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Mission and Goals
To promote world peace and friendship by helping The people of interested countries in meeting
their need for trained men and women Promote a better understanding of Americans
on the part of the peoples served Promote a better understanding of other
peoples on the part of Americans
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Volunteer Programs
Figures based on data as of 9/30/07Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding
Education
36%
Health &HIV/AID
S21%
BusinessDevelopme
nt15%
Environment
14%
Youth6%
Agriculture5%
Other4%
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Volunteer Diversity
Active Volunteers and trainees: 8,079
Gender: 59% women, 41% men
Marital status: 93% single, 7% married
Minorities: 17% of Volunteers
Average age: 27 years Volunteers over age
50: 5% (oldest Volunteer is 80)
Age Distribution
Statistics based on data as of 9/30/07
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Volunteer Locations
Inactive CountriesActive Countries
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Approaches to Development Programming
Top Down
Policy Makers
Implementing
Organizations
Target
Populations
Bottom Up
Policy Makers
ServiceOrganizations
RepresentativeOrganizations
Families and
Communities
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Capacity Building Levels
• Individual members and leaders of a community
• Organizations (including businesses and NGOs)
• Professionals and other Intermediary Service Providers
• Communities as a whole
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Approaches to Development
ProgrammingAppreciative
Inquiry Appreciating and Valuing
“Identify What Works Well”
Envisioning“What Might Be”
Design“Build on What Works
Well”
Delivery
Problem Solving
“Felt Need”Identification of
Problem
Analysis of Causes
Analysis of Possible
Solutions
Action Planning
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Designing Projects
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Host-Country National Priorities
Local Needsand Resources
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and Resources
We orient and train Volunteers to work where these conditions overlap
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Looking at the Education Sector
I. Teaching Students (math, science, TEFL, literacy)
2. Capacity Building for Teachers (Team-teaching, University Teacher Training, In-service workshops communities of practice)
3. Organizational Strengthening (resource development, education administration, professional networks)
4. Community Development (school~community links, extra-curricular projects e.g., big brother/sister projects, life skills, ICT training courses, leadership camps)
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• The Small Enterprise Development (SED) sector of Peace Corps is composed of projects in the following areas: Business Development Community Development Municipal Development NGO/Organizational Development
• Many SED projects around the world have components of more than one sub sector
What is SED?
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SED Volunteer Outreach - 2007
• Peace Corps has 51 Small Enterprise Development projects in 47 countries.
• In 2007, the 1,312 SED Volunteers reached: 6,016 Communities 6,549 Organizations 46,343 men 52,245 women 51,186 boys (under age 25) 55,937 girls (under age 25) 18,030 service providers
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Environment and Agriculture Sectors
Region Countries Ag. Env.
Africa 14 5 15
Europe, Mediterranean, Asia (EMA)
4 0 4
Inter-America and Pacific (IAP)
15 8 14
TOTAL 13 29
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Agriculture Project Areas
• Crop Extension
• Apiculture
• Agribusiness
• Fisheries
• Post-Harvest Activities
• Animal Husbandry
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Environment Project Areas
• Environmental Education
• Environmental Awareness
• Ecotourism
• Natural Resources Management
• Agroforestry/forestry
• Parks and Wildlife
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Health Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
• Behavior Change and Communication
• Food and Nutrition
• Health Workers and Peer Educators
• Malaria/Mosquito-borne illnesses
• Maternal and Child Health
• Men's Health
• Organizational Development
• Reproductive Health
• School-Based Health
• Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
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Contributing to the Global Response to HIV/AIDS
Ed: HIV/AIDS in Science and English lessons, TOT with teachers, Life Skills clubs, materials development for the deaf community
Wat/San: Hygiene education, improved water sources and latrines for PLWA and OVC
Ag/Env: HIV prevention with farmers, permaculture, nutrition education for PLWA, OVC and caregivers
SED/ICT: IGA for PLWA, vocational training for OVC, capacity building of HIV-focused NGOs, development of M&E systems
Health: Capacity building of community health workers and caregivers, nutrition counseling, life skills education, MTCT and VCT promotion
Youth: Teaching Life Skills; HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention through clubs, camps and sports events; peer education; strengthening youth-focused NGOs
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Youth Development: Areas of Action
Healthy Lifestyles- Life Skills and Family Life Training- Sports, arts music and theater- Early Parenting- Wellness, including HIV/AIDS prevention- Substance Abuse prevention
World of Work
- Pre-Employment Preparation- Entrepreneurship training- ICT literacy and technical skills
Active Citizenship- Service-learning in schools and communities- Environmental Action
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Questions?Randy Adams
radams@peacecorps.gov
Jesse Buff jbuff@peacecorps.gov
Kathy Jacquart
kjacquart@peacecorps.gov
Kate Raftery kraftery@peacecorps.gov
Peggy Seufertpseufert@peacecorps.gov