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.
Directory
of RPCV's
Crisis
Corps
Peace
Corps Encore! Program
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
hte 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.
Peace Corps Encore! Program |
Web:www.peacecorpsencore.org
Peace Corps Encore! is another opportunity for RPCVs
to serve or work abroad. This 501(c)3 organization
aims to link RPCV professionals with the needs of
NGOs in developing countries. Volunteers are deployed
for short-term assignments (generally from 3 weeks
to 3 months in length). Find out more from the following
documents. (
Adobe
Acrobat required)
Currently
there are over 70 jobs posted by employers looking
*specifically* for RPCVs. If we don't give those
employers some
responses we won't be able to keep bringing them
back to post those
jobs. But there is more. Visitors can view and post
to an events
calendar, follow links to articles and other job-related
Web sites, and
post and respond to discussion topics. It is an
interactive virtual
community that can support RPCVs in every stage
of their job search and
career development.
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
prompts to Foreign
Service Exam)
Order form for study guide
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)
International
Student Counselor at TTU
TTU is recruiting
RPCVs to be international student counselors at
its campus. Click here
for a letter giving more details.
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.
Translator
See below for interpretation
services at the Chinquapin Hill B&B in Ramer,
TN.
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 aboutthe 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. Click
here for more information.
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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