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Program Development
and Strategic Planning
940-001. Peace Corps (G/PDSP)
U.S. Financing Table for 940-001 (Microsoft Excel Document - 28 kb)
The Peace Corps and USAID participate in cooperative programs in 70 countries, involving more than 3,000 volunteers. The primary implementing activity is the Small Project Assistance (SPA) program, managed by Global, is conducted through a worldwide Interagency Agreement. USAID central programs support the (SPA) program, with planned funding of $1,500,000 annually. The objective of the SPA program is to support, in collaboration with local communities and Peace Corps volunteers, small-scale, sustainable development activities in areas of priority to USAID. Activities include environmental education, improving human health to include the eradication of polio, and economic growth with an emphasis on basic education. In addition, community members receive technical skills training, principles of self-help in planning, implementing, managing and sustaining capacity building projects. The relationship with the Peace Corps builds on each agency's strengths, integrating respective human and financial resources to achieve common development goals. Since 1995, USAID has provided over $15 million in support of 3,950 community activities, through a combination of central funding and funding provided by field missions and others for specific country requirements.
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