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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

Peace Corps Volunteers

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