barefooted forestry PCV Mark Brungs'shoes for him as he takes their picture.

New Friends Celebralwn PCVDiane Gallagher makes afriend a1 a home for the elderly PCV Mark Nachnieb photographed in Mindelo-Saci Vicenle in Cape Verde. West Africa. Ultan Sigh Budd, a teacher, during the celebration of the Nepali Holi Feslival.

22 PmCal~Tw Sum. IP32 Helping Hands Swaziland PCVBill Acton involved in a nee planting campaign with primary school children from Florence Christian Academy. The photo was taken by PCV Emily Vondrisb.

Friendlj Faces Ahmed and friends peer through thefront gate of PCV Ghlee Woodworth's home in Bimbini. Anjovan. Comoros Islandc.

Time Off- LfXt hy Two children in Guinea, West Afn'ca enjoy somefree time PCVBartmra Hubbnrd spends her last day in Liberia with PCV Shalome Marshall. with Emnuel.Hubbard was evacuated the next day due to the Liberian Civil War. REGIONAL FEATURE

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After the Curtain Fell: A Visit in Peace to Central Europe

By Michael McCaskey nmsuip of farmland, kept small but bustrations of their jots, but seem deter- collecdvized, are a major impediment to mmed topressonwithgwdcheer toaccom- MiiMctashq. rm$ rmonedfrom viril- modernization. The necessity of teaching pljsh their goals. 1 also ran mto a type of ing Pace Corps Vduntem in ~hoslovahia both modem agriculture and modem bust Volunteernewtome.Theyweremtheir30's and Pdnnd Heisawff Vofw~leerwho~nesswas apparent when I looked out on the and W's and older and often engaged in in Elhiopia (I%%7)andiscwrenfly seningon physical landscape. To make these farms business or economic development Many Ihe Pace Cqs NaW Advisory CowviL modemand compeddve, theoldwaysmust had MBA degrees and had ldt successful Whatfollows aremg'his impressions on his go. The politics have changed. Now,quite careers mid-sueam for the Peace Coyad- mds in Easm Europe literally, the land must also change. venturemEastemEurope.Thex folksshared In both Oechaslovalda and Poland. the idealism of mast Volunteers, but were modernity has arrived with a vengeance m also vety demanding and les padent They s I new East, to the lands of the old some arm. There is a great deal ofmodem will need more technological tools, such as Wa~wPact, I wondered. What Western gadgeny adable for sale at low computers, to do theirjob and more sophis- A would it be like behind the Men .orices. ., bv Western standards. CzedvSwiss ticated sumon.. from staff. iron cumin that has been the Luci- The Volunteers are engaged in a nation and the fear of my endre .wide variety of task. It appearj the generation? I had set out to visit Peace Copts domg a betterjob of Peace Corps Volunteers in. Poland -- matha experience to the job at and Oechoslovalda to find out how [ ! 1. I hand&ttei anvfiow than \;hen I theirmwon differshm mineof25 was a volunteer. 'Geni Carlson and yenagoandalsotoseehowitisthe MariaMore,who hadbeen tearhing me. En&h literature and history at col- My ktstop was Prague. An leges in the US..are aalntng teach- andent, proud, dtyset among mu- ers at a teachers college. Larry mg hills with the river Vltava win6 Michels, a banker from Chiago, is ing through, thesight of Prague can helping a Polish minktry privadze be breathddng tn its beauty. The state-ownedcompanies. Paulaark history of the city, at dmes tragic, is who left a fast-uark career at a mar- also a uibute to the mettle of the agement consulring firm, recently people. Prague has been at dmes helped the Tarnobrzeg &ma gov- occuptedbyou~deformsince the In Poland.from left to righ~,Jerry Wisniewshi. ernment condude a G~mma&e- 13th centuty.but thedtyhasblers- Ryszard (Richard)Jania. Vice Governor of the ment with L& Suam to build a edlyewapedbemgbombed-afate Tarmbrreg Region. Mik McCasky and Paul Clark. plant there. John and Ktm Everen. so common to many of Europe's who had been environmental cow othergreat cities Havingbeensparedbmk, made compact discs for ewmple are easy to sulrants in the U.S.. are helping Osnava, thii'dtyof 1,OOOspues"tsmr~yanarres~g come by for about a third the price ofCD's Czedloslovaldawrestle'withenonnous pol- sight. Fromanyelmtion.thechu~chsteeples m the States, and the quality is excellent lution problems cadby coal rniningand otchtheeye, thechurchbelksoothetheear. I was curious to see for myself how the mlphuroperadons.JohnEverrnhashed My tour of Southem Poland was also an Volunteers' experiences diKered fmm my since childhood of becommg a 0.Today exulslonmtoabeaudfu1~0untryside.There own.ManyoftheVolunteersweremuch the he hes that dream md&g a substandve am, rolling landscape and beaudfully same; they would have easily fit mto my conuibudon to sohgan immense pmb tendedhawaitthevidtor. Howeversthe puptn Ethiopia. It war wident that they lem. The work m Cennal Europe appas Communist past ts wident wen in the pmsessed smng charactertsdcs ofidealin, varied and challenging. Some of the Volun- srmaure and layout of the h. The energyandfl~bihty.Theya&owledgethe (ConLind on p& 28) f& FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT The New Peace Corps Environmental Management Initiative

Text and photos by Jeff Hughes globally, anlocally." The new Peace Corps 'environmenralisrs" will not be kwing on m-nvbnmental concerns such as global hat do you get when you combme hecommunity warmingand ozone depleaon, but tatheron localiyiuessuchas the dwelopment spe&rs with three engineers, three provtdon of sale dddng water, adequate sanitation, solid mte w urban planners, an architect, and two economics management, and surface water drainage. These ehnmental majon who howhow to consrmct wells? The aweris the Peace concerruj are the problems that &en the quality of people's lives on Corps'new CBteD'boire Urban EnvimnmentalManagement(UEM) a daily basir, they are what the muniopal governments m countries Propn.The eighteenvolunteen who weresworn mto Peace Carp such as ateD'lvoire arestruggling to keep under conuol. Unfortu- service last December are the beguulmg of a pioneer development nately, the Gnandal resources for addressing envtronmental prob ebnwhich the Peace Corps hopes to wentually expand to other lemsare severely limitedand ateD'lvoire, like cities throughout the counuies and continents. world, are seeking outside aid. What role can an organization such as Peace Cop, whcse The Urban Environment suength is providing human resourcecnot handal resoumshave m the environmental sector? Volunteers can assist m the manage- As irs title implies, the focus of the UEM program is the ment of&onmental problemsm avarietyofways. More tech- impmement and management of urban envbnmenrs. In the early cally qualified volunteers can provide arsisrance m areas such as 1960s. when the ktgroup of Peace CopVolunteers arrived at lauine construction and drainage control, others can panidpate in thetrdtes, there wae approximately a billion people living in urban envimnmental education campaigns and help organize community areas. 34 percent of the world's population. Today the number has nash collection programs. like most aaditional Peace Cop climbed ti over two billion with progm, the succersof the Vol- 45 percent of all people living in unteen will rest with their ability urbanareas.Attheprrsentrateof to work within established local urbanization, there will be over 3 institutions and organizations to billion people living in urban ar- hd aeaiive community based eas by the year 2000. In order to solutions to problems. adapt to this changlmgworld, the The Peace Copis not alone Peace Corps has begun exploring m its desire to work in the urban options for worldngm urban set- area, and other organizations are lings. watchingthenewprogram tosee The rapid urbanization over how it progresses. USAID'S Wa- thelast 2Oyea~jhasseverelytaxed ter and Sanitation for Hdth the carrying capacity of many at- Project has pledged continued tes throughout the world. The suppon and provided valuable p~ono~asic&~cessuchas assistance m preparing the Fnst . . .- access to drinldngwater and ad- ' A. -"mg. equate sanitation has not kept TWOlocal marom constructing the soakaway pit for the pace with the grad rates, new latrine project in Thies. Senegal. New Volunteers The high densitya550ciatedwith many dues has also lead to serious problems m areas such as solid The ateD'boire UEM program was aeated as an mterdrsdplt waste management and ercsion control The prevalence of urban naryapprmch tosohingavarietyofuhen~nmentalproblems. e~onmentalmanagementproblemshaveaeatedsituationsthmt- Anintegral panofthe projeadesigni. that the UEM Volunteenwill ening the quality of Me and the public health of millions of people. work m pai~~:one community dweloper PCV with one technical The Peace Corps has aeated a new environmental program PCV. The community dwelopment volunteen will work with which canbestbe desaibedasavariationof the lamiliar creed "think community organizations and neighborhood leaden m dwelopmg FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

ter, adminkuative swcture and actual projeca wihin Thtes. For a mietyof set of environmental problems as reasons, the city was having limited succgs thesecon~citiesmCBteDDlvuii m man2ging its urban environment, and where the UEM Volunteers are with the exception of a few expensive and now stationed. quadonable large water and sanitation ltwasimpmsible tocompletely projeca, the city had not worked with out- cowr all the technical aspeca of side organirarionsm the emimnmentalm uhan environmentalmmagement agement sector. The city's leaders embraced m nine week, and because of the the idea of worldng with the oainees to lack of prior experience it wasvery dwelop aeadve methods of addressing the dif6cult to know exactlywhatwere city's envhonmental problems. The project theprioritysldusthat urbanvolum idea was presented as a uafning exercise, ~t teers would need to be eUecdve. one of its strengths was that it was recog- Drawing of plans for the laaine, soakaway pit, In the hce of these otstades, it nized by both the city and the nainingsdf and footbridge over the drai~gecam/. was decided hat the mast impor- as a means of making a valuable and real tant trainmg objective was to teach conaibution to the city of Thies. locally based santtation and urban envirom the ~eesamethodofworkingasopposed The 18 deeswere divided mto three mentalmanagementsystems. The technical to a rigid package of skills. The best way of pups based on their skills, interesa and Volunteers will work directly with the tech- teaching worhg methods was to expose qerlence. Each pup concenuated on nidseMces divlslon of the MUN@ gov- the trainees to the type of problems they one of the three environmental sukctors emmenrs to assist them m developing or would eventually have to address. The city of identifiedby thelocalgovemmentaspriority reswau~gtheh.publicse~cesp~0~.Thies,with iE obviousenvironmentalprh problems: sanitation,solid waste, or slufare Addresing environmental issues will re- lems, presented the uainees with a unique waterdrainage.Theobjectivesofthe projects quire a miety of speciahd skills. The kt opportunity to see kthand the inuicades were to examme the existing situation in generation of UEM Volunteers in C8te of working m the environmental manage- Thies, propose, and if possible, implement D'Ivoire brought a Mliety of perspecrives ment sectorin a Francophone West African sdscale community based improvement and eqxrience to their newjobs. The am- city. projects. The normal trainmg consuuction munitydevelopmentvolunteers have awide Contact was made with local muninpal budget ias augmented by Peace Coqx to range of work eqxrience m areas such as officials,including the mayor, to explore the providesmd project budgets for eachof the recy&gandenvironmentaleducadon. The pxibility of having the &ees work on groups. technical Volunteers have work emerience rangingfrom dra[tingandbuilding&nsuuc- don to the designofpipedsoveragesy;tems. ManyoftheVolunteetshaveadvancedgradu- ate degrees, anda third of thegroup hashad previous international experience. An Urban Environmental Management Ekperiment

WU Pace Corps Volunteers be able to have an eUect on the daunting problems kingmany uhanareas? It isstill tooearly to tell; however, if the success of the fin[ UEM trainmg is an mdicator, effoom such as the UEM program in CBte D'lvoire should pro- vide Volunteers with the oppnunity to make significant conuibudons while having fuWgPeace Cnrps expaiences. The ktUEM udningwasrecently com- pleted at the regional Peace Cop training site m Thies, Senegal. Thies, the country's PCV Engineer Franz Drees, stooping, explains design of footbridge over an second largest city, hasaverysimilarcharac- inlentio~llyblocked drai~gecam/ in Thies to trainees. FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

The SubSector pmjecs (SSP'S) were de- signed to u& the group's engineers, ph nen and community developers m a com- prehemive,mterdsziphuyteamapproach. The group was to use their pzt experience, local resources, the information mered m the &mwm technical sesdons, and above all their mgenuity to address urban ehn- mentalproblems they encounteredmThies. it was hoped that through their effom. everyone would have a much dearer ptcture ofwhat txmg an urban emironmend mn agement PeaceCqVolunteerwouldmean. The projecs were carried out under the supenision oflocalThiesinstitutions. W~th- out exception, the variety of agencies it+ voived in environmental management were very enthuiktic and pleasedwith their col- laboration with the trainees. Ifthere wereany problems it was when oBdalr became over- enthusiastic, as was the case du~gthe saniration problem. groups' $st meeting with the municipal council Oneoftheassistantmayors toldthe throughout the entire region ofThieswith a ties, each of the three group worked with trainees he was expecting them to prepare ridiculous budget and one tentative truck. local community leaden and existing ins* the city's 6ve year env%onmental manage- The mtneestxcame familiarwith theday tutions to dedgn pmjecrs. One group de- ment plan! In general, expectations were to day operation of environmental services. cided to renovate the overflowing latrine in much more &tic, and m the end the Trainees rode on uash truck, counted and the city's second largest market. The solid trainees were able to accomplish featswhich mapped the city's system of uash Em. waste team workedon a neighborhood tmsh no one, with the exception of the heyear Another group spent time with the work collection system complete with an innow- plan man, could have expected. crews charged with cleaning out dramage cive dumping donkey cart. fie thd group The projects begin with an effort to learn canals - maps were drawn identifymg the plannedabfidgeoveranimpomt drainage more about the existing situation in Thies. strengths and wealalesses of the canal s)s- canal that was routinely Ned m by inhabit- No one, tnduding the mayor or any of the tern. Othen spent momings exploring the anssothat theycouldatwit. Inadditionto mdividual agencies, had a dear comprehen- o~owingnighmmladesystemsfound theprimaryprojeca.sweralnaineesbecame sive picture of the provision of envhonmen- m the city's public areas. mvoived in secondary projecs. One group tal dcesm Thtes. The group resorted to a Nopic~reoftheexistingsituationwould helped a women's groupsm a compting vartety of creative approaches to learn more be complete without infomadon hom the program. Anothergroup workedwithalocal about the existing situation. communiry. The groups Wedout exten- market assodation on a variety of projecrs The groupsestablishedworkingrekdok sive surveys -soliciting peoples' opinions after wohgon their new latrine. ship with all of the major agencies and on existing and potential future environ- It had oriBnallybeen thought that. given mdividualsbvolved m the provision ofsolid mendsenices. The uaineesfaalitatedcom- rime and resource consmints, wel!d~~~- waste, sadtation, anddrwagedces,and munity meetings through the city to insure mented project designs would be suBaent alsoidentified thosespeciricmdividualswho that community mput and suppon was endproducts.The nainees.howwa,wanted could implement the services. They found mcorporatedmtoallp~oftheirpmjecs. more,and ended upworldng through much Mr. Gacko, the one-armed man who single Simple observation provided further mfor- of theu limited free bme to see the mmple- handedly ran the dty'ssohd waste pmpn. mation - as nainees watched peoples' in- tion of all of their projects. Before leaving They met Mr. Bah, the manager of the aty's teractionswith their environment m awer Thies for ateD'boire, the groups saw the onlyseptictankpumpfngmckdce, who to such questions as: Where do people results of their labor with the fillingm of the tmkptidem bgahornmed'a&res (busi- throwout theiraash? Hwmuch do people old open sewage pit in the market, the nessman), with all the powen sadly assod pay to use public lades? Hwmuch do delivery of a completed uash cart, and the atedwith~nnmgamonopoly.Theymetthe they pay to have their septic t& emptied? inauguration ofa new foot bridge. The sew stalTof the Hygiene Senice, who were given Bared on what they dixovered and the ofexdternentatcompletingtheprojecswas the respndbility of mmgsanitation demands expressed by the local communi- as great for the communities as for the trainees, demonsuated by the huge hm reports documenting all of the group find- des charged with the responsibilityof ma* celebrations held throughout the city to mgs and achievements, mduding derailed aging theirenvimnmenr These Ilnkages cre- inaugurate each of the projects. pkns for follow up work Praise for the ated wohg relationshi that will &t Duling their time m Thtes, the mees projects was disnibuted equally among the long alter the deparmre of the mhees. wimesxd a Mliety of 'sucsesses" and 'fa& a;rmees, local agencies and communities. The exercise in This proved that with a ures." and as a result learned ht-hand the The council was pleased not only with minimum amount of financial resources, a di5culty of worhg on problems which the aaual projects but h with the ap- team of community o-IS, technical aIIect everyone. One group had to delay proach usedby the Peace Cop.The mayor. speaalists, gowmment workers and mem- workafter the 'self-help" laborers refused to ma dramatic speech, praised. "the return of bersof the community canjom togetherand work without getting paid. Other groups the donkey." m an age of hydraulic nash improve the quality of their local envinx- spent days preparing Ior meetings that no uuck. An assisant mayor saw the bridge mentandm turn the qualityof theirlives. AU one came to because of unexpected events project a~ an important metaphor showing of the projects m TMes were based on the like funerals, and expected events -like the power of bringing people together. philosophy that although Peace CopVoL Friday prayers --that the community led untees can o*, modvate, and create ers 'forgot" about. These difficulties were Building Bridges hkages, real change depends on local am- balancedwith amazhgeramplesofcommu- munities and &dng insatudons. Through nity support. There was the day when the Much of the group's success revolved theu work m Thies and Cote D'lvoke, the futureofthe knine renovation pmjeawasin around theirability to build bridgesbetween new UEM volunteers are seeing the depth of question due to unexpected cmt overruns. Merentgoups. Localgovernment agencies resources avai!able to local communities. A local women's organization interceded cooperated with federal agencies. Different The proca of rappmgmto these resources. and sang, danced, and collected the neces- previously isolated development projects like the entire Peace Copexperience inelf, sary funds m a dynamic 30 mmute fund wereconnected-alocalcommunityfound can be &cult. frusuating, and iniinitely raising drive that shocked and inspired all amarket for theirorgmic nash in an existing rewarding. who witnessed it. bio.gasproject. Dinerentcommunitygroups The culmination of the training and the cooperated with each other to accomplish jg Hughes, a Mali Comm~miwDevelopment projectwasaformalpresentationtothecity's hingbeyond what single groups auld do. RPCVhaswmive~k@asa~nt leadersat the town hall. The dry didn't get a Communitiesweremtmduced toawtetyof and bzhnical wainu in Cotc d'htirc, Uganda, five year plan, but did receive professional gwemment and nongovernmental age* Smegal Ghana ad Burkinn Faw.

REGIONAL FEATURE

tees are in @dons with a remarkable these PCvs are no diaerent than PCVsof my that wewyassociated rcith the Peace degree of respondbiUty. What helps mast is generanon. Our goal is the same. Copcan be proud of. Former Volunteen hat theworktheyare domgtiesbackto their k to the main surprises of my visit, I like myself can see some of the same opt?- jobsm the U.S. For manyvolunteers, there thb& that compared to my tour m Africa, it mism and idealistic impulses at work today isno road-map pmdngtheway tosolutions was a bit ofashock but apleasant realizadon that first lead us to serve. There ts the same to the problems they have takenon. They are tonote thatit'snow OKIorVolunteers to fly energy, drive, and commitment One also making their own way. home during their twc-year tern of duty. I gets the sense that many of the Volunteers Is it easier today? I have heard people say met Volunteers who were eagerly loohg feel they are on a great .Idventure ofhistorical that some of the Volunteers have atuactive fonvard to gomg back to the U.S. to attend importance to Fastem Europe-and they are! apamnentswithtelephonesandmaybe wen a family wedding and other spedevents. telwisions and. well, how tough can that be? During my tour ofduty you stayed put The Editor's note Mike McCarkry and Andy While meh some cases, this only adds regulations forbade going home except in Cm& dt-W1973-75) havtm a tothehuation. Often the telephonesdon't the most dire straits. Now. m Warsaw, as ~'cieccwnimlionPC. lo@Jmuralcom work and the televidon might haw only everywhere, youjustjumpon a plane. I flew pulmintheUnilrdS~tosavltoVahmkms three channek, none m Engkh. More non-stop to Chicago ftum Wmwand lgive in Ensfan Europ PC. which standsJor Pa- importantly, like all their PCV brothers and the Polish airlines. LOT, which Clew the dCan~JuIhcPmccGnps,hnsunl dsters,theVolunteersarealltnvolvedinalife Peace Copten cornputento Poland@&. ltncanputosystemsloPobdand8loCwh of service to others. The particulars of Fast very high mark. The accommodadons on skdia.~youknowo/ European amenities aside, they are going the LOT Boeing 767, were exceptional and danrruralwmmin mto a culture that is totally diLTerent for them the aewwas profesdonal and pleasant. gdHolkingor&,caR Mikr and they must work in that culture to im- Iddmis the m2in drivtng force among at tkc CJ~wgoEan (708) prove saieral condidons. In that manner. theVolunteerslmet ihinkthesearepeople 2956600. REMEMBERANCE Varina Eve Rogers, Malawi ''Grata Love Hath No Man n?an ?his, htA Man Lay Down His LifeFbr His Fnends. "

The Bible: John-15:13

R~MRogers or a Peace Corps (raining site in South Carolina.

n Tueday.April21.1992. Peace clubs and organkitions m mral areas. ment to mylife. 1 concluded that 1 felt happy CorpsVolunteerVarina Eve Rogen Rina was a 1991 graduate of the Univer- and contented after teachmg a Businen 0was ldlled m a motor vehicle aca- sity of Cmdnnan and was a resident of Basics class and seemg the ldds leam and dent in Salima. Malawi tn East Africa Middletown, Ohio. She received an AB. m participate exatedly. Tohavestudenttcome Rina,asshewasknown toher friendsand CommunicatiowBusiness Management up and say 'Ms. Rogers, when will you be hily, entered Peace Copservice on Sep and had been vice president for external back7 Thanks for coming today.' these tember 28.1991. She began her pre-service &rs and fund-mg committee chair of sratemenu were much more satFsfymg than aainmgm fisheries m McCleUende. South her professional bwkshternity. She had a paycheck Within my busin= hatemity, Carolina, and was hdysworn m as a also been a Ronald McDonald Housevolun- I enjoy parricipathg in the service evenu. In Volunteer on December 30. 1991. Rina teer and a Junior Achievement Business kt,lanxiouslyawait themomingswecwk continued extensive technical aquaculture Basics participant At her funeral Mass. brealda~tat the Ronald McDonald howor uaining m MM. She sewed ar a ~iih Father Charles Mwre remarked that Rina visit the kids at Children's Hospital. AU of Farming Fxtension Volunteer. She was a+ had followed "God's command to love our these facton when placed together pomted signed to work with the Fuheries Depm- neighbor." Moore also ated Kna's work m me in the direction of &ng m the Peace ment, under the auspices of the Malawi- helping to 'deviate some of the poverty. Cop." Gem% Fisheries and Aquaculture Dwel- misery and injustice across the world." At Vm~ve~ogen was 24 year; old. She opment Project, which is very active m the the Mars, Peace Corps Director Elaine L is survived by her parens, Sandra and An- southern re@onof Malawi. Chao read aloud a letter from President thony Rcgen, a sister Katima, two brothen. As a fisheries Volunteer. Rina was work- George Bush which said of Rina, 'Her legacy Sam and Matthew, and her maternal and mg to tOcz fish farmhg among Rlral will stand as a sMgexample to future paternal pndmothen. The family requesrs Makwians as a means of mcreasing the generations. Our couny has lost a he that donationsm Rina'smemorybemade to adability of nutritional protem. She was American." At the service. Rina's famiiy was the Peace Cop Parmenhip Prop at veryexdtedabouttheinvobementofwomen presentedwitha Unitedstates honor ilagby Peace Corps Headquarten, 1990 K Street. henin Gsheries projects. She concen- Director Chao on behalf of the President. NW.Washington. DC 20526. Gifs will be uated her ehon helping to maease the Of her modvanon to became a Peace directedat thedisaerionofthe Rogenfammily acceptanceof fish farmmgbywomen and on Corps Volunteer, Rina wrote: 'I nt down to an appropriate Peace Corps Pamershrp the establishment and suppon of women's and began evaluating what brought fulfil!- project m Malawi. REMEMBERANCE William Michael Nordmann, Nepal

"Theptest of these is he."

The Bible: 1 Co~~l3:13

eace Corps Volunteer WUiam M. the danger lay not m enors, but m the gap world a little better place to live." Nordmann died in a plane cmh m between what we say and what we do." Bill will be greatly mkxd by all those P Kathmandu onJuly 31,1992. Bill Itseemsthat everyonewhohewBillwas who hew him. hadbeenonaholidayhThailandwithPeace touchedby him-teachers, 6iends.Volun- Thisis BiU Nordmann'spoemreprinted Cnrpsfdendsandwasre~mingtoN~, from his memorial senice card: where he sewed as a small busin& I 1 appropriate technology Volunteer in Surkhet for 15 months. Bill. who was THIN LINES OF LIFE 24, was an exnaordmary mdividual by all accounrs, and loved by his Peace I was in touch with my western rmrs Corps friends and community. today. Billissurvivedbyhisparenr~:Billand I was transported back mto a world Mary Nordmann, and lour siblings. I only remember a glrmpse ol now. Lucie, James, Michael, and Katie. The Nordmann hily meled to Nepal. The thm line connecting continenrs. where a memorial service was held on Brought together voices only heard August 4, 1992. The hmily has con- Every so often. veyed how much it has meant to them It is so hard to convey the meleelings tobeable tospend dmewith Bin's Peace Of time, space, living, over those Corps Giends and community m the Slender lines of communication. area where Bii sewed. It has helped them feel close to B1and has helped Talhgto home seems almost as distant Bill's friends m Nepal begin to heal their As the echo on the phone or loss as well. The radio interference on hereceiver. Bill was described by Country mec- But it is needed to keep tor Wi Nman as a 6iendlv.,. warm. The des to lwed ones alive. and enthusiastic Volunteer. He was an avid mounmhbiker and an accomplished teers, his family. In reading through his MdDay. deskrop pubMer. In fact. hewasveryacrive applicadon, however. Iwas mmt impressed The written diatribe of hily and friends in productng the Nepal Volunteer newslet- bywhathehimselfhadtosay. Tome.being Fidy reaches its final desnnadon. ter. Billwasalwy ready to helporhers, and a Volunteer means givingof yousellto help After countless days of travelling the globe. despite some ~uadom,was determined others. I have noticed however, that every Nem and pemnal letters week old. to create a meaningful job lor himself m rime I have volunteered, the people I have Fii my eyes, doesn't matter; Nepal. helped are not just the ones who benefited Just to howsomeone. WU Newman said of Bill's character, - I mdude myself in rhis group. When I Somewhere was thinking 'Hissmileswere asbroadashisinteresrs. He volunteered while m college. I learned what Of me sometime ago. shared those smiles often, t&g them it was like to live in a pverty-suicken area. around ar was so typical of this self-styled But lalsoleamedavaluablel~nthat these Then, as soon as the line is disconnected. 'W~ldBill.' This hard-bildng, suonghmbed people were doingsomethmgpositive about And the last line read. guy wassuch avonex that, nearly inspire of it ... They taught me that life is precious and The reality of where I am hits me again. thediremonofhisactivities,there wasbound that you don't need monetary thimgs to ~hesmells.sounds,weather,food, sihm. to be some progress in there somewhere... make youa better or more happy person ... I Jolt me back to Nepal. Billsomerimes toldme how torun the Peace want to commit mysellforalonger periodof I r& that I am longing Corps program, and I nearly always found time -not just a day or a week, but for two For the nexr call and mail packet. value m his ideas and approach es... And I year;... Iwant tohelpotherswith theknowl- could ahvarj rely on Bill to remind me that edge I have, and m my own pan make this -Bill Nordmann PROGRAM UPDATES Peace Corps Program Updates

PEACE CORPS FELLOWSAJSA initiation of the Peace CopFeUows/USA them, and applies them to the people who Public Health Program at the University of need them most irght here at home. Wth Alabama at B'iingham. Alabama is one of continued support, this program can bur- By Julle E. Huffaker the least developed states in the Union: ish and the state of public health m rural Unlverslty Programs Speclallst forty-kt m per capita income, second m Alabama will be improved. inhtmortality, and 50th m prdding Aid ~dditionally.beginningSeptember1993. Praise for the Peace Corps FellowsRlSA to Dependent Uddren. It provides no a peace Corps FebwYUSA PqpmmPub prqhas typically been focused on is &tance for the medically needy wen lic Health will be offertdat the University of highlysuccessfuleducadonpmgram. How- though approximately 25% of its dtiztns TwatEl Paso. Ln EIPaso.aboutonefounh ever. in addition w providing underpfi haw no health insumce. Nearly one m of the population live under the poverty leged children with qualiaed and experi- three children in Alabama is &died as level, most without potable water or ad- enced teachers, the FeUows/USA Program 'poor." While public health practitioners equate sewer disposal, and frequently with has leaped into the Public Health and NUIS- outside the United States have tended to little access to electricity. Percentages of mg fields to tacklesome of the problem areas practice and foster collaborations of all sec- acute diseases such as Hepatiris A and Shi- here in America. FeUows/USA Program in torsm the pursuitofa healthy cidLeruy,ody gella Dysentery are signiFicantly greater than public tiealtharelocatedat the Universityof recently have we begun to approach this the rest of the US. Chronic diseases.~du& Alabama at Binnmgham. San Diego State style of practice in our home munay. For mg tuberculosis, leprosy and rabies are an Univesity, and the University of Tews at El instance, it is well known m other countries imminent public health threat. Fellm ad- Paso. JohHopkim University boasts the that a sale water supply will do more to mitted w the WEP Public Health program ht~ellowsprogrammNurstngandhashad control mohidity than any other health will attain a Master of Public Health degree 18 panidpants hce the prop's mcep acwivity; however, in pam of the United while working in the bicultural, binational tion in 1989. states thisis poorly undersrood. In Alabama communitiesalongtheT&adcoborder. Peace Corps is pleased to announce the approximately 13% oi the citizens do not AtSanDiegoState U~ty,PeaceCop have wtable water. Fellows are currently being Wed h all Thus, the kculty at the University of aspects of Public ~eaithin&ding Epidemt Alabama at Birmmgham have arranged a ology, Biostadstics. Child and Maternal speaal course of study to prepare Ionner Health, and Occupational and Environmen- Volunteers for their dgnments and will tal Health. Fellomare employedon &dng supervise them through thedurationoftheir grant-funded research projeco and receive projeca. FeUm will anend classes while pardal credit br any previous Public Health working clmely with community leaders to experience. researchanddesignprevendvepublichealth TheFeUowsatJohnsHophUniverdtytYs projeco throughout rural Alabama. The Schoolof Numgjoin in Hop@ commit- population benefio with the implement+ ment to addresing the health problems of non of these plans and the s~denogain the East BaltimoreCommunity. Tomeet the invaluable hdwnexpaiencein purmance health care needs of our underserved mm- of a Master of Science in Public Hdth with munities, educatorshavebeen challenged to a specialty nack m Community Health. shift the mend of health care from acute care Private funding is bemg sought for Fellows' hospids to communiybased clinics in scho~hipsandadmm~~mtive~~~oforthe which efiec%e pprimary care ls bdon Program. prevention and health promotion. The Fel- This exddng pqmm mark a new be- lavs at Johns HophUniversity enmu tn ginnhg m the public health scswio for an accelerated 13month programwhichhas Alabama For the first time. the Univerdtyof been adapted from the mditional Johns Peace Corps Fellow Alvina Long s!& (RPCV Gwrremala), center, receives Alabama at B'iingham's Peace Corps FeL Hophcurriculum to meet the and inmutionfrom a Johns Hopkinr WSAPrq brimgs the experiences expxiences of returning Volunteers. faculry member at right. Volunteershavegathed wm,enhances Hiswrically, clinical rorations have den PROGRAM UPDATES

pkce in hmpitats. However. Hopkins has donsinadaycarrcenterforabusedchildrrn. bm the program, two are employed in developed a new clinical curriculum that and mated and child care rotatiom m commu~ybdcliniuinInbandSan allows Peace CorpsFellows toblend hmpiral uhan, midwile-tun maternity cliniu where Francisco, two are employed at Johns experience with practice in uhan setdng. mast of the patiena are drugaddicted and1 HophHospital in the heart of Baltimore. To dwelop this new curriculum, a prelimb or HN positjve. oneisat Coodbmarltanand oneismntinu- narysurvey war taken of potential cornmu- On completion of the Hophacceler- mg her education in the Johns Hoph nityntes and rotationsplanned tomeet the atednursingprogram,returned Peace Corps School of Pubkc Health and Hygtene. The needs of these communities. For example, Volunteersasumemlesasmmmuni~ Hopkins staff and educators continue to this past year, students had pediauic rob+ health care providers. Of the dx graduates praise the returned Peace CopVolunteers, empWgthat.'theyb~gtothe'nmleas health care pruviders, a sensitMty and um derstanding of the culture of poverty that PeaCorps FwPqpm help them touch the ttvesof their padens, The FellowsllJSA Program is a twByear program wirh a paid job canponcnl leading to a andm doing so, encourage these patients to master's dcgm in a number of fields. Meetings are being planned to expand the available partidpate in their own health care." within oppnunities. If you are interested in panidpating in a FellowsNSA Program the Johns Hop~SchoolofNursingisseek- next year in any of the following areas, please provide this information as smn as possible. mgxhokrshiisuppnmorder to be able to We will be responding to your inquiry with a list of FellowsNSA Programs. U you will be attract returned Peace CopVolunteers on COSig within the neat four months, please include yow home address. a permanent bads. They see Fehas a bridge, enhancing the sensitMty and re- Name Loeation: sourcefulness of tradidonal students and Los Angeles. CA- Address Chicago. IL- forming the vanguard of a new generation of nurses prepared to addren the needs of our City Stale Zip kver, CO_ AW.GA- undersewed communides. Country of Service Norfok VA- As more and more Peace CopVolun- PC Assignment H Pam, TX_ teenreturnwith thedesireand hope tobring theirsklkand experiencesbackhometo the Languages San Antonio, TX- Nashville, TN- less privileged, the Peace Cop Fekwd Available Start date Boston. MA- USA program condnues to expand to ad- Job Component: Chester, PA- dress the needs ofthese cornmunidesheretn Programs with menlally ill and homeless Washington, DC- AmMca. Programs in community dce. - FL- -Youth programming Miami, business and urban development are being Indian Res.. NM, AZ- -Health information programming explored as well as expanding the education -Mobiliaion and coordination of wmmunily residents Billings. MT- programstopamofturalAmMca Vobmarr AMachia, KY- -lmplanenlation of anti-drug programs whowinberetlrmin~thenedymrandmc -Developnenl of home ownership opprmnities New Yok NY- inmtd in applyingja a FdhslUSA Rw AL- -Tea&ing in an urban or rural school (circle which) Birmingham. grmn arz urged !DWlo~IsJ0~appl~ -Helping families kcme self-dficimt Ballimore, MD- maid NOW. The applicadon pnxen. New Haven, D- mduding obtafnmg test results and remrn- Master's Degm Ic Olher mendadons, can be lengthy. In addition. -Community Plming -Public Health mast xhools have application deadlines In -ps~Cholog~ -Education early 1993. For more infomadon concern -Yolllh Developnmt -In~rdisciplinaly (lis~) IPYOU DO WT WANT -Social Wok US TO SHARE THIS mg these programs, contact: -Urban hdopnenl -Other (list) IhTORMATION WITH Henry Femandez -Urban Plming UNIVERSITIES. Director. PC FellowsNSA Pragtam -Business 1990 KStreet. NW. Room 7608 Respond immediately lo: Henry Fernandez, Peace Corps FellowdUSA Washmpon. D.C. 20526 (202) 606-3950 Program; 1990 K St., NW; Room 7608-S; Washington, DC; 20526 or toll free 1S0&4244580 en. 2259 PROGRAM UPDATES

MASTERS INlERNATlONWSl Fuller. Chief of Operations for the How and &ere me MI pmtliprmts PROGRAM InterAmerica Region. "These special pn W? grams have the potendal to provide the field Supp~~UYjkldIadvancPd~,with Volunteers with the mamingly ad- Placements of students fmm these pm are scarceski Voluntees: The Peace Cop vanced sklk requested by our hmt cow grams not tied to any pamicular couny Master's Internationalist Propm. mes." Unlonunately.cumt PCVsareinek or region. As with all nominees. MI partid- gible for the pmgram, as pamidpants are pants are expected to remain flexible to required to enrol m the program before pkcementsm any counuy in the world that By Robln Dean joining the Peace Cops. However, if you are requestsVolunteers with theuspedal &. Univdty Pmgram Coordinator considering pursumg a Master's degree and Participants m the pmgiam ars not guararr and Lauren Morando you have not yet jomed or are mnddering a teeda placementin the Peace Cops. How- UnlveIslty Frogram Aalstant second tour, this may be an opdon for you. ever, by virtue of acquhing the scarce &ilk needed by the Peace Cop,and getdngmto 'I srr~ngj,bdk in thr worth of thr M&S Is ncndemic credit granted jor Pedce theapplication pmess early, they are highly Inremarionalirt Rogram..I feel lht thr pro Corps psssvice through this program? competitive for Peace Corps assignments. gram~theVohmtetr,thePmuCorpsmd As ove~asPeace Corps Volunteers and ilsgmlsandmoslvnpimtly thecampcsinos~ Yes, pardcipating univwues award up sdi,you may encounterVolunteerspamid he host couney.' to nvelve aemts foroverseasservicetowards paring in the Master's lntemadonalist pn the aedit hours required to graduate. As gram. The program has helped bring scarce -Bill Graul. PCV Paraguay & MI pardcipant Volunteers. MI parridpants will be treated skill Volunteers to many pmof the globe. the same as d other Volunteers. in order to including nurses m Nepal and Gabon; Pub receive academic aedit for service, some lic Health worken m Paraguay. Guatemala, During your Lerm mk, you rrmy Volunteers m this program maybe required and swdAftican counmes; and Foresy. come across Jellow Volunteers who are by their university to keep diartes, or more Natural Resources, and Agticulture Volun- Mncter'sIn~ti~~listpmti~Lc~~tthoroughly document their overseas expeli- teers Costa wed. SL Lllda, and Thhd. is this program and how docs it work? ence. Thearadenicrequiranat&plncalon It is our hope that lhis program will asslst in theMlparticipanLc by theirunwsitiad betterprep&ngVolunteersforse~ce,whiie Many universides in the United States besaconday to their Volun~po&~cand providing the field with highly qualified and have grdduate programs m scarce skill area should in no way inrerfme with their job needed scarce sldll Volunteers. that are particularly relmt to Peace Corps' raponsibilitier. After aniving overseas. MI work o&m. A-numberof these insdtu- pardopants are asked to mfonn in-couny In whatfitids anda what unksitier is dons have weed to aeate programs where sdf that they are pan of a particular MI the program oflerd7 students complete one 6oimtense on- program, and toclearwithsdfanyacdvides campus study m a particular field, followed they plan to undenake as pan of their am After the Brst agreement to establish a by Goyears bf peak Corps service. Upon demicrequirements. AU MI hpmrekted Master's lntemationakt Rogramwasdgned dose of service, the Volunteers are awarded activities must have host counnysupervisor with Rutgen University m 1987, the pn Master's degrees. The Master's lntemadok ~PP~ML gram has expanded to Include nineteen alist Pmgramoffersstudenntheopponu~ty universidesofferingthe pmgiamin ten fields. topurmeacademiccouse workm conjunc- Do particifling universities oflerfi- The sldll areas and univelsides offering tionwith Peace Corpsservice,thereby assist- nancial mistance to studolls in the pre aster's internationalist pmgramsarelisted ing them in complekgpduate workwhile gram? below: prepahgfor maea5ingly competitive Peace Adult Education: University of the G% Corps programs. Master's lntemarionalist Mlparricipantsareeligiblefordfinandal uict of Columbia; Ag~~eandForerby: (MD panidpants should pmve to be highly assistance reguMy adable to students at- ColoradoStateUniversity;AgiculhualEdu- quMed, spedalized Volunteers. 'ln cow tending the participakg uuniversity. Most don: University of Miesota; AN- junction with my goals to improve Peace schoolsoffetingthe program do not prwide hue. HmEconomics. Nubition, S@I Corps' recruitment of scarce s!d Volw spedal scholanhrp assisrance to MI stu- Education, and TdingEnglish a a For- teers, the Master's lntemadonalist Program dents; however, the schools are encouraged eign Language (?En): Washington State is an opportunity for students to get their to seek 6nancial assistance fmm wed Unive~sity;Forerby: University of Mom master's depewhile enabling Peace Corps sources. Two schools have offered some tana.Universityof~ndwStevensPomt. to praide the field with highly qualified speaal 6nanaalaid for Mlstudents: Rutgen Yale University; PublicHeuith: Universityof Voluntees."said PeaceCops DirectorElaine University offered scholanhtps through a Alabama at Biibgham,&ton Univdty. Chao. "SeveralMaster's lntemationalistpar- four-year pnt fmm a major [oundadon; Tulane University. University of Had. ticipants have served as Volunteers m Larin TuheUniversityoffenalimited numberof George Washmgton Univwty; Nubitid America and the Cxibbean." added Tnn small grants to qualified pamicipants. HmEconomiu: UniversityofNorthCam PROGRAM UPDATES

