...Peace Corps presentation Draft Nancy Shin-Lan chang 4C Listing&Speaking 1.A Story of someone be helped by Peace Corps Image that you are a Young Asia Dancer who goes to American to share your traditional culture at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival as your first time in United States. Think about what a wonderful experience this could be, you could have….. To train skilled foreign volunteers and send them to foreign countries which need help in all parts of industries is what Peace Corps do. The Peace Corps' mission has three simple goals: * Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women. * Helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served. * Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. Peace Corps also send Americans university graduates to other countries for volunteering and spread freedom and peace spirits to other countries. Furthermore, through the volunteering, let other countries get to know America better. 2. History of Peace Corps Peace Corps was built by the prior US president John F. Kennedy in 1960 when Kennedy challenged the students at University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. With the inspiration, the federal government agency devoted to world peace and friendship by Peace Corps. Since 1961 to now, there are over 200,000 Americans have served in the...
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...Characteristics and Environments of a Human Service Organization The Peace Corps is a federally funded national organization that helps people in mostly third world countries with education, health, nutrition, youth development, and agricultural needs by means of volunteers (“Peace Corps”, 2012). The following will go into detail about this organizations vision, how it is staffed, who the stakeholders are, public relations, diversity, and environmental trends of the Peace Corps. Vision and Mission The vision and mission statement of the Peace Corