By Admin1 admin ppp Subscribe to our news feed to get Peace Corps news delivered to your desk as it happens. Governor of California. Looking for a Returned Volunteer?
New: Sign up to receive our free Monthly Magazine by email, research the History of the Peace Corps , or sign up for a daily news summary of Peace Corps stories. Dodd plans to introduce legislation that may include: setting aside a portion of Peace Corps' budget as seed money for demonstration projects and third goal activities after adjusting the annual budget upward to accommodate the added expense , more volunteer input into Peace Corps operations, removing medical, healthcare and tax impediments that discourage older volunteers , providing more transparency in the medical screening and appeals process, a more comprehensive health safety net for recently-returned volunteers, and authorizing volunteers to accept, under certain circumstances, private donations to support their development projects.
He plans to circulate draft legislation for review to members of the Peace Corps community and welcomes RPCV comments. He served with honor One year ago, Staff Sgt. Robert J. We have just received a report that Sargeant Paul has been killed by a car bomb in Kabul. Words cannot express our feeling of loss for this tremendous injury to the entire RPCV community. Most of us didn't know him personally but we knew him from his words.
Our thoughts go out to his family and friends. He was one of ours and he served with honor. It was very different from the Vasquez hearings in , very cut and dried with low attendance by the public. Among the highlights, Tschetter intends to make recruitment of baby boomers a priority, there are 20 countries under consideration for future programs, Senator Dodd intends to re-introduce his third goal Peace Corps legislation this session, Tschetter is a great admirer of Senator Coleman's quest for accountability , Dodd thinks management at PC may not put volunteers first, Dodd wants Tschetter to look into problems in medical selection , and Tschetter is not a blogger and knows little about the internet or guidelines for volunteer blogs.
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Read our recap of the hearings as well as Senator Coleman's statement and Tschetter's statement. Peace Corps' Screening and Medical Clearance The purpose of Peace Corps' screening and medical clearance process is to ensure safe accommodation for applicants and minimize undue risk exposure for volunteers to allow PCVS to complete their service without compromising their entry health status.