IinaGreensbom, OWahoma State Univer- communities hosling Peace Corps Volun- The International Reladons Club focusec sity; Nursing: Johns Hopkins Univ&ty, teers hughthe Peace CopParmenhi its effom on fulfihg the school's pledge Terns Woman's Unhreaity; PuMic Pdicy: Fmgram. One outstanding story of how hughthe sale of the notecards and mm- Rutgers University; TEFL School for Inter- such link have made a tremendous impact mg up with some very aeadw makdng nadonalTnining; Urbanplanning Florida tn the UnitedStatesinvohresCorwran High techniques. Last year, the "Animals of Af- State University. School m Syracuse. New Yo& rica" cards were sold m a number of ZJXS For the past nine years. Corwran High aaacs the munny, tnduding ~hikdelphia For more Information regarding the School's lntemadonalRelationsClubandits and Demit. Millerandhisstudents'enthu- Master's in~emadonalisrFmgram contact: Advisor, Jim Miller, have spearheaded an sim and resourcefulnesseven got the cards Robin Dean. Peace Corps Master's annual campaign to participate in a Peace highlighted by Willard Scott on the Today Intmatlonalist Program Coordinator Cop Partnership project The Interm Show" last summer. Ofece of Volunteer Recruitment and dona1 Reladons Club is agroup of dedicated Withtn theirownxhool community,the Selection, Peace Corps Headquarters students whose slogan is "Make a information exchange bewen Corwran 1990 K Sueet. N.W. di[leren ce...Onevilhe at a dme." The nine students and their we= parmers helps Warhmgton. D.C. 20526 projects they, along with the larger student them haease their knowledge of another 11-800-4248580. Ext:2226 or body, have assisted thus hr have each been part of the world and heighten their aware- (202) 606-9320] ma Merent country: Nepal. Sierra Leone, ness of a different culture. As pan of every Botswana, Benm. Mauritania. Paraguay. Partnership project, lntemadonal Rehdons Gabon, Central &can Republic and Cote Club students rake their knowledge of their d'iwire. Their suppon has helped establish werseac parmer community and become PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM schook hduding one for the visually im- teachers themselves. Each student presents 6% 6% pred), wnsuuct a village well, renovate a alessoninwlvingge~hy.showingsItdes, matemityward,and,mast recendy,build 12 coohga typical meal, or playing a game ro community ktrmes. a dass at neighboring Robem ElemenGuy U.S. Partners Makin a Miller, a SodaVGlobal Studies Teacher School Difference ThrougC and the ~IWI~force behind Corcoran's This experience becomes anotherway of the Peace Corps mvolvementmthe Fmgram,kt heardabout shartng the concepts of the Partnership F?w the Peace Cop Parmenhrp Fmgram m gram. It helps the htgh &I students Partnership Program 1984 at a teachers' conference. He felt it reinforce what they have learned, @as the would be an e%ecdvechannel to bring his elementary school students a diaerent kind 9. Marianne Miller lessons totife and provide anopponunityfor PC Partnership Specialist his sodally and economidy diverse stu- dents tocome together toachieve acommon For twenty-eight year;, the Peace Cop goal for the benefit of others. He got the Paimershp Prcgmhasbeen helpingpeople approval of his prinupal, an RPCV/Nigeria. m developing nations realire appropriate. and initiated the school's involvement. smalkcale solutions to the problems they Since then. Corcoran High School's par- conhont Smae 1964, Peace Corps Volun- ddpation has become a veritable Institution teenhave tappedmto this resource to &t involving the endre schmL Club members their host communities in completing convey their choice of projects and pledge psroots projects which are needed, mi& their hdalsupport They raise funds ated, directed, and pardally supported by dvough the sale of notecards drawn by communitymembers. Thousandsofgroups Corcoran an students -whose designs are and individuak m the United States have selected in a competidon -and pmted by stepped forward to join m these self-help the school's industrial Am Depamnent. effom. Along with making financial conm- The notecards themselvesfunoion not only butions to F'artnershi projects. U.S. Pan- as a fundraising mechanism, but sewe as nets begin to learn about their Overjear development education took. They feature Pamen' cultures and ways of life hugh "Children of the Developmg World" and the Program's uosxultural exchange com- 'Animals of the Developing World" on the ponent that accompanies each project. hnt,with information about the cover and One in a series of animal notecards. Manypmidveandlastinglinkshavebeen Corcom's current Partnership project on Girafe, drawn by Jay Coates of made benveen U.S. Pamen and ovm the back. Corcoran High School. PROGRAM UPDATES

oflenonamty, and imtills asenseof pride brother. Learning about the practices of m everyone involved - students, teachen Buddhism, klam or Hmduism will make it andpkdpals alike. For these rea~)ns.Jim clearer to them why Ahmed won't eat pdtor ~iUerfeels that. 'Partnership has oared a Peace k'psVilunteers: ~&kaisn't allowed to go out on dates. &,win, uin situarion for us." Teac g To erance PCVs' letters back home give ddve Last year. Mr. Mier and Cormran st* studens in the clamoom a chance to diwuss dents Wtated the mnsrmction of the kt By Amy Beeder diKerentcultures. Itallousthem tobepeople school for teaching theblindm all of Cenaal Correspondence Spectallst with interesting stories to tell: -ot fica, a project mrhedby an alumnus Ma@e LqowsId jut "weird" or different. And as the dass of Corcoian High School, Peace CopVol- Education Specialkt le- about thesnuggle of theirVolunteer to unteer Roderick Fick, and his wife, Peace fit into mother culrurr, the rest of the dass CopVolunteer Megan Rck Corcom's WorldW~Schoolsattempts~h16llthe may gain an understanding of th~edm usual enthusiasm for fun-gand stab- rhird goal of Peace Cop,which is "to aeate mates who are doing the same. lishmg a dynamic crosscultural exchange abennunderstandingofotherpeopleonthe Through World WwSchwk,Voluntem was enhanced by this unique tie. Corn- pan of American people." are participatingm ageography program that spndence flew between Syracuse. New For students involved m the program. helpsstudentsappdtediKerencesbetween Yorkand Bossangoa. Cendfican Repub understanding other people means not only cultures. Their desaiprions of lie in another iic. Through amadng efforts.Jim Mier, his peoplemdkrantlands,but the "otherpeople" counny are a unique mnniburion to the students, and the primary school students m their dry, neighbohood or clamoom. global awareness of students. were also able ro send seven soccer balls. The UnitedStates has always been a land To help us accomplish this, please corn over 200 pairs of shoes and sneakers, and ofimmigranrs. Very few classes ase homoge- plete andsubmit to u the mdsurveybelow. two Braille typewriters with paper. From neous. Most schools mdude not only chil- C.A.R came handpajnted notecards, let- dren of diKerent races, religions and cultural r------1 ters, pictures, and two pemnal visits to backgrounds, butrecentimmiprshm all I World WiSchooIs I Corcoran by Rod Fick. who showed siides over the world. In the 1980s some9milkon I Mlunteer MailSurwy I and shared Peace Copexperiences with foreigr&mmpeoplecametotheUnitedStates. the students This very sped Parmership The cultural makeup of our nation is I I I WWS teachers have questio~aboutmailI wasIearwedon~oiceofAmerica's'Nighhe probably its greatest smngth. But for the I in the muntnes where PCVs we;how I fica"kst December. conspicuously different new arrival$ espe- ( long it takes, if packages can bc sent, etc. I jim ~illerimbues his SdStudies stu- cially children. life can be difficult. Their I Plaw help WWS tun more smmthty by I dents, lntemadonal Relations Club mem- neighbors, cc-wrkm and clarsmates can responding to our PCV Mail Survey. bers, and rhooLat-large with an maedible Ime sight of the faa that their own ancestors -, I senseofinterest and dedication to the Peace once immigrated here, [+hoping lor a I 1. What country are you serving in? I CopParmershrp hogram that spdk Over new life, but sttugghg with language or a I -I to the broader community and beyond. . strange culrure. Apan fmm feekg a general 2. How long, on the avaage, dmit take Individds like Jim Miner and groups like I I sense of wladon, newimmigrdntsaresome- for letters and packages toget to and fmm Corcoian High School have made and will I I hesignored, ridiculed or even harassed ( your site? continue to make a difference in this, the I Children recognize differences between I Letters--U.S.tosite: global due. I groups of people, between themselves and Fmmsiteto US.: For funher tnformation about how your I othm. How they view these differences: I Packages-U.S. tosite: community can g;dn assistance and esmb wirh fear orinterest, toleranceorintolemce, I Fmm site to U.S.: I lish Iihthrough the Peace CopParmer- depends on what they are taught and what 1 3. Are mail dehp wolw in a padcub I ship Program. ormbmdonon Corcoran's they see happening amund them. I season? Of so,when?) I noteards contact Peace Corpsstaffin your Learning about other cultures thmugh ( 4. Tcachers and studmu often ask us 1 host counuy or write: correspondence with a peace Corps Volun- 1 what would be appropriate w send to I teercan help them undersrandwtry the child 1 their Volunteer. What kin& of thing I pea- Corps Parmenhip Prow fmm El Sakioror Ethiopia or Korea dmor would you like to have sent? (Kaep in I Peace CopHeadquarten sap many rhings di8em~.Hearing and I mind that it should be Myinapmrive 1990 KSueet, NW. and not m heavy or difficultto mail) I Washmgton. D.C. 20526 reading about differentamounts of personal ! , call: (202) 6(M-3406 space might help them realize that Rcardc or toll free 1-800-4248580 ext. 2227 im't weird because he holds hands with his PROGRAM UPDATES

RETURMD VOLLNEER SERWES [PeaceCopandPONSlwillsmn evalu- undergraduate semester hours and up to 15 m ate trainingcoursesand PCVs'eqmiencem duatesemester hours. Credit in foresay the foll&g areas: TEW $mi Projects recommended only for those volunteers Good News: Academic ASsistance program LSPA);and ~onf0n-n~who SUCOAU~ completed both mining Credit brSome Education. Watch for further information and 2year PCVHce. about the pstbilftyofcredit in these areas.] *Completion of Peace Cop' foresny Fkace Corps Training and Wmg and 2 year service abmad is also Experience Now Available main thePemeCorpscommunity may recommended by PONSl as meeting the be eligiblefor how many mdits? degree prerequisite for admklon tograduate By Nedra J. Hamell, Coordinator pnJpnSin Forestryand Natud ResoUKtS. Returned Volun teer Senlces AGRICULTURE 'Any PCV or RPCV who successfully PUBUC HEALll4 Peace Cophas been worhg with the completed stateside agriculture uainmg 'Any PCV or RPCV who successfully New York State Board of Regens through (Phase O during the period fmm January mmpletedpublic health mining(Phase Oin The National Program for Non-coUegiate 1988 to the present may be eliable for 6 various locations w-, and who mm- Sponsored hnuction (PONS0 m an effort semester undergraduate credit hours or 3 pleted 2 yean of senice in the host counny to evaluate Peace Corps' training programs semester graduate aedit hours. (Phase 10 sinceJanuary 1985, may be &- andVolunteer~enceforacademicaedit. *Any PCV or RPCV who successfully able for 13 undergraduate semester hours Although PONSlisoperatedby thebard completed Phase II of agriculture ualning andup to 1Ograduatesemesterhours.Oedit of Regents of the University of the State of and full Volunteerservice (2 yeas) in Benin. m public health is remmmended only for New York, its work is nadonal m scope and Lesotho. Siena hne,andTogo,sinceJanu- thoseVolunteerswhosw~Uywmpleted has been endorsed by the Council of ary 1988, may be eligble for 9 undergradu- both nainmg and 2 year PCV service Posaecondaq Acaeditadon. Its purpeis ate and 3 graduate semester horn. *Completion of Peace Corps' public to "mcrease access to higher education for *Collegesandunivesitiesmayalsogrant health training and 2 year senice abmad is workngadults"by evaluadngnon-collegiare credit under Phase I1 to any PCV or RPCV also recommended by PONS1 as meedng courses, such ar training courses ollered by who successfully completed two years of the degree prerequMte for admlsion to businmes, labor unions, pmfeaional asw mcemagdculmresince 1988ma counrry graduate degree pmgrams m public health. ciations, government agencies, and private other than those listed above. PONS1 rec- PeaceCorpsexperiencein publichealth organizations. PONSl's team of evaluators ommends; however, colleges may require a can also serve as the pracdcal basis for a reviews the course or course materials and written paper or presentation on a special masters thesis. The amount of credit to be recommends an appropriate number of topic or problem encountered during Peace earned for trainmg and ndce are to be graduate credits. These recommendations Copservice before awarding credit. negotiated by the RPCV and an appmprlate are published weiy other year, with mtelim hltymember. supplemens during mtervenhg yeas, in a FISHERIES/AQUACULTURE PONS1 leaves to the discmuon of each publication entided Colleee Credit Recom- Any PCV or RPCV who successfully public health undergraduate M graduate mendations. This directory is used by coL completed aquaculture training (Phase 0 in programwhetheraddidonalacademicwork legesand universities throughout the Unlted various locations throughout the US and such as a paper, pmjea, or presentadon wlll Srates. overseas, and who completed 2 year service be required for credit, along with the Peace PONSl'sEduationofPeaceCopTFsT& m the host munny (Phase IO sinceJanuary, Copexperience in public health. mg Progmns and PCVs' Experience: 1986, may be eligible for 6 undergraduate Peace Cophas worked with PONS1 to and 34 graduate semester credit hours. Using the ennies in the directory as a evaluate four Peace Corps mining programs Credit m aquaculture is remmmended only guide. RPCVs may be able to negotiate with and PCVs' experiences to date: Fisheries for those Volunteers who successfully mm- uniwsities for credit for Peace Copnab (referred to as !%qLIacUl~reby PONSO; Ag- plete both mibhg and 2 year PCV service. mg and experience, even if formal remm- riculture state-side mining ISm; Public mendations have not been made by PONSL Health; and Foresay. PONS1 evaluated FORESTRY For example, there are cumenfly no PONSl three uack of the Agriculture course: (1) *Any PCV or RPCV who succevfully aedit recommendations for language pro& Crop and Agroforesuy (2) Small Animal completed foresny mining (Phase 0 inmi- dencyorformast a;dningandHce before Husbandry and (3) Genaal ~gnc~lture.ous locations overseas, and who completed 1985. 1986 or 1988. depending on the Each of the uaining pmgrams was recom- 2 year; ofservice m the host munny (Phase -program. - However. Volunteers should a!- mended for academic credit lbsince~anuary.1986.maybeeligible for 19

36 R*crCavl Tom S- 1992 DIRECTOR'S SPEECH

Address of Elaine L. Chao, Director Peace Corps of the United States National Press Club, Washington, D.C. Tuesday, May 5, 1992

TODAYS PEACE CORPS Let me take a moment here to note the So m the last hemonths. I've met with man who nanshedthe Peace Copfrom aquanerofour6.000Volunteersaroundthe It's been just fie months since I was a dream to a reality -Sage Shriver. world. I've visited them m Bulgaria. Nepal. sworn in as mctor of the Peace Corps on For three decades Sage has advocated Sri La*, Siena Leone, htyCoast. Poland. December 2 of last year. And it's been an extending the Peace Corps' hand of peace Hungary. Gabon. Thailand. Niger. Hondv exdting and event-Rlled dme. and fiendsb to the counnles behind the ras and Jamdca. Domesdcally I've visited As the Peace Cop enters is fourth old Iron Curtain. He'snot here today, but no Pem Corps offices m Atlanta. Los Angeles. decade, it has come fuhde- fuElling the original founder's vision as advanced by the Peace Corps' htDirector, Sargent Shriver.inCongr&onal tesdmony m 1961 -of worldng in what was once the Wet Union. Today I am announcing that the Peace Coptsoniaway tofreedom'snewfronder. By the end of this year, the Peace Corps expeca to have at least 250 Volunteers on the ground m the former Soviet repubhcsof Russia. Ulaaine. Armenia and at least one cennal Asian republtc. We expect to have another 250Volunteers next year. The Baltic nations of Estonia, La& and Uthuania - where the ht60Volunteerswillsm arriv- mgnext month-willalso have l2OVolw teen by next year. Tomomw, at the White House. W dent Bushand President KravchukofUlaaine willsign the btcoun y agreement reached between the Peace Copand one of these newiv em-g states. Symbolizin~the im- po-ce of-& new bond, this wirU also be one can serve m this pasidon without realiz- hn Frandro, and Bcston. the bttime in the Peace Corps' 30 year mg that he ta remarkable founder olrhis lwishweryonehere... IwishweryAmeri- history that a Preddent of the United States most enduting and insp~genterprise. can... could haw been with me on these has stgned a counuy agreement. Now let me give you the details of this nip. You would be wry proud. We apest to sign an agreement with new stage in the Peace Corps' history and to Peace Corps Volunteers rellect all that is Russia shortly. Russia has issued an urgent give you my impressions of the Peace Corps wonderful about our nanon. They work call for assisgnce, and Peace Corps Volun- as a whole after hemonths on the job. hard. They're blight, enthusiastic, carimg teers are poised to help in what may be the When I was swom m as director, my kt and candid. most momentous emnomic reform pm concern was our Voluntees. What are they Boy, are they candid. FN~mmutes after gram tn history. 1 expect that 100 Peace domg? What are their needs! What could you meet them you how that they come Copvolunteerswillbem Rucsiaby theend their experiences and obsemtions tell me from a free coun y. oftheyev.~emenawiththeotherfomer about where the Peace Corps should be They tell you exactly what they think- Soviet republics.are also near. headed? what they think is good and bad with our DIRECTOR'S SPEECH

or@zarion and our p-, what needs I also remember Volunteer Stephanie As I said, we expea to send 250 volun- to be conected and also how. In the end. Cox who had worked for the P& Insti- teen mto Uhe.Ma. Armenia and at what they say is Med with the love of their tute m Boston prior to joining the Peace least one cennal Asian republic before the workandofthe people they serve. And they Cop. She work, with the blind children of end of the year. haveau~quelyAmericanopdmkmthatany Karmandu, mainstreaming them mto he- In each counuy we are asldng oudves obstacle an be overcome, if we simply put grated classrooms. Her husband, Del how and here we can really help. our minds toit, rollupourslewesandget to Friedman, a mmputer pmgrammer who wok And seeing that hdof attitude, you accompanied her to Katmandu. help her ro come away believing that they might just be repair Bde machmes. Stephanie led me tight. thmugh her dassoom ofbhd children and Let me tell you about a few of the Volun- I saw how 13year+ld boys and gds were "As the Peace Corps enters In teers that I'vemet America, we talkabout learning mgonometrythrough math its fourth decade, its core the spmt of enterprise. I saw that spmt in books Stephanie had uanslated. VolunteerJanet Hunter, who took an ah As I r&unt these Voluntem' work. I mission remains undimin- donedand thought-t&e hauntedsmcture rhinkofthequesdompeoplesometimesask m Bennet Land, one of the worst squatter me:~You~resofov,maworldwithsomuch ished ... its commitment to slums m kingston,Jamaica, and established need. Do Volunteers make a difference?" the rest of the world re- a now-thriving community health center Then something remmds me how big these with active local pardciparion ... and in Vo!- small eUors are. mains strong." unteer Dianne Leben, who was a buyer for In Nepal, the site of adevelopmgdemoc- ToysR-Us m Tennessee and now is helpmg racy movement, for example. I met a cabmet Honduranwomen dwelopbettermarketing officer who had learned his Englrsh from a methods for their pottery. Peace CopVolunteer assigned to his vil- Ln Nepal. I met Volunteer Susan Roe, a lage. In leaming English, he learned about nuM practitioner. Whenldesaibe herwork. AmericaandAmericans,howledge he finds The Peace Corps has three purposes: to I am often brought to tears. In Nepal, like so useful today. br'mg basic skills to those we serve; to pm many developing munuies, mast people In the 1volyCoastImetacabinetmmister mote Amertcan understanding of the cow use open hearths and cmkingoil to prepare who,asachild,hadbeenplacedmdanesfor mes we serve; and to promote their under- food, andacadensarealarmmglycommon. theretarded ... until the viUage Peace Corps standing of our nation. Volunteer &d that all he needed was a Since much of the former Met Union pair of glaws. has been dmed to oustden for decades. All amthe dwelopmg world, thou- pmmo~gundmtanbgmbothdirecdons sandsofcabmetminktm, communitylead- will be a challenge. We expect that our "When has the prospect for ers,merchanu,farmers,homemakes, teach Volunteers often will be the htAmericans ers. lawyers and entrepreneurs can tell their many ofthe people theyworkwith will have lasting world peace been ownstoriesofPeaceCopVolunteerswhose ever met And few m our country know hdedge.~en~and@dancechanged everyday tile m these regions the way the greater? With the Iron their lives -and through them, the lives of Volunteers will. Curtain drawn aside, once their families, their communities and wen As tosldlls, the tachgof English lsell, their nations. whichvolunteersin the Balticnationswillbe invited, how could the I have seen how much we mean and domg, as well as advisingm small enterprise continue to mean to the men, women and development will prcwide a badly needed Peace Corps not respond?" children of the munuies m which we tradi- senice. tionally served. Iris hard toappreciate fully theenonnous Our enuyinto Eastem Europe, the Baltic importance the people m this pan of the nations and the former Met republio, I worldplaceon English languagepm6ciency. believe,coniinuesthatuaditionandmustbe Already all-English schools are being set in addition to our work m the places and up, and Engtrsh is replacing Russian as the The vicm - often children - are left with the people we have served for so long. second language students are taught. The horribly burned and gmtesquely disfigured. As always, the Peace Corps goes mto a reason is that English is now the lingua The love and compasdon on Susan's face as country upon mvivirarion. The hast govem- hanca, the language of international mm- she work, with these children w a kting ment and we embark upon a partnership merce and uade. iinance, science, dpb imprtsion. haghe howheroicsheis... and and mutually decide the kind of ardstance macy, computes and wen them. Milltons how heroic her padents are. the Peace Copwill provide. m theseamview Englishasavid commu- DIRECTOR'S SPEECH

nications link that will enable them to help forpeople with MBAsoratleastlkeymsof m the summer, if mndltions allow. My fmt their country jom the ranks of modem na- workexperience aseconornists; agribusiness and foremost concan as Director is to err tions. People are desperate to learn it specialists; markedng, butners phg, sure the safetyandsecurityofour~lunteers 1'veseenformy;eUjust hwdesperate. In banking, management, and privatiation and I will monitor the situation there care- February, my parry had to wait 10 hours m speciatists; accountants; and bankers. fully before enny. Mlnfts airpun in Uthuania before we could ln Rursia, we will set up Small Business Mais mat that we expect to go mto flyouttowarsaw. By theway,thatisnotan Centers, locatedin regional capifah. Weah it by regions or, as they are hown there. unusual delay in that pan of the wodd. expect to have a small ofice m Moscow. oblasts. Initially. we plan to m two re- The airport manager was a young Each Small Business Center4 be a khd of giom. Uthuanian man. He practically pinned us burjnmschwl.o%eringclasswm mg. The Volga Wver region: There will be a down and begged for help with his Enhh. It will aho~ercowlringse~ces,both seriesofSdBusinessCentersoneofwhich. What could we do? We weren't going tn the center andthtuugh 'h~usecalls."with forewmple,willbeat Ndmiy~ovgorod- anyplace. We took hour shifts, and for 10 the Volunteer naveling around the city to once Imown as Gorki. You will remember houn, we gave him Englrsh lessons. that this is where Andrei Sakharw was But, of course, the s!& these counuies ded. needdo notstopwithlluencym English. We Another will be way to the east along the haveallreadstotyafterstotyofhowaidtothe Sea ofJapan m Vladivostok former Soviet Union tn the form of money "The Peace Corps Kecity once calledGorkiis the centerof and supplies often disappears. And what is a major mdustd region. The city itself has needed are people with expertise and skills. Volunteers who go- to Rus- over2.500smallstate-ownedenterp*- l hlr is prensely what Peace Corps Volun- shops, restaurants, small businesses teen hnn~~th them, managend slalls and sia, Ukraine, Armenia and mmnonalusrge~Rslaned other skiwhich once ac4ired are there perhaps Kazakhstan will ~~ends~ughout~e~olgarrgton~ forever. Vladivostok is a vast distance from Mas- A tool as common and fundamental to be helping to shape the w.Inkt,itissev~timeronesaway,and economicdevebpmentadouble ennybook- ahubofenuepreneunalacdvlty Thedtyhas keepmg hasn't been seen m genemuom. history of our time." Nter ary relanonshrpr wth both Nn~ta. To many, wen the concept of owt is Japan, adsan ~ie~o:Air Alaska and p&S murky-not to mention pricing; builhga blylapan Wnes are opening lights to the distribution system; negotiating a connact; area. Ofplime imponance fmm ourpmtof or aansfening a title. view, the region is sdd to have the most Put another way, these countries are meet clients where they work small business and private hms of any ashg for the basic s!& by which a free And each centerwill have economic and region m Russia people live and make their living in peace privatization planners asslsdng the host gov- Obviously the Volunteen will face a mas- with one another. ernment. siverask You mightwonderhowwewlu 6nd Freedom is fragUe there, and demoaacy, That sounds like a lot ofwork -and it the ~ghtpeople. The answats that they are too. So much has gone into the snuggle for will be, parricularly when you consider that hhgus. each. But can eithersuniveiftheeconomies each center 4 get only four Volunteers. Before lmadetheannouncementktebst do not stabilize, if hope does nor return to ln Russiaand theother republics,we4 December that the Peace Copwould be daily He, ifpeople onnot use their freedom also have a numberofSmall BminessA& goingmto the fmerbviet Republics, QUs to create opportunity for themselves and son; in essence, consultants. bm aspiiing volunteers were ~mhgat their fadies? Each advisor will maintain a pordobo of about 250 a day. After the announcement. The Peace Copcan help the peoples m budnerses he or she asktswithout charge. theyjumped to750 callsaclay. lheypeaked the new nadons of the fotmer Soviet Union fmtcome-fmtserve. Theadvisonwillhvein m January at 1,400 a day. Today - four build the fnhasrmcture of &Us needed to smaller cities and villages, not just the cap% months later- theystill average 850 to 900 preserve the freedom and democracy that tals. a day. haw been so long m commg. Each country or region will have 8 to 12 And )OU might be interested to how Now let me tell you about the prcgmms advisors asdgned to iL that many of these Volunteers are more we have discused with the former Soviet InU~e.Volunteenwillbeworldngin seasoned than many of those we've had m republiu and where we expa to establish economic development and privatiarion the past. This is meof most of our Volm them. pmwtn cooperation with loel mundls teen for service m the old eastern bloc AUVolunteers4 be qualfeed toworkin throughout the counuy. The avqeage of all Peace CopVolurr smallbusinessdwelopment Weare lookhg In-henia, we Gctto open an o5ce teen ts 32. The average age of thcse in DIRECTOR'S SPEECH

Central Europe is 37. For those in small He ddthat many were amazed that out democracy cannot be sustained and. m budness development. it's 41. someone would make the pelsonaldce. fact, is no peace at all. Oldervolunteers have more experience. saying, 'But you don't have to." Today as I navel wound the world. I see of course. But they are also more Likely to But I've found that there is somethingin that same light of hope over and ow again hold a law degree, an MBA or have some weryVolunteeranddofuswhoworkinthe - tn the eyes of those helped by Peace other [om of advanced natnmg. PeaceCorps... somethinginsidethatsayswe Corps Volunteers. For Peace Corps Volw We hope tointerestmanyofthesepeople want to make a diference... we want to be teers bring with them the values and sldlls m serving elsewhere in the Peace Corps. part of history m the mahg in the fonner that susmin and suengthen beedom and giving us more candidates to pick from Soviet U~on... because we care about help demmacy -and hope and peace. weyhere. That way, the mterest in our mgothers... abutshartngunivenalvaluesof As the Peace Cop enters is founh program m these newly emergingstates will humandignityanddemmcyandmdividual decade, isare minton remains undimin- suengthen all that we do. freedom andoptimism with peoplesaround ished ... is commitment to the rest of the But just by gomg into the fonner Soviet the world. world remaB!ssuong. Itisalsorespondingto republics, the Baltic nations and Central In hbtory.nodemoaacyhasgone towar the changtngtimes. The Peace CorpsVoluc- Europe, we are strengthening the Peace with another. So m helpmg estabush free tern who go to Rucsia, Ulo;rme. Armenia Corps. We have a mision - to hames economies and stable demwaaes m this and perhap Kazakhstan will be helping to hope in the cause of peace. once dangerous region, the Peace Corps will shape the history of our time. Tbink of all that turns on the success of also help build a lasring tnfrastructure for Resident George Bush who feek so these new counuies. What an opportunity world peace. soongly about volunteelism and who has they represent... forindividual freedom and when has the prospect [or lasting world exempmed the unique spmt of American dem ocracy... .for lasting world peace and peace been greater? W~ththe Iron Culrain volunteerirm throughout his lile has said stabili ty... foramore prosperousand harmo- drawn aside, once invited, how could the that. 'the generous spmt of the American nious world. Peace Corps not respond? How could we people has produced m thLF counuy a great And think oI what the Peace Corps prer not answer the call for help? and longstanding tradition of voluntary ence will mean for so many in thme coup I know what America's promise and dce...We're reachjng out so American mes. America's example can mean. In my child- values can be well represented m these new I saw not long ago notes from Volunteers hood, playing in the red day of what was ]an&." about their experiences in Poland. One thenadwelopmgnation, lsawthehopethat Yes, hope is an American value. Wth it Volunteer. David mdt. hm California, the mention of America brought to people's comes beedom. Wth it come peace and said that he [ound Poles asking him. 'Why eyes. They hew and I know that peace stability. Th& is the mision of the Peace would an American come to Poland?" without individual freedom and peace with corps.

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(ContinuedJTom pge 36) ways document their language training and by PONSI. The 1992 Colleee Credit Rec- rhis anicle as a guide to seeldng mdis experience m detail m their Description of ommendatio% ltss nearly 900 cooperating through colleges and universities which Servtce (DOS); and RPCVs should ahuays colleges and universiries that award aedit rec- PONSl recommendations. negotiate with universities in order to get based on PONSl recommendarions, and Editions of @UeeeCredit Recommeb aedit for what they learned abroad. indudesinlormation about dfour, to date. &&m can be found tn most untvaslty HowVolunteersCan UsePONSl'sCredit Peace Corps recommendations. libraries. In addition. PONSl's quarrerly Recommendations: PCVs and RPCVs should then contaa nwletter. h.is sent to every mUege Volunteers interested in receivtng am local colleges or universities, or the program and university and apprises them of recent demicaedit for PeaceCorps aainingshould in which they are currently enrolled to & evaluations and changes in credit recom- document in detail hugh their Desorp cuss the psibility of credit hours through mendations. tions of Service all uajning and experience PONS1 recommendations. PONS1 recommendations offer an exd- they have received, including the number of Please note that the granting of credit lent resource to Rpcvs. Peace Corps has hours uained in each subject area They must be negoriated with a mUege or univer- long been recognized as a learning experi- should then examine PONSl's aedit recom- sity which recognizes PONS1 credit recom- ence for all tnvohred - now it has been mendations for the spedc Peace Corps mendations. Peace COT does not grant documented ar such. Mmgprograms that have been evaluated the credlt PCVs and RPCVs should use AIDS: The Global Issue of Tomorrow

By PhyUls Gesnln ally are approached by colleagues and giving their students 'AIDS Bows." an idea OTAI5, Health Spedallst and &ends m search of inbnnation about the o@nared by PCV Kelly Nebon. These Judy BwJamln. Edltor. ICE Almanac disease. contain activity cards, an AIDS board pe. Many Volunteers, however, are not sure various Ksource materials and a teacher Whlle diplomats debate issues of global what their responseshould be. Some PCYs enluation form. warming and global warfare, people in corn are reluctant to talk about AlDS at all be- Anotherewmple of PCVinvoivemmth munides around the world wonder who will cause it is such a culturally sensitive topic AlDS education is the AlDS Coalidon Team be the next vichn of the AIDS epidemic. In They feel hesitant about discusingsex and for Siena Leone (ACTS), which Volunteers Africa, thedwase hasdecimatedadult popu- AlDS prevention techniques or answering aeated to educate themselves about the lations.l~gmlllionsofchildreno~phaned. questions about them. &ease. In Sierra Leone. PCVsjoined forces Counnies m Asia are rapidly catching up to Pehaps the qetience of other Voluw with host country nationalsaswellar British compete with Africa in the number of cases. teescan help danfysome of the questions and Canahvolunteer pupsto publish a In the past ten years. AlDS has become the about appropriate PCV involvement. h bi-monthly AIDS nwletter. Using infor- global dfsease. As consumption was the Thailand, for example, at the request of mation hma wide variety of souroes -

lllV and the growing AlDS caseluad 6.5 million people throughout the world are now infected with HIV, half in Africa, one third in the Americas, the rest elsewhere. WHO estimate that ten times as many people have contracted MIV as those suffering horn AIDS, which can take over 10 years to develop. EstirnaledAlDScoscs, by region, 1990-1991 tIWprevolcnce. Americas by region 2,500,000 Africa Asia Americas 150,000 Asia Europe Europe 500.000 Oceania Oceania Africa 30,000 0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000 3,500.000 Total 01990: 650,000 ~1W1:1.100,00 ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ @ ~. - . - ~ ~ Charr reprinled with rk permission of UNICEF. Copyright. UNICEF. 1990. smurge of thel9th Century. AlDS is the school adminisisoaton. Education Volum World Health Oqpmtion (WHO)publi- curse of the late 20th. No counny, no com- leers have engaged in a variety of AlDS cations. Tbe Washinmon Pmr and U munity is immune. education activities. As teachersin priw Am,a British monthly, they also pm As AIDS hasbecome auniversal problem. and secondary schools and m TEFL pn duced an "AUVolunteer AlDS Manual" Pea= Carps Volunteers Find themselves be- grams, they have incorporated AlDS infor- This manual became the PCVs' guide wmhgmcreainytnvolvedm helpingcorn mation mto theu &mom lersons, udng book for AIM education acdvities. Divided munities deal with the &sue. Mgand ingenious methods to do so. mtoouosecdons. the @sthalfpresented the wohgin the mable, Volunteers, as edu ManyoftheVolunteersm7haikndhave basic facts about the virus, desaibed the cated membels of these communities, typi- smed their AlDS educadon program by extent of the disease in Sierra Leone, as well and acdvides. actually takes place. Theensuingdirussion The experiences m Thailand and Siena will darify any misconceptions, lessons Leonesuggestthat as teachersand wmmu- learned and to future behavior. IRC Bookmark nityw01keIS. PCVsaremauniqueposition Mast imponant, the Volunteers them- to act as AlDS educators. Whether or not selves must lolow the basic tics and infor- Promotions they do so,howwer, must depend on the mation on H N/AIDS before they can edu- mmmunides they serve. The wmrnunity cate others. The ICE ALMANAC in the Continue must lake the Wdadve and invite the par- WmterISp~ing1992 edition of Peace Corps Daninica,slnCotolby -UCcnlahas ticipation of PCVs. Host munuies and Ties dexribes the resources available to +chc mosr mml chc&- communiaes need to show they are ready Volunteers through Peace Corps' Informa- lion ,RC ~o"Omolionbwkmarkr. Each for AIDS education; their polides must LionCoUection and Exchange (ICU divMon ~hd pennit open discussion. and d LnCounay Resource Centers. ICE'S an lR~s[hat hehd ~mmtive~, Once their panicipation has been m- matrecent acquisidon,"kpublicofugan& IC~ a~ ofw- vited,PeaceCorpsVolunteen.worhgwith hmqSchool Health Klt on AlDS Con- brmhwaand&mataiols, their APCDs, can then begin to plan then ml," is desaibed m this issue of the ICE educational programs. They need to fmt ALMANAC,in the "NEWPUBUCATIONS" seek the approval of village chiefs, school section. adminiiuators, religious leaders, medical Recendy,amd3ulrantsupportedbyPeace offiaals and anyone else in authority before Corps' ~&thand ~ducatii; sectokin the srartingtheirAlDSedugdonacdvlties.Also. Office of Trdming and Program Support they need to inform these people about (OTAPS) conducted a workshop in what to expect and be prepared to offer Cameroon. The pulpose wds to develop a appropliate altemadves if, for example, de- cuniculum forTEFL teachers tomcoplate railed discusion ofsexon ape~nallwelis AlDS education into their lesson plans. a problem for that particular culture. Vh- HealthsectorspecialistscansupplyPCVs ning their support will require heand with additional information on AIDS, as can patience, bur without their supporr, no medical oficers and APCDs invoked in AlDS educational program can even be health programs. U.S. newpapers are an- attempted. other good resource, ar are such organiza- In planning their activities, Volunteers rionsas the U.S. Centers for Disease Conml must be careful to design messages and (CDC) and the World Health Organization. methods that fit the intended audience. In Hmt counuiesalsomayhavematerialsavail- few munmes, tfany, would it be approprt able through their own AlDS education ate. for example, to do mndom demonsm Pmw. dons in fmnt of dx-year-olds. Volunteers Perhapj the best means of educating must also wnsider people's cultud and Volunteers is by having them share their religious beliek. The mle of an AIDS edum experiences and the techniques for AlDS toristopresentthe lacn, not toargueabout educationdevelopedmtheirmunnies. Many people's poms olview or religious convic- havealreadydoneso,andifvolunteerswrite tions, or to engage m mod or theological to the Health Sectorin OTAPS. Peace Corps/ discusdons. Washington, they can obtain copies of the For guidance m presenting information materials available. As additional inlonna m appropriate, eKecdve ways. Volunteers don is received. ICE, in wUaboration with can lmk to the model dexribed in Peace the OTAPS Health Seaor Specialists, will Corps/lCE's 'Nonformal Education publicize this mformation as it becomes Manual"(M0042). FoUwingthemanud's &le so that more Volunteers can help princtples, anyof thegames tharareplayed. their communities respond to the challenge DOMIMICA the stories told, or the plays reenacted are of prwenting AlDS

