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• A Retrospective: 28 Media Leaders Who Died This Decade

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 791
  As the face of media evolves, it’s important to honor the figures who helped define, shape and set the standards in their industries. These are some of the most prominent members of the media who passed away over the past 10 years.  Take a look back with some snippets from their respective New York Times ...
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• Ultimate recyling project: Building a soda bottle classroom

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Activism , Arts and Culture , Learning , Stories , Guatemala , Mexico , Video , Ecotourism , Central America What happens when Peace Corps volunteers, the non-profit organization, Hug it Forward and a bevvy of school children and teachers in Guatemala recycle plastic bottles and trash? ...
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• For Corps Members: Free or Low-Cost Gift Ideas for People You Love

  
  The New Service — Authority: 119
  homemade soap, wrapped in cloth Giving gifts when you are a corps member. Last year I wrote about how people can show love to the corps member in their life through their holiday gift-giving . This year I wanted to offer some ideas about how corps members themselves can give gifts when their incomes are often ...
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• Peace Corps and volunteers testing HIV positive

  
  Musings from inside, outside, and underneath — Authority: 128
  I am going to re-post an article that I read here in full, because I fully support Peace Corps decision to allow healthy, HIV positive, volunteers to serve and because I found the author’s words honest and touching.  While I am sorry that she, or anyone else, lives through what she has, I am amazed at her ...
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• Consistently attempting to attempt to make the world a better place.

  
  BINARY TRASH — Authority: 112
  I am a failure at volunteering.  A total, absolute failure.  Not because I want to be, but because that is just the way the cookie is crumbling.  Let me count the ways. 1.  In 2000 I got out of the Marines and then I attempted to volunteer for the Peace Corps .  At that time, nothing seemed better than ...
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• Travel To Pacasmayo Peru

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 473
  We have all said at one time or another how we would enjoy going some place that’s different…another part of the world that is wonderfully unique…where the local people are friendly and genuinely glad to see you…where hospitality is from the heart and you feel at home right away…and where the year round ...
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• Benin RPCVs Start Girls Camp Fund in Honor of Kate Puzey

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 121
  The death of a Peace Corps Volunteer is always devastating, not least for the Volunteer community left behind. In the case of Kate Puzey, a TEFL Volunteer in Benin who was murdered in March 2009, several of her fellow Volunteers...
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• It’s Past Time To “Restore The Republic”

  
  Audacity — Authority: 113
  What does it mean be a true patriot, a pro-republic American? Former Senator Gary Hart says it is to recognize the role of civic virtue, of participation in the public affairs of the community, and to be among the men and women of whom future generations of Americans will say, “They were worthy of their [...]
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• Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco Passes Away After an Illness

  
  The New Service — Authority: 119
  Peace Corps suffers the loss of a vibrant Volunteer So-Youn Kim. This week, Peace Corps announced the death of a young Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Morocco. The 23-year-old So-Youn Kim — a 2007 Stanford grad — passed away Monday, November 16th, after an illness. The announcement from Peace Corps doesn’t ...
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• GlobalEd Goes to Atlanta!

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 121
  Ive worn many hats over the years at NPCA, but the one that Ive had on since Day One back in October of 1996 is that of the director of the Global TeachNet program. I treasure my experience as a...
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• AllAfrica.com interviews Peace Corps director

  
  ONE — Authority: 548
  AllAfrica.com recently posted an interview with Aaron S. Williams, the new US Peace Corps director. During the interview, Williams discusses the current state of the Peace Corps as it approaches its rather remarkable 50th anniversary. He notes an 18% increase in applications this year alone.Williams also touches on ...
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• Volunteering in Our Community 2009

  
  Congressman Mike Honda: On the Issues — Authority: 115
  As we enter the holiday season, social needs resulting from the economic downturn will grow to immeasurable levels. Despite the many hardships that communities are facing, people everywhere are coming together to solve our nation’s problems. Volunteering makes a positive difference in our community. Volunteers ...
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• Are the houses made of wood?

  
  Craig in Moldova — Authority: 110
  This is my latest message to my second grade class. If you read this and noticed that I am incorrect...
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• Les Lions Indomptables

  
  Hinge of Africa — Authority: 92
  The Indomitable Lions Traditional dancers at the Lions game Waving the Cameroon flag We have a camera again so now we can share photos again. Studies show that blog posts sans photos are 23% less exciting. I just made that statistic up. A couple weeks ago I was in Yaounde taking the Foreign Service ...
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• Rancho Resident You Should Know: Stacey Droll

  
  The Rancho Cordova Post — Authority: 142
  Stacey Droll is trying to make Rancho Cordova a better place, and she is doing just that, one doctor at a time. Droll, 24, is an Americorps*VISTA volunteer who has been stationed in Rancho Cordova to work with the Communities and Physicians Together (CPT) program.  Her role in the program is to help doctors connect ...
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• NPCA Welcomes Intention to Return Peace Corps to Indonesia

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 121
  The National Peace Corps Association welcomes the announcement that the United States intends to send Peace Corps Volunteers to Indonesia, the worlds fourth most populous country and the country with the worlds largest population of Muslims. Peace Corps Volunteers last...
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• Cooking with compost.

  
  Poor Richard's Almanac — Authority: 130
  Silence Dogood here. You never know what you’re going to read in the paper. In yesterday’s “Parade” magazine, there was a brief interview with Aaron Williams, the new director of the Peace Corps. Reading along to see Mr. Williams’s plans for the Peace Corps, I read the following: “Since many volunteers ...
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• Peace Corps Director Comments on Expansion

  
  Peace Corps Polyglot — Authority: 121
  Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams, in a November 15 interview published in Parade magazine, says the agency plans to add a couple of thousand volunteers over the next two years. You can read the interview by following this link.
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• Hurray!

  
  educating alice — Authority: 468
  Peace Corps Returns to Sierra Leone Freetown Date: November 2, 2009 Contact: PAO Danna Van Brandt Tel: 022-515-000 or 076-515-000 November 2, 2009 – United States and Sierra Leone government officials signed an agreement to reestablish a Peace Corps program in Sierra Leone after a 16 year absence. Glenn Fedzer, ...
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