PEACE CORPS LOOKS UNDER COUCH CUSHIONS FOR CHANGE
Topic: Dept. of State, Once in a Lifetime22. August 2008 |
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The Washington Post’s Christopher Lee reports on the Peace Corps recent string of cost-saving measures– including cutting 400 positions next year for the select service opportunity. The Peace Corps has a budget of about $330 million and hires about 8,000 volunteers a year to provide services across the world.
The problems now are that the Bush administration hasn’t given the Peace Corps added money and the budget is further constrained by the dropping value of the dollar overseas. Consequently, along with reducing volunteers, little expenses — like providing volunteers issues of Newsweek — are also being cut.
Politically, the Peace Corps enjoys bipartisan support. But it’s hardly been a staple of President Bush’s foreign policy.-MB
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Peace Corps volunteers not only do great work in the field, but when they come home they continue to make important contributions to our communities, to our country and the world.
The National Peace Corps Association has launched a national outreach and legislative campaign for a re-invigorated Peace Corps. To learn more about this campaign, visit its Web site at: http://www.morepeacecorps.org.
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