42 Rvrbvr Tnm Sum81W2 member has acaue&u, there's a built-in incentive to we! The women themselves select rhemem- bers and officers; draw up their own by- kws; run the meetings and deade who FINCA Invests should get loans. The PCV acts as business The Kids On advisor, interpreter of FWCA guidehes In Women's and Uaison between the bank and a FWCA the Block promoter. 11 ir lhefinc dny ojcamp a1 Camp Wdy Future Since the bank is based solely on confi- Ridge Mihe and Aharc standing in line, dence and the members are responsible as wailing (heir arm lo lake lhe swimming LeV ~f~gisa~vmionofan~k a group to repay FltNCA, they tend to be whenMikc~~ihe~arm~scha1... W 'SaclaSpo~~Small Bucinm amC cautious and selective m approving non- 0pnaolrhalori~oppenndinlhePencc memberloans. ~oneyisaseliousthingand So besns the story. "Ufe Preservers." m Alex his Caps ~leuerin Hondroas AlNo MA. tends to make them very responsible. which explains to hiend Mike what it's bke to have a heart aansplant Wrilkn by PCVKim Khpmth il devribes The members' responslb'itiesgive them Mikeand Alexm hand-and-rod, Me& her Expime working wih FINCA ~&-a sense of conml and independence. I've puppets -nvo of the lorry-three characters lionfor lnronational Camunity Asistanre), seen someshy and passive women blossom aeated by The Kjdson the Block They were an aganivltion halBlnbles waluwnm loxi into decision maken not only in bank mat- ters, but also m their private lives. created, in the words of Mulike. ' . . . to make up (heir wm hrnking rysfcm lojnanre (heir other children and adults more aware of smali burinecser Facnded by John Hatch, a At times. I've found it hard not to &ct make people who are dillerent." famer Pam Corps Vohmlm, FINCA nu- themembers, tositbackandlet them their own decisions and do their own prob- rmtly opemls in /4mbia,mainly in Lntin lem solving, but I've leamed they're up to America Anyme inL8aled in knowing me the rask Recently, for emmple, they had abarllhea~imtions~wriIrloMmpila the opportunity to workon their own wirh- DLwO a1 FlNCAf hradquam, 901 King out my guidance. While I sat studying SL,Suile 400. ,4la&% Va 22314. Spanish syntax, surrounded by the pine- mred Green Mountaixu of Vermont. I FINO\ promotes women's bankin de- wondered whether the bank could survive velopmg wunuies, beliwing that pssmts without me or whether it would be di+ development smwith women, espedally solved by the rime I returned. Wen, not only thme women who are headsofhouseholds. had it survived, but membership had risen FlNCA is based on the savings and loan Puppets made for Jamaica. Left to by 50 percent! Ah,another puphad principle. Members receive low-interest righr: Mandy, Mark, Brenda. Ellen. formed in my absence and was ready tostart Jane, Melody and Renal&. loans for their miaobwinesses, and in rum its own bank. commit themselves to a Mgsplan equal Only one member hadn't repaid her The Kids on the Block was founded m to 20 percent of their Icans. Initially, they loan. They were taking legal action against 1977by educator~mAiello.mresponse can borrow up to 300 Honduran lempu'a her and in the meantime, had been able to to legrslation that allowed disabled children (approximately US $50.00). By the end of collect themissingamount torepay FWCA. to be educated with other children in yean. thebank.thmughtheseaccumed three They were u, pmud of having taken the regukrchxmms. To helpease theiradjust- depits, is expected to be self-suBaent necessary action. They had learned how to ment. Aiello conceived the idea of develop The women make weekly paymenrs for take conrmlof the situation and had proved mg a puppet shmv that would speak to savings plus 3 percent interest on the loan they ARE the bank children's concerns about the disabled. wer a four-month cyde. W~theach new Wthin a shon amount of he. I have Herkt charaaerwasMarkRiley,achild cycle, the women canborrow an additional seen these women's lives improve. They're whohascerebral& andusesawheelchair amount equal to the savings they have better able to feed theirkmiliesandsee their togetaround. Alongwith Mark, she mted accumulated. Nonmembers can also bor- businesses grow as they're able to invest. hearing-impaired Mandy Pucdni and a mw -atahigherrate,butlower thanwhat They have a higher level of selfesteem and nondisabled playmate, MelodyJames, who they would oh& pay a cq~lcor loan confidence. I encourage all Peace Cop represents the heam and minds of the au& shak At the endofeach cyde, themterest Volunteers who work with women in busi- ence wdtchmg the show. earned is divided among the members ac- ness to mnsider maodudng them to the Since her ktsuccessful venture. AieUo corhg to the percentage of savings each FINCA program. has developed pmpm and puppers de- siped toueatwer30differentIssues. These range fmm lmning to get along wlth dass- the same time pdde income for their mates who are autisdc, bhd, or mentally communiries. Wth SPA funds they were retarded, to undenrandingwhat it meam to able to buy theWtialseedlings,femkand (RPIAC 255 - Deux Epts de Mats: Un begilted,talented,oremodonally&~rbed, gardening tools; piglets, chick, feed and Guide pour le Developpement Agcicole or Mnga condition hh epilepsyorA1DS. mdnes; andbuildingsuppiiesand fencing. Autd3enue. by Roland Bunch. 1990 In addition to educadng children about Another issue that has generated mall (World Ndghbon. Inc.) 294 pp. physical and mental differences. Aiello has businen projects is urban migradon. To also used puppets to deal with such cow keep people m rural areas fmm migra~gto French aansladon of Two Eas of Corn cems as aging, diirce and saal abw. By citiestohdemployment,communirypups (AG049). now. over 10,000 'Kids on the Block"have have statted small manuhcnuing concern appeared m 27 different countries. and handiaaftcooptives,usingSPAfunds (RPIAG 254 -Dos Mazorm de Mafr: una THE KIM ONTHE BLOCK, INC., to buy portablesawmills, an supplies, yam, guia para el mejoramiento agricolaorientado 9385-C Getwing Lane dyes, looms and other equipment. hada la gente. by Roland Bunch. 1990 Columbia. MD. 21046 One such project is Famillas Unidas- (World Neighbors, Inc.) 268 pp. a bitting cooperative m an isolated rural dage in Costa Ria, started by a pupof Spanlsh uanslatlon of Two E~ISof Com women who wanted to hda way to eam (ACO49). money and at the same time stay in the age. The women could only afford one (RQRCOOZ -Fruit and Vegetable Pmduc- hitittingmachine,butwithaSPAgrant,they don m Wann Ciimates, by RP. Rlw LW. Small Project were able to buy three more knitting ma Rlce and H.D.llndalL 1990 (~acmfllan) dimes and two xw%~gmachmes, and thus 486 PP. Assistance maease their output. The cooptive is Rovidsbasicfaa~onhowlopmlucrihr now producing marketable quandties of and xgetabk commonly gram in qhca (SPA) Program sweaten anddants'andchlldren'sdothes, andinpn-bopidsysbms. lnch&sadqfa and generating enough income to replenish on apprq~~&pro~~tedtnvirmm&fmgrow- SPA is a unique program that joh the supplies, pay salaries and eam a pro6t. ingnops. ContaimdrawingspJwtogophsmd human resources of the Peace Corps with This is just one SPA succes story. It is an appadLtwith lobk /amry rgium the iinancialresourcesof the U.S. Agency for replicated many drnes throughout the pm lntemadonal Dwelopment (USAID). Es- gmn in a wide variery of projects. For (RP) AG248 - Pigeonpea and Chi* tablished in 1983, the pmgram currently infomation on qualrfymg for a SPA grant. ktldentiscation Handbookby W.Reed, provides direct grants to community organi- PCVsshould contact the Peace Corps cow- S.S. Lateef, S. Sithanantham, and CS. zadom in 69 counuies. y office; PeaceCorpsstaffseeldng technical Pawar. 1989 Onternadonal Crop Re- SPA condsts of two components: the assistance or grant informadon shouldwrite search Insdtute for thesemi-Md Tropics SPA fund, which bcdysuppons commu- to the SPA Coodmtor. OBce of Training I20 pp. nity projects: and the Technical Asktance andProgramSuppon(0TAPS).PeaceCorps. Pockasiral hamQmdi containing ovcr I20 (TA) agreement, which provides mining 1990 KSt. NW.Washington. D.C. 20526. cda photographs ro hdp iden@ tk canm and technical advice to PCvs, staand hmt iwctandolhrrmimalpr&o/~rmd counuynadonalswo~gonthese projects. chickpm, which &a atlock a wide varidy cf The Small Project AEdstance program is othakgumer. bvhdswnci0ubarionc~ hefted tmdsmalkcaleprojects thathave Iwqiaalinracls.smingthaiim- Tcd Ihc an immediate impact. SPA ptsare made ammpnyingaYh phowaph notawkrt iwctisJ~howtodaatit,w~i~~l'i by Peace Corps couny offices to commu- Peace Corps' lnfonnadon Collectionand andhowlomadiL nity groups wohg with Volunteers m a hhnge Division aCO has received the dety of projects, many of which are de- publicadom listed below after the publica- signed to promotedenterplise develop tion of "The Whole ICE Catalog." These mentorgenerateincome- 15percentofall publicadom are available to Peace Corps (RC)WSI09 - Fenocement Craln projects worldwide ace the propbe- Volunreen and sd. '(RP)" preceding the gan: 28 percent, in FY 91. Storage Bln (Booklet No. 1 of the Do It Catalog number mdicates Volunteers can Yourself Sated, by P.C. Sharrna and V.S. Theplimarygoalofmanyofthesepmjefts, request the publicadon directly fmm ICE if however, is not mcome generadon. Com- Gopalaratnam. 1979 (International they demomuate the pubiication is related Femment lnfonnadon Center. Adan k- munity goups concerned about mahuni- to their projects. '(RQ" mdicates 1CE has don, for example, have planted vegetable sdtute ofTechnology) 26 pp. disuibuted the pubiicadon to lmunuy A@ raamepr~ing~ableddail gardem and ~aisedchickem and pig as a &source Cenrers (IRO and k &b1e to on the &sipand maucabn @grain S(omg way toimprove theirchildren's health andat Volunteen only through their IRO. bins A [email protected]* by Gilben Arum. 1989 (KENGO (RC)Fm-~~t~~oll~ct.~andle lnchuls iIlusbations andphologmphr Indigenous Trees Ttainmg Series. Kenya and Store Seeds, by Asen Mbonye and Energy and Fnvimnment Organizations) 24 Mhii Kiami. 1985 (KF.NGO lndigenous EDUc‘ulON PP- Trees Training Series. Kenya Energy and A dau.cadu dncnph ofhe characre- Fmimnment Organizarions) 22 pp. (WISE051 -Education of deaf chlldren &'tics and sww~ofk m.Uw WdlavdrunphofthcpCp€T and young people. by Centre ofTotal Com lo msin lt~~wi?h~+ prdurt3 jdh' in hling, cdlrting, municarion, Copenhagen. enm mark 1987 and pholographr. hand!ing and cawading pdaging and slaing (UNEKO) 84 pp. wds. Inchder illusbutions. UsefuIjor PNs Theloloth in UNES~O'S 'NW Saia on (RORC007-Consedngtheworld's waking in CmImunily~GTCjbypojCCls. G&jdS@ Ekrion' haen&a Blologlcal Diversly, byJe%qrA McNeely, &pic~ofw~il~lo&&&~Kenton R Miller. WalterV. Reid. Russellk (RCIRCOI8 - Marlne Parks and Re- communi~hmg da?f peopk i&&g Mittermeier and Timothy B. Werner. 1990 serves: Management [or Coastal Envimn- kspdjfirscfsign [~guas&p&spe- (International Union for Cowmuon oi ments, by Alan T. White. 1990 (Intema- @ guiejor mhing @ childra A Narure and Natud Resources) 193 pp. tional Center lor Living Aquadc Resources +publicnhJi+ai~~(~tionm. Raid in cmpaah wih he WaLI Management) 36 pp. REOWUS lnshhctZ Cmwvmhtmmtiaal Thc rcand ti& in k aiurntion ion pe (RC)T0064 -Nonfo-l EdueaUon Waid WIeFund-US, and k WdBank ddby ASE& and nd US. Cmslnl Rr- Trainlng Module, by Helen Fox, Don &TkS and dsniber he due of hdOgd -Managmen1 RNL 1nwdm-s nk- Graybill and Unda Abrams. 1991 (Peace dN~andhandwhyitisbbnghmkmi rincpnrkr and r- as a mmcfnknage- CorFd[CE) 182pp. Diuurcer wnyz la ronww bw&d m, rnmenl/acwunlemirmmm~cin~& A canpanionvdume lo nd ~Dn/anud~du- analynng hlo setp?bi& and develop swat- Giver an wwiav q'theirhistmy, chamcfnktics cnh~anual ~aenula~lphduti+ @a aclion phand-ng. and/toutim ac wdl as more dMM &up lies inaserierojm~tialwaining~ lions oJ& mmples. lxludn mnps dia- lo help pamap,& uhf& k mnm oj (RORCOI9 - Cod Re& valuable grmns and phcfogrophr. nmfdeducah and add learning Resources of Southeast Asia, by Alan T. acqrdrr [hrnai-sqslds bpla~61 & White. 1987 (lntemadonalConterbr Living (RQRCO10-hvlngtheTmplral~ain evaluaknmfdal~tionac~dhemp Aquadc Resources Management) 36 pp. Forests, by Judith Gradwohl and Russell marion with mmunihlhey SBYL b- AEjkl in a saier ofpubticalions issued by Greenberg. 1988 (Island Pres) 189 pp. lains ilkbations and r@rim~~ he(hmIRswraMa~ganen1RojCCf.~ Raentrvnrioutshat jfm~tivrashd- sued by thc Assaintion cfW hL&n dlogiveher&a~pictwecfkpk (RP)EDISO - Understanding and tMom (ASFAN) andwby USAID. k- and Um~pLshmfflU,as wdl hepiljak oj UslngEngIish Grammar,Znd Editlon, by ~hetyp8cf~sin~lAsiaandhevariacs pr@U dsignai lo sa\r rhr wd's Betty Sduampfer k.1989 (Prenrice Hall planls and animnls lhnl inhnbil h.Hi&- boplnljorctk Thc issuts odddi& Regents) 374 pp. kgh~kvalue of4re& and he thrah la Jml ~BBYB,sustaimble agdhrc, ~nunl A dnriopmarlnl shills IPxtju shldenu q' rheir WVkd cihg Culn~pkSof~Qli0n fmSl nknagtmmf.and &quid jut31 zWn- Endish as a sacond orjoreign language Con- ga. tion RWa list oj catatls and r$mm taii many cmrisa, which can be &&d maleriolsjk more pc$c dilr m111d hming && pr&& mg (RQ-Dedsion-MakersGuidemSolid sk&rmding~pmma-bimtion Waste Management, United States Envi- (RC)FCO91 - Sesbanla Sesban, by of lhne a.The -& mc &@ lo ronmend Protecrion Agency. 1989 (EPA) Arsen Mbonye. 