Posts tagged Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
Life is calling. How far will you go?
Join the global celebration of Peace Corps service!
Peace Corps Week celebrates how Peace Corps Volunteers make a difference in host countries around the world and in the United States, commemorating the date President John F. Kennedy signed the executive order to establish the Peace Corps—March 1, 1961.
Don’t miss your chance to support world peace and friendship by furthering the Peace Corps Third Goal of helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans! Learn more @ www.peacecorps.gov/pcweek
Happy National Peanut Butter Day! In honor of the tasty, buttery spread, do some miles for Feeding America and the World Food Programme today! #EveryMealMatters
…especially those with peanut butter.
We hear from Volunteers all the time that peanut butter is a must-have during service! Did you eat a lot of it when YOU served?
How does Peace Corps help Volunteers develop professionally?
New on Tumblr: Remembering U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens
Botswana is known for its basket weaving, ostrich egg shell jewelery, and hopefully soon, its sculpture. This was created at the Thapong Visual Arts Centre in the capital city, Gaborone. - Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Alexis Kanter
Check out this lovely photoblog about one RPCV’s experience in Botswana.
(Source: theurbn.com)
Happy Birthday Peace Corps!
It’s Peace Corps Week!
Reblog and tell us how you are celebrating!
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The Sprawl: Brownie Girl Scouts ask THE BEST questions about Peace Corps
- Where did you go to the bathroom?
- Was there toilet paper?
- BUT HOW DO YOU FLUSH THE TOILET?
- How did you wash your hands?
- SO THE BOYS AND GIRLS BATHROOM IS THE SAME THING?!
- WAS THERE PRIVACY? (they were really fixated on the no running water part)
- Why do people in Ghana like to repeat words…
Disrupting Poverty: The Secret About Bed Nets
I slept under a bed net every night for over a decade. And, actually, they were a pain in the neck to sleep under.
Obviously, I’m tired when I go to bed. I would be lying if I said I always wash my face before I go to bed – sometimes that is just too much effort. Sleeping under a bed net took…
