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Resources for Return
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Staying Involved
Links
Your old letters from Peace
Corps
Crisis Corps
Peace Corps Encore!
Job Resources
Graduate School
Volunteer Opportunitites
Miscellaneous RPCV Perks
If you'd like to get in touch with a few RPCVs from
Guinea of 1986 and 1987 please get in touch with guinearpcvs1987
@ yahoogroups.com
Peace Corps Day happens
every year in March. Many RPCVs have shared their
experiences with local schools. Our resident expert,
teacher Cindy Diouf, shares her tips and a powerpoint
presentation.
You can find your old friends on the
FOG Registry. You can sort by when and where they
served, as well as name or location. You could host
a dinner for Guinea RPCVs in your area! There are
also Guineans and Friends of volunteers on the list.
If you wish to serve as a Volunteer Mentor,
giving advice and wisdom to prospective PCVs, please
email registry @ friendsofguinea.org.
Crisis
Corps
Peace
Corps
State Department
(and Foreign Service Exam)
Foreign
Service Exam Registration and Study Guide
Peace Corps
Writers
Peace
Corps Master's International Program in Forestry
Would you donate one or two (or three) of the best
of your letters home during your Peace Corps Service
to PeaceCorpsWriters.org?
We think that your letters home are as interesting
and insightful as any published in collections today,
we would like to publish them in a collection entitled
Letters Home .
I am looking for letters that describe the life you
led as a Volunteer. I am interested in all aspects
of your Peace Corps experience, from missing home
to making a home; from doing your job overseas to
traveling in the third world. If we are successful
in publishing a book, the royalties will go to continue
and improve our on-line newsletter.
Please send a copy (not the original) to: John
Coyne - 99 Reed Avenue - Pelham Manor NY 10803
Web:www.peacecorps.gov/crisiscorps
Phone: 800-424-8580 x2250
Email:[email protected]
As part of the Peace Corps' commitment to expand
its contribution in the fight against the spread of
HIV/AIDS, Crisis Corps Volunteers will be sent
to a number of African countries throughout 2000 and
2001 to work with a wide range of HIV/AIDS projects.
Assignemnts will encompass a variety of sectors.
RPCVs who have served/worked in Africa and have successfully
completed their Peace Corps service are encouraged
to apply to the Crisis Corps.
One great place to jobhunt is the Guinea
List Listserv, which is run by FOG. Once in a
while job announcements are posted, and you may also
just find that networking on the list is useful. You
may also search for old friends who are doing your
sort of work on the RPCV
Directory.
NPCA career services
http://www.rpcv.org/careers
or email [email protected]
Peace Corps Jobline
For a listing of Peace Corps staff positions
and a vacancy announcement, call INFOWORX at
800-818-9579.
All worldwide positions are listed at http://www.peacecorps.gov
Returned Volunteer Services (RVS) is the part of
PC offering career resources to RPCVs. Email at [email protected].
They offer
- Hotline (semi-monthly newsletter of job announcements)
- Employment bulletin for international and domestic
jobs in development, public health, and the environment
- Career Information Consultants - directory of
over 1500 professionals who will answer career related
questions
- Career fairs career assesssment software, "Discover"
- Career and education publications, including
Career Resource Manual
- Career centers in Arlington Virginia regional
recruiting office and other regional offices
Also, as a RPCV you can request Peace Corps tear-card
posters in local libraries, community centers, and
colleges. They are of heavy paper stock and have the
Peace Corps' 800 number on tear off strips along the
bottom. For copies email the marketing department
at [email protected] with your name, address, and
quantity of posters you would like to distribute.
Foreign Service Exam
Information at US State
Department (follow link to Foreign Service Officer)
Registration
for Exam
Mailing Lists
Go to: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/nisjobs/join.
At that site, you can subscribe to the new NISJOBS
list.
There are 7 different lists you can subscribe to
at that web address.
- nisjobs (NIS related jobs in the US and Abroad)
- ceejobs (Central Europe related jobs in the US
and Abroad)
- conflictjobs (Conflict jobs in the US and abroad)
- nisscholarships (Former Soviet Union related
Scholarships and related events)
- ceescholarships (Central Europe Related Scholarships
and related events)
- conflictscholarships (Conflict and Development
related scholarships and events worldwide)
- dcevents (posting of talks, conferences and events
in Washington DC area only)
Guinean Language Interpreter
Lionbridge Interpretation Services in D.C. is looking
for people to interpret Guinean languages for immigration
cases with the Department of Justice. Click here
for more information.
| Graduate School Resources |
Peace Corps Fellows/USA Program
Web:www.peacecorps.gov/fellows
Email:[email protected]
Mail: 1111 20th St. NW, Washington, DC 20526
Phone: 800-424-8580 x1440
Write for a catalog and additional information about
the Fellows Program and participating universities.
Or, visit web site.
Graduate School Guide, published by RPCV services
Phone: 202-692-1430
Information on graduate programs around the country
who offer special consideration to RPCVs. One
section is devoted to the Fellows/USA program.
Another section includes universities that offer non-Fellows
entrance or financial assistance
Clinton School of Public Service
This is a professional school that offers a Masters
of Public Service (MPS) degree. Click here
to read an introductory letter from Bob Torval about
this school.
Unite For Sight
(www.uniteforsight.org)
is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Volunteers prescribe
eyeglasses, screen for eye disease and coordinate
and fund diagnosis, treatment, and surgery by doctors
in developing countries. Volunteers also implement
Train the Trainer programs for teachers and educate
children and adults about eye health and ways to prevent
blindness. If you are interested please contact JStaple
@ uniteforsight.org. The Unite For Sight International
Opportunities Manual and Application can be downloaded
at http://uniteforsight.org/intl_medvolunteer.php.
Free lodging at the Chinquapin Hill B&B,
Ramer, TN
Owner Willard Summers will only charge $20 to RPCV's
(which is slightly less than what they pay to put
you up, so it really is free). Contact them at:
www.bedandbreakfastwesttennessee.com
polin-m @ yandex.ru
731-645-5860
In addition, they are searching for RPCV's who can
serve as translators for international guests, which
may be done via phone from your home. You would be
paid when they use your services. Please contact Willard
if you are interested.
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