1985 (KENWlndigenous miinuageshulenu lalolk~~~mui153 pp. Tree; Training Series. Kenya Energy and their activibn, lo promov Mnbulmy &&p Origin@ pubW in 1976, thirjm d- Environment Organizations) 2 1 pp. mmt.m@nossntlhoolcan~ and ume cfa hw+dumc revired rdfim prW Agoo4condur&mmn1chirmn3.~ stimuhkshott~~a~~of~o~irs.~mlionm IxXh lrditiad kps@ink- JastgMg small wa, whirhjixs nitmgol, gmai Wask mnn0-t Ndl as laithwn prWfrrwoo4 jarand soil proldim (RP)ED149 - Woodworldng wlth ~~andrlrecycling,aswellasmsuch~~Pnmndnrly@fuF€Vsmgu&ind'ykmd Your Kids, by Richard Stm. 1990 (The ~s~4~~rnun~Hllskcomb~1~Jaesbyaclbilia. Taunton Press) 205 pp. ~hich~t~~~~(emcm~gan~tnmiS. Raents numuous prac~cnlwmdw&ng This volume is dea:g~dto help & ndm FEHERIES prqicdrFmrraonhe@lgtmchers- rmdersMuiLhcirpraollxnwr~~l fuDy lad wmdworfdng~r~~I~Ch'ddrUl. p*lans and *nW& &g fhim (RC)RCO27 - Flshery Development, Confainsagw gm and PmNt byWhF. Royce. 1987 (Academfchss. ENVIRONMENT ning ciik% which win be most appiuable lo inc.) 248 pp. wtan~son~n~. RWanwmicw o/fhepomso/@uy (RQFC089 - Baobab: Adansonla devdopmmlandan"pln~ojhovilcan& donemore @cmlly, rdating it to the ~nid, ApmrtirnlhandFon @Jaimplenenting (RO Proceedings: Role of Market smalphd orpnimiiuialand timequire- micmcedit programs. Scpnrate durptm dis- Towns in National Economlc Develop menlscmm*tprm. q7a nrrc the hardware and s4(hrrue needallor a ment. edited by DennisA Rondinelli. 1990 manyinteratinginsightsinto-arpals simple, compttwed irfamalion syslq. he (U.S. Agencyfor International Developmend oJjdwia devdopmn~tand the Jmto be merhods and imts idved in adyzing a 121 pg. ~ins~gthej~lyordnigningprogram's jnamd &ly; the aituia for Boadings lfa minaron the imptam and implementing apwmprogmm. Prc- daamining inlnm rala and olherjee stnu- ojd~innwketinga~algmds mlswmugwdc#yudiabywayojilhrsm- wa; and the ftzhnqua Ju making simple grm in wal areas and in prding of* tin bud@gandpna?lcial pr@e&Tu. m~tjornoalhaLceMdrSpxqaiy, dmlswithwnysoflien~g~~wilh (RCIRC033 - Cula Operatlva de uimanir grdpomhal, sbmghming their Pmyectcs para 1asMhwmpresas. 1991 uiman~andphyricallinhng~*ith~dWZQS (RC)RCOZZ - Chlld-toChild: Acttv- (ACCION lntemational Tecnid 116 pp. and acsening invsbnenl necdr Ity Sheets. 1991 (btitute of Education m Bared on ACCION's eqaiwv in Lntin assodationwihTeachmgAidsAt Low CnsO Am- pr& a guide Ja planning and (RPn0066 - Peace Corps Urban De- 26 worksheets. implementingprogmmstoheipnallw. velopment Programming Guldellnes Worhshcar complemenling ihe Child& Focuur pnrtuula$ a credit merhnnias, with (Peace Cop ICW. 1991 119 pp. Child serin, which pmmolr henllh ducalion spmficanmplntoshmvhuulheyhawbeen Inlmded to anist Peu Grips sf@dnign and imprwai henllh practica woddwidc by administered and ugankui, newwtumdevdopnmtprojeclsinsuchardlsas invohingchiien in projerls to kq~themwiw, yacth develqrment, shells, mmunity Ylviu, hir pa~sand heir siblings ha&. Vety (RPISB147 - Monitoring & Evaluat- sdid\rulrtemanagnenL planningand munici- practical mining gu&raa that can provide ing Small Buslness ProJects: A Step By paldevelqrment, dontheurbankvd Rovidn importnntstnutwejorVdmtmwhohrnrnol Step Gulde - Facilitator's Manual, by v$~rmntia and ammpln to hdp sqwilh prdyworhni wih children. Ekine L Edgcornb. 1988 (PAC0 73 pp. cambyassemnenls Vdunmassignmalsand Roducedbymmbmo/lheSmanEnlerprise mining. (RC)HE242 -Health Care ofwornen i3ucation and Romdim (SEEP) Network this andchildren InDeveloplngCounnies,by Jacililala's manual is the rdoJa wMwp Helen M. Wallace and Kand GM. 1990 organid lo train pnicils in the systems mudPq Pubkhing Company) 598 pp. oppr~ll~hpr~ltedinSEEPsMaitoringand (RPnOO65 - Community-Based Inl- wrilminthrjm9'~by~intheEvaluating Small Business Rojecb: A Slep tiatlves to Eradicate Gulnea Worm: A )kid addm~oy arprcl ofmother and child by Slep Guidejor Rivale DevdopmenlOr- Manual for Peace Corps Volunteers, by Mh,providing the he& and philosophies oj ganizations (S8097). Ikdks a -1 for Eva Silvehe. Wlliarn Brieger and Angela the work Edk=nt rcfermc mataial, which pnrhnpnnrr tomonitorandevaluate.add&& Ulurchill. 1991 (Vector Btology Control APCB and Vdw~tanwaking in molherrmd ahsssion OJ his hu~nduhalfdaywork- Projecd 210 pp. chiU Mh progums wouldjnd urgful to hrnr shop. Dsignaifor luryone w&g wilh mmu- on hand nilier to nodicnte Guinea rmrm divnr Wc- (RCIRC027 -Small Economlc Actlv- sentsthehrsirfhrtsaboutthedi.=Lu..divurrr (RP)HQ39 - UgandaSchool Health Ity Development (SEAD)Worlcshop: The IhemleoJfheVdmtaertoemCCatethemmu- Kit onAIDSConm1,by Republicof Uganda Facllltator's Manual. 1990 (CARE) 497 nityabnitnauwyhenlthpractirnandtohrp, Minkny of Education, Mmistry of Health, PP. the community lahc steps to wea qfewaln and UNICEF Kampala. 1987 A amprehewe manualjor we in work- nrppb. Ikdks ihe prprocenfrom planning lo (MFEsionsarzdichu btitut Wunburg) 21 shops to wain puticipnls in theskiJls &to evaluation ja imhgthe mmunity in a item. planandmgenallenlapnv devmt -slulprojerL Parha lfmntcrinls that iTKh&s*,Fp prcja2.s. Each sasia dineinduder sssion cham and &ry cnrds, as wd as lwo olgarivs, content mefhcdoIg+, timefrarne,Ja- (RC)RU)ZS - Hygtene Education in tmrha's~thalcomplncnt themate- cilimprcpamtion and a hjl ofmaterials lo be Water Supply and Sanitation Rugrames. rials. ON di(CUTSbhm repraiuch the d.Rmls ha~,lhpcha~ i+n&m, by the Lnternadonal Water and Sanitation othrrdivurrshuutowthemntcrinlsand ~projeclOrbanspuencia,andsnnn Cenue. 1988 ORC International Water and prods the he jacls on AIDS. Brie$ well- grq diigwdn, qm mrh sssia out- Sanitation Cenue) 144 pp. ilhcsbated and aq+to d line A compnmtivc ~ahcohbnofvarious WW supp~andwrnitationprogramstohdpphm SMALL BUSINESS TRAINING innmv cart fla8acliwtas and admon in DEVELOPMENT funoe prmams Lkaws the pomtinls and @C)n,064 - Nonformal Education ~luni&-#hyg.~~ams; ihcaarpr that (RORC032-Financial Management Tralnlng Module (See EDUCXTlON) M be la& and m IacitiMJ,pacnreS, of MlcrpCredir Program: A Guidebook and aWroajia to ~eaiwatim-that arc for NGOs. by Rokn Peck Uuisten. 1990 being biaL (ACCION Intematiod 99 pp. URBAN DEVELOPMENT Zenrmm fur 'htwiddungstechno~o~ten- HW75 The Principles and Practice of GATE.) 102 pp. lCEis o%ertngto Peace CorpsVolunteen Rimary Health Care &Iredontheaaulhois~asa~and sdf the publications listed below on a HW77 Family Planning: IsImpact on archita~in~naandknavLdg#d~ttist come, fmt served bads. To hdout if the Health of Women and Children IlrhniqusJorhiildingrnimvaLbrd, this they are appropriate for pur project, please brkJ manual ofm a selertia # apprqriak see the absnaca in 'The Whole ICE Cata- SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT raaoirwandgivalachnicalodviumh log." Torequest apublJcadon,write to Peace h. SBlOl Markettng lmprcwement in the lo Wllshucl Id& dmwings, chars, CorpsLlCE. 1990 K St. NW, Room 8684. DwelopingWor1d:WhatHappensandwhat diagrams, phomgraphs and derailad inshuc- Washmgton. D.C. 20526. We Have Learned tiom. SB107 Cost Accoundng and Conml: WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE Mated for Management Tmgin A@- AGO82 Vulgarisation Agricole: Le cultural Cooperatives DEVELOPMENT Svsteme de Formation et de Wtes AG112 Tropical Yams and Theu Poten- (RORC028 - Women's VenNres: WATElUWITATlON dal: Mmor Culdvated Diascorea Speaes Arslstance to the Sector In Latin Amerlca. WS038 Vige Water Supply: Econom- edited by Marguerite Berger and Map AG155 The Role of Ruminann in Sup ics and Policy tn the Dweloping World Buvinic. 1990 (Kumarian Press. Inc.) 266 pnof Man WS083 lntemter: Girecroty of Sources PP. oflnfonnation and Documentadon on Com- &rced largely on pnpas presented a1 an APPROPRlATEECHNOLOGY/ENERGY munity Water Supply and %radon Rainbook: inlemntiaal seminar in 1986 in Q~lllro, Eau- AT020 Resources for Appm-~ ~ doron~omen'sacussloffa3uinIlltinAmeIicQ priate Technology WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT IncWarnongthe sqwafechnpL8sdLenby AT022 Telmologi Kampungan: A Col- WW18 Peace Corps TMngand Pm djffemlauthmmea diccusda ojhlo lection of Indigenous Indonesian Technob gram Jod imprwejmndng for wanm mtreprm;a gis WW22 Funding Resource for Women descnptia ojhav thacwcmm~lkmin the tn Development Rojeca =lor: and ammplecfrom variars Latin Arnui- COMMUNIlY DEVELOPMENT WW63 Resources. Powerand Women can maia q(pr0grams lhnr have been suc- CD025 Rural Dwelopment and the cersfulinproidinpnnenwith&training, Dweloping Counuies: An lnterdisdplmary khnical arsistam and access to diL Pre lntrcduuoty Approach vides ~(ccllenlu!Jamatia abaci lhenumaous CD031 Case Management tn Human problemsw bywomen mtreprmaswell Senice Practice: A Systematic Approach to asagoodaverviAvof~~ed~pogrmnsmailnbleloMobimng Resources for Uiena h.OJm rdcvnnl lecYmsJornall buciners dev~mtactivirirs~. EDUCATlON ICE ALMANAC ED020 Mowing and Spwg Equip YOUlH DEVELOPMENT ment (Fundamentalsof Machme Operation Information Collection and Series) Exchange OCE) is Peace (RC)RU)26 - Ufe Pknnlng Educa- ED086 Fuels and Lubrications: Select- Corps' cenoal technical ln- don: AYouthDevelopment~m1989 mg. Conserving, Storing formation unit. 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Getting the Ti and the homes we actually live m. None of heVoluntees on Dominica live m the type Hello! ofhome described (bungalmswith gomyier Don't brget 22 ?Mite! Just received the ktcopyofyourmaga- wood floorsmadeofmft@ewithouthon. zine acebegmning senice m October of and a wood frame with maete block sec- The Fhm Corps Times 1990. Have sensed it wac an interesting aons). Our homes fit much dcder with the publicatiorrbut KYsheredidn'tlatavhow would lk to hmr ';"you. desaiption given for Gabon (cement homes topmcopies. Upon receipt 6um Cow with wobedrooms.livingrmmandIdtchen Plmv -." % . v.butyour ay HQ. I read it from cow to cover. The with dn rmD. We this was probably p-;-:,rm& t~vd ;:i/ibp expertences and in5igha provided by your & & wrlting staff and F€Vs are most insmcdve. a mix-up but feel a conection should be everygort top:?' : .:zrnin Outherein thehthillsoftheHighTam noted. Thank you again for mdudtng us m theMG~tpsTimes. Mail Mountajn5, a sew of affiliation with those the ardde. depicted m the m@e can be a boost for your mtnbufion to: morale and an imperus to greater effon. PC Sincerely, Tiesmakeseachofusapanofakrgerlwel The Volunteers of the Commonwealth of Editor ofse~ceandr~ectstheposidvegoalsofour Corps Ties organization. It is exhilarating to feel a part of Dominica Peace everyone's conuibuuon. U you could be m May 18.1992 Room 8512 hdI wish to request the ksr three or four 1990 K Street, NW backtssues of the Peace CopTies. They Editofs Response: Washington, DC 20526 would be circulated among the Volunteers Thc article at iwanid a wine. Thc here. so worth the bme and cast you would opinions qd in [his plnicular slay me us4 expend. The Fall 1991 beis the one m rhov o/ Ihc aulhor. Hav~er,hnk you /or h&d here. l hope thata direct mailing tome pointing out any dwqunry hlmay he at theaddressbelow wouldbe possible. May DCClDmL I extend,on beha~of~olunte~rsin~zech; PEACECORPS TIMES slovalda, our gmdtude for the generous re- PuuCorp Dirbr sponse we are sure is forrhamhg. Elaine L Cho Anniversary Reunion Dinso. John S. Hults ~~Zuunu, Banskd By5uica. Tonga RPCVs and friends: DiMwd ErM mi. Czechosb Friendly island Volunteers unite! Come Mary Lou Ddng back to your Polynesian paradise. Peace -.IE*k(d- January 3.1992 John Daniel Begg Corps Tonga is celebrating its 25th anniver- D*rUI(Cndk.Lr*u Editofs Response: sary. ThiiOctober2-11, aweek-long festival Malily Armor ljyou are tml receiving lhe mngozine on a will rake place m Nuku'alofa followed by a qwtufybasisplenum[acLyaoHQandh~ week of activtties (October 12-l7l m the Cynthia Snyder outer Fsknds of Vava'u, Ha'apai and 'Eua If F'..c.CorpT~Pm~~ Ihanahiuusasloh~wload~us~~~~dishibu- Blirn G. Liu you're aTonga RPCV, we'd hke you and your tion. Thecamby HQ's areml lheapprcpiate EdiMluim numberojwpies. HLWNB, fkcopiaarenot family tojom us for thkspedaloccasion. For knPapprr & Eric &hum getting to+ plmw kI a mcmber of ih Pmu details please contact us with your name, Caps -by stn8b. address, group number and any other cow The Pcre Corpr limais n guanerly puWu tart information to: 6onoftheRueCorpr.Wxh'brgto~D.C 20526. United States Peace CopTonga Vi~uprrsudinthePoceCo'pslimarn thm of the individual urrinn md do nan- 25th Annive~lyJubileeCommittee sdy reprerent the o@alpiran of heRae Different Houses P.O. Box 147 Nuku'alofa CapsoflhcUnitcdSulrrdAmericl.~~heDim. Dear Editor: Tonga. SW Pacific tor h dctrrmid hat pubhdon of hir pi- or FAX: (676) 21467 or ELM: 66236 adid icncc6qin themmytionofthepubk We arewriting in reference to the "Home bucirrrs. Use of fun& lorprinling hispnbdid Away Fmm Home" artide in the Wmter/ kknappmvrdbytheDi~dtheO$ced Sprhg 1992 issue of Peace CopTies. As Editol's RfspoResponse: Mutrpcnt and Brdgtr. UnittdScala Govcm Volunteershgandworkingon Dominica. ljyou hrnr any new $inmtfromyour mtnL ad bc lo: were PmCorps Tina. lnquilia btrn rbld sent Pcaa we happy to be included in the ariide. anby, plaaw mi@ Cwps Tima. &h Fbor. 1PW K Sma Nw, Howwer, wenoticedadisaepancybetween Alro, ~nycarnbiespuhlishihirmwlcounby Washingwn. D.C. 20526. thedexripdonofafypiral homeon Dominica w&lm Plauesadur*ofknsd