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"Bringing
The World Back Home"
CAPCA's Peace Corps Links
A comprehensive guide to Peace Corps related resources on the internet
Please e-mail us with bad
links or suggest new one
1. National Peace Corps Sites
2. Regional RPCV Groups
3. Peace Corps Sites by Country
4. RPCV Country of Service Groups
5. Peace Corps News Groups and Mailing Lists
6. University Peace Corps Sites
7. Miscellaneous Peace Corps Sites
- Official Peace Corps Home Page A wealth of information about Peace Corps and how to join.
- Kids World Explore the globe and learn about making a difference as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
- RCPV's for Environment and Development "To promote awareness of global environmental protection anddevelopment that is culturally appropriate while environmentally sustainable."
- Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual RPCV Home Page "We exist to promote Peace Corps ideals & acceptance of gays, lesbians and bisexuals throughout the world." Lots of content.
- The Peace Gallery presents hundreds of images from around the world as seen through the cameras of Peace Corps volunteers.
- The RPCV Writer's and Reader's Newsletter An excellent Peace Corps bibliography, information for PC writers, and content and subscription info for the print newsletter.
- The RPCV Market The RPCV Market is an online store featuring products of interest to the returned volunteer community. We stock RPCV group merchandise, regional specialties, and Peace Corps memorabilia.
- Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
- Chicago Area Peace Corps Association
- Columbia/ Jefferson City Area Peace Corps Association
- Columbia River Peace Corps Association
- Gulf Coast Council of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
- Peace Corps Alumni/ Los Angeles
- Southeast Michigan Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
- Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of New Jersey
- Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Greater New York
- North Carolina Peace Corps Association
- Northern Illinois RPCVs
- Philidelphia Area Peace Corps Association
- Rhode Island Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
- Sacramento Valley Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
- San Diego Peace Corps Association
- Washington State Peace Corps Association
- Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Washington, DC
Peace Corps Sites by Country
Friends of the Republique
Islamique de Mauritanie Friends of the Republique Islamique de Mauritanie
(FORIM) was founded in January, 1996. FORIM is a not-for-profit, apolitical
organization, whose members share the common bond of Mauritania. FORIM
is an inclusive organization whose purpose is social, education, and developmental.
Peace Corps In Bolivia-
Lovelace's Adventures Photo-essay by Jeff Lovelace.
Unofficial
Peace Corps Bolivia Website Resource center for anything related
to Peace Corps Bolivia. It is a place for PCVs and RPCVs to get together,
trade info, swap stories, and whatever else. It is also place friends
and family and anyone else to get info about Peace Corps Bolivia and Bolivia
in general.
Peace Corps Training
for Columbia '67 Nice idea. Darrell Swarens includes a large number
of photos of his fellows volunteers.
Jared's
Peace Corps Experience-Dominican Republic "Detailed information on
my work, many photos of family, friends, and life in the Dominican Republic.
Various links to the DR."
Encounter with
HIV in Ecuador A serious discussion of AIDS education from an article
by a PCV.
The Amazing Eritrea
Peace Corps Page "A place created by and for Eritrea Returned Peace
Corps Volunteers, but everyone is more than welcome to come join the fun!
Pictures, stories, links, PCQuest, poems, the fun never ends!"
Experiences of a Peace Corps
Beekeeper in Fiji Good descriptions, photos and bee info.
Peace Corps: Fiji 76 &
Tuvalu 17 The home page of Peace Corps group Fiji 76 & Tuvalu
17.
Maison
Monghidi - Oye le Gabon!
Maison Monghidi is dedicated to Returned
Peace Corps Volunteers from Gabon. Address book of friends of Gabon, a
free Gabon chat room and message board, and information on les Gabonais,
photos, tales, and home news.
Letter
from the Gambia contains several brief excerpts from a PCV.
Thomas Anderson- Ghana,
This site provides a picture and some brief information on the town of
Wa where he served.
Peace Corps Volunteer,
Health and Sanitation-Ghana is an extensive interview with a volunteer
in Ghana.
Jeanette Bettes-
Guatemala. Photos and notes from a current PCV..
Corona's Guinea-Bissau
Page Returning to Guinea-Bissau in a time of war.
RPCVs' Amigos
de Honduras Honduras RPCVs come together to get information about
post-Mitch Honduras and to discuss strategies for long-term rebuiling
All Things Kenyan "A Peace
Corps Volunteer's memories of Kenya. Art, Currency, Food,
Language, Maps, Music, Pictures, Stamps, Stories.
Karibu!"
The Science Geek and Kenya Page
"The home page for Science Geek, a cross-continental zine documenting
the Peace Corps service of Doug Larkin. Ordering information and writing
from the zine can be found on the site."
Courtney Brown- Kenya Don't
miss this facinating site! Photos and recollections of Peace Corps plus
very interesting personal stuff.
Slackers, or,
Daudi and MaBwana-Kenya is the tale of a bus driver's trip to visit
his cousin serving in the Peace Corps.
Peace Corps
Kyrgyzstan Home Page a web site (with some beautiful photos)
created by current PCVs, and hosted by an internet server in their country
of service.
Kyrgyzstan Opinion Page
Photos, links and opinions.
The Best of The Black Flag
Newsletter A wry look at the darker side of life in the FSU (Former
Soviet Union) by volunteers from Latvia.
Lesotho Peace Corp Evacuation
Story of Faye Farmer,Peace Corp volunteer evacuated from Lesotho during
unrest and South African invasion.
Peace
Corp Experiences Liberia This is a few short stories of events during
my PC service. These events had a profound effect on me.
Amy Collick- Madagascar.
current PCV. Description of service and photos..
Ted Pack's Web Page- Malaysia
Short stories from my PCV service in Sarawak, Malaysia, 1970 - 1972
My
Peace Corps Mauritania Experience "letters I wrote to my family as
a PCV in Mauritania. Includes pictures as well as advice to new volunteers
(going to Mauritania as well as other countries)."
The
World in Its Extreme-Mauritania an article that appeared in the Atlantic
Monthly in 1991, spends some time discussing the problems of the Peace
Corps in Mauritania.
Lost
in the Sahara-Morocco Jeffrey Tayler tells how “a freak sandstorm
turns a simple desert excursion into a desperate drive.”
Along the Banks of the Okavango
Kimberly Chulis describes the highs and lows of her experience in Namibia.
An interesting story- includes photos.
A Window Into Nepal
is a joint effort of four RPCVs who served in Nepal between 1993 and 1996.
Extensive, educational site with lots of photos, descriptions and other
info.
Peace Corps Projects
in Nepal from the American Embassy in Nepal, has info on programs
and photos.
African Journey-
Nigeria A documentary of the author's 2 1/2 years as a volunteer (1961-1963)
in the Peace Corps in Nigeria, West Africa. It includes an account of
the 3 month, 10,000 mile motorcycle trip through much of Africa following
Peace Corps service.
Joel Alexander's Travel Page
"Many pictures from past trips as well as information on becoming and
life as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Papua New Guinea."
11
de Setiembre: afterthoughts to a Peace Corps tour- Paraguay
Photos, links and more regarding Peace Corps/Paraguay
Killer Beekeeper-Paraguay
Pictures of my time in Paraguay as a beekeeping volunteer.
Rzeszow, Unofficial Motto:
There Are Worse Places In Poland A very good site with photos and
extensive descriptions of daily life.
Welcome to my Korpus Pokoju
Page-Poland Louisa Edgerton offers photos and description of service.
With the Peace Corps on St.
Vincent Ron Bracy offers a description of service and photos.
Peace Corps Senegal
Photo Album Good photos and descriptions.
Peace Corps Senegal Daniel
Owens offers a slide show of beautiful photos with short descriptions.
Senegal: A Peace Corps
Odyssey Patricia Pecoy created an excellent site with a view of Peace
Corps life in the 1960's. Includes photos, links and interesting commentary.
Bernie Dodge-Sierra
Leone personal page includes pictures and recollections of
Peace Corps.
Sierra Leone Group
IV and Friends Includes an RPCV database called salone.net and reunion
information.
The Sierra Leone
RPCV Network A directory of Sierra Leone RPCVs. Catagorized by years
of service, many people have left interesting posts describing their experiences.
Sierra Leone Web Peter Anderson
offers a wealth of information including news, politics, culture, directories,
links, stories and photos.
Slovakia "April Brooks,
one of Middle School 88's (Brooklyn, NY) English teachers, is in Slovakia
serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Our students in Slovakia and the US
will chronicle our experiences in words and pictures." Includes photos
and letters.
My Experience in Slovakia
Sarah Kathryn Baish offers a brief description of her service.
Matt and Carole's
Peace Corps Experience: Solomon Islands, '98-2001 Extensive site with
lots of photos and other info. Worth checking out.
NomadNet- Somalia Web page about
Somalia, the U.S. intervention there, and the failure of development and
humanitarian assistance
Swaziland - Mon Amour
A very well done site by Lowell Boileau. A slide show with short descriptions.
Clay Bazzel's PCV
experience in Tanzania Newspaper article.
Gustafson Girls in Tanzania
and Vietnam Site contains letters of life in and observations of Tanzania
by a current Peace Corps volunteer.
Peace Corps Life in Essan,
Thailand A jazzy site with good descriptions, photos, sound and links.
By Suzy Jones.
A Personal Epic
Kirk Greenway offers a lots of interesting stuff on his experiences
in Zaire and Thailand. Includes photos, stories and links.
What's
So Bad About Being Poor-Thailand, by noted social theorist and RPCV
Charles Murray, is a reflection based in part on his experience as a Peace
Corps volunteer in Thailand.
Amy Lester-Tonga
eight photos and accompanying text.
Denise Perreault'
Tunesian Imports former volunteer imports rugs to help village
where she served.
The Unofficial
Peace Corps Turkmenistan Internet Camel Stop and Chaihana Greg Lastowka's
outstanding and extensive site- lots of good stuff.
John
Deever's Peace Corps Ukraine Page Photos, links and impressive writings.
Our
Peace Corps Volunteer- Uganda PCV Melissa Webb's World Wise Schools
project with her mother's 3d grade class in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Created by the class, the site includes letters between Melissa and the
class, photos, and Ugandan nicknames that Melissa gave to each class member.
One of the 5%- Uzbekistan
Fred Denker offers descriptions of his service from the perspective of
an older volunteer
Cindy Chu's Peace
Corps Yemen Journal An excellent site with exciting stories.
Kiobo Kuimba Zaire/Democratic
Republic of Congo. Jenny Gronefeld's photos and description of service.
Basenjii Companion-Zaire
Site devoted to the Basenjii, "barkess dog of Africa" includes the story
of a PCV's experience with them plus photos.
A Personal Epic
Kirk Greenway offers a lots of interesting stuff on his experiences
in Zaire and Thailand. Includes photos, stories and links.
RPCV Country of Service Groups
Friends of the
Baltics
Friends of Cote
d'Ivoire
Friends of Lesotho
Friends of Liberia
Friends of Malawi
Friends of Mauritania
Friends of Morocco
Peace Corps
Panama Friends
Friends of Poland
Friends of Romania
Peace Corps News Groups and Mailing Lists
Subscribe to TogoNet, a
mailing list discussion group for Togo RPCVs
Peace Corps Fellows Program
The Fellows/USA program is for returned Volunteers who wish to pursue
master's degrees for reduced cost after their Peace Corps service. They
combine course work with working in underserved U.S. communities where
they not only help others but gain valuable on-the-job experience and
contacts in their field.
Peace Corps Master's
International Program
In cooperation with participating universities, Master's International
allows students an opportunity to combine Peace Corps service with graduate
studies. This collaborative effort provides host countries with highly
skilled Volunteers, while encouraging cross-cultural exchange on behalf
of Volunteers, the communities in which they serve, and participating
universities.
Miscellaneous Peace Corps Sites
The Corcoran High
School Peace Corps Partnership site describes an inspiring program
run by the International Relations club as a Syracus High School, in conjunction
with Roberts Elementary School. The group has raised over $65,000 for
small-scale development projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America for
14 years.
Global Volunteers This
group organizes Peace Corps-like vacations to a variety of countries.
Participants do development work for two weeks to a month.
One World, Our World Promotes a multimedia
school assembly program.
Peace Corps
Congressional Declaration of Purpose The official line from Congress.
Africana Bizarre Bazaare A site selling the Murdock ethnic map of Africa
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