Peace Corps Victim
Peace Corps Victim

Author: Patrick Shea

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2024-05-31

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1038308151

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Witness the harrowing true story of an idealistic American Volunteer who ventured into the heart of Eastern Europe with the honorable intention of serving in the United States Peace Corps. What awaited him in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia was a nightmare difficult to comprehend. Struggling to aid the people he came to help, he found himself targeted by those he least expected, nearly killed by locals, assaulted by a fellow volunteer, and ensnared in a web of psychological manipulation orchestrated by a Peace Corps Country Director with sinister ties to military intelligence and the CIA. As he battled to uphold the values he believed in, he encountered a shocking reality: the Peace Corps, an institution revered for its humanitarian efforts, was concealing a dark underbelly of corruption and negligence. With courage and determination, he embarked on a mission to expose the truth. Witness the exposure of a Peace Corps Cover-Up and the illegal activities conducted by the Peace Corps to silence victims. Peace Corps Victim is a searing indictment of an organization meant to embody compassion and humanitarian aid, revealing instead a culture of deceit and betrayal. Denied the medical care he desperately needed, abandoned by those entrusted with his well-being, he teetered on the brink of despair. Through this courageous whistleblower's account, witness the staggering cost of service in the Peace Corps, a journey marred by deception, manipulation, and the relentless fight for justice. This is the raw, unfiltered truth behind the glossy façade — a chilling warning to the international community and all volunteers that the Peace Corps abuses victims.

Speak: The Graphic Novel
Speak: The Graphic Novel

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1466897872

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The bestselling, award-winning modern classic Speak is now a stunning graphic novel—adapted by Laurie Halse Anderson herself and brought to life visually by Eisner Award winner Emily Carroll. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, an outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops. Now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, Melinda becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether. Only her art class offers any solace, and it is through her work on an art project that she is finally able to face what really happened at that terrible party: she was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Her healing process has just begun when she has another violent encounter with him. But this time Melinda fights back—and refuses to be silent. The groundbreaking National Book Award Finalist and Michael L. Printz Honor Book about consent, healing, and finding your voice comes alive for new audiences and fans of the original novel in Speak: The Graphic Novel.

American Taboo
American Taboo

Author: Philip Weiss

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-03-17

Total Pages: 619

ISBN-13: 0061969923

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In 1975, a new group of Peace Corps volunteers landed on the island nation of Tonga. Among them was Deborah Gardner -- a beautiful twenty-three-year-old who, in the following year, would be stabbed twenty-two times and left for dead inside her hut. Another volunteer turned himself in to the Tongan police, and many of the other Americans were sure he had committed the crime. But with the aid of the State Department, he returned home a free man. Although the story was kept quiet in the United States, Deb Gardner's death and the outlandish aftermath took on legendary proportions in Tonga. Now journalist Philip Weiss "shines daylight on the facts of this ugly case with the fervor of an avenging angel" (Chicago Tribune), exposing a gripping tale of love, violence, and clashing ideals. With bravura reporting and vivid, novelistic prose, Weiss transforms a Polynesian legend into a singular artifact of American history and a profoundly moving human story.

To Establish Policies and Procedures in the Peace Corps to Provide for the Safety and Security of Volunteers from Rape and Sexual Assault, and for Other Purposes; and to Amend the Peace Corps Act to Require Sexual Assault Risk-reduction and Response Training, the Development of Sexual Assault Protocol and Guidelines, the Establishment of Victims Advocates, the Establishment of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for Other Purposes
To Establish Policies and Procedures in the Peace Corps to Provide for the Safety and Security of Volunteers from Rape and Sexual Assault, and for Other Purposes; and to Amend the Peace Corps Act to Require Sexual Assault Risk-reduction and Response Training, the Development of Sexual Assault Protocol and Guidelines, the Establishment of Victims Advocates, the Establishment of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for Other Purposes

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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The Unheard
The Unheard

Author: Josh Swiller

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Published: 1918

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13:

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Describes one young man's efforts to reconcile his deafness in an unforgiving, hearing world by undertaking a two-year sojourn in a remote village in Zambia as a Peace Corps volunteer, where he finds a remarkable world marked by both beauty and violence.

Living Poor; a Peace Corps Chronicle
Living Poor; a Peace Corps Chronicle

Author: Moritz Thomsen

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780295969282

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At the age of 48, Moritz Thomsen sold his pig farm and joined the Peace Corps. As he tells the story, his awareness of the comic elements in the human situation--including his own--and his ability to convey it in fast-moving, earthy prose have madeLiving Poora classic. "Hilariously funny at times, grimly sad at others and elavened with perceptive insights into the ways of the people and with breathtaking descriptions of the Ecuadorian landscape."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Boy with Four Names
The Boy with Four Names

Author: Doris Rubenstein

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2021-06-21

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1663223394

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Between 1933 and the end of World War II, over 3,000 Jews from countries all across Europe fled what was an almost certain death there to find freedom and safety in a small country in South America. Most of them had never heard of it before there was nowhere else to run: Ecuador. Some left for the U.S. or Israel after five or ten years. Others decided to make it their permanent home. Today, there are less than 1,000 Jews still living in Ecuador. Why did they decide to stay? Each family’s story is different. Every single person has their own, unique memories of their early days in Ecuador. The Boy with Four Names is the story of one family, and one boy who ended up with four names. You will enjoy this book whether you’re thirteen or sixty-three!

Peace Corps, the Next 50 Years
Peace Corps, the Next 50 Years

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics Affairs

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

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Good Morning, Mr. Paul
Good Morning, Mr. Paul

Author: Paul Burghdorf

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1449770924

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Good Morning, Mr. Paul is a memoir of a young Peace Corps volunteer following President John F. Kennedy's challenge to serve his country by serving others between 1963 and 1965. While Mr. Paul is coaching Indonesian athletes for the 1964 Olympic Games and teaching at the University of Sriwidjaja, his idealistic desire to serve is tempered when he faces resistance and threats from the communists fomenting civil unrest at that time in Indonesia's history. The reader will also live with Mr. Paul as he experiences cultural adjustments, romance, embarrassing surprises, humorous events, and life-and-death situations as he struggles to fulfill his commitment to the Peace Corps, the Indonesian people, and himself. Perhaps more significantly, Good Morning, Mr. Paul is about a young American with a limited world view, learning that people are far more important than things; that the measure of a man, even an athlete, lies not in his physical strength but in his courage to continue when there seems little hope; that there is a higher calling to serve others, rather than to be served; that faith is real.