Service Disrupted
Author: Tyler E. Lloyd
Publisher:
Published: 2017-07-25
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780692922200
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When the World Calls
Author: Stanley Meisler
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2012-02-07
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0807050512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the World Calls is the first complete and balanced look at the Peace Corps’s first fifty years. Revelatory and candid, journalist Stanley Meisler’s engaging narrative exposes Washington infighting, presidential influence, and the Volunteers’ unique struggles abroad. He deftly unpacks the complicated history with sharp analysis and memorable anecdotes, taking readers on a global trek starting with the historic first contingent of Volunteers to Ghana on August 30, 1961. In the years since, in spite of setbacks, the ethos of the Peace Corps has endured, largely due to the perseverance of the 200,000 Volunteers themselves, whose shared commitment to effect positive global change has been a constant in one of our most complex—and valued—institutions.
It Depends
Author: Kelly Branyik
Publisher: Write with Light Publications LLC
Published: 2017-08-30
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 9780980236675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt Depends" is a Peace Corps guide dedicated to present and future volunteers preparing for their first, second, or even third Peace Corps Journey. The title was inspired by the phrase often used by Peace Corps staff when volunteers asked questions about what to expect during their service. The Peace Corps staff always settled on the same answer, "It Depends." This guide draws from past volunteers' individual experiences as well as the author's personal journey and presents real stories, ideas, experiences, and advice on how to make the most of the Peace Corps lifestyle, experience, and journey. The author will take you through the Peace Corps life from start to finish, from considering Peace Corps to closing out your service. This guide is short, informative, fun, and will get any person considering Peace Corps excited to start the adventure and assist current volunteers in finding their next passion in life once their passion for Peace Corps has been completed.
Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States
Author: Seung-Kyung Kim
Publisher: Center for Korea Studies Publications
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780295748122
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Among the scholars who have built the field of Korean studies are former Peace Corps volunteers who served in South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s before pursuing advanced degrees in anthropology, history, and literature. These scholars, who formed the core of the second generation of Korean Studies scholars in the US, reflect in this volume on their personal experience of serving during Korea's period of military dictatorship, on issues of gender and the Peace Corps experience, and on how random assignment to Korea sparked fascination and led to lifelong professional involvement with the country. Two chapters by Korean studies scholars who were not Peace Corps volunteers (one American and one Korean) assess how Peace Corps volunteers have influenced development of the field"--
The Peace Corps Volunteer's Handbook
Author: Travis Hellstrom
Publisher: Hatherleigh Press
Published: 2019-02-26
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1578266467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTHE PEACE CORPS MAY BE “THE TOUGHEST JOB YOU’LL EVER LOVE,” BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO LEARN THAT THE HARD WAY. The Peace Corps Volunteer’s Handbook is both your guide and your companion. Learn from the experiences of outstanding former Volunteers, while cataloging your own experiences with the Peace Corps from the very beginning of your service to the end. Designed to be with you each step of the way—from applying to Peace Corps, starting your service, adjusting to your host country, and making your way home again—this handbook combines the best parts of a guidebook with all the creativity of a personal journal. This is the handbook every Peace Corps Volunteer wishes for, something no one has provided before—a chance to set down on paper all the amazing experiences the Peace Corps has to offer, right next to the memories of the Volunteers who came before. What are you waiting for?
Voices from the Peace Corps
Author: Angene Hopkins Wilson
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2011-04-08
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 0813129753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on more than one hundred oral history interviews, [this title] follows the the experiences of Kentuckians who chose to live and work in other countries around the world, fostering close, lasting relationships with the people they served. -- jacket.
Peace Corps Experience: Write and Publish Your Memoir
Author: Lawrence F. Lihosit
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2012-03-06
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781469760889
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTell your Peace Corps story, but first study this book. Robert Klein, Peace Corps Oral History Project, Kennedy Library The ultimate how-to book for former Peace Corps volunteers and staff who have hesitated to write about their own experience. This book explains what a memoir is, how to write, publish and promote.
A Life Inspired
Author:
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2005-12-31
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains a collection of autobiographical reminiscences written by about 28 former Peace Corps volumteers.
Unofficial Peace Corps Volunteer Handbook
Author: Travis Hellstrom
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 0557570980
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLiving Poor; a Peace Corps Chronicle
Author: Moritz Thomsen
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780295969282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt 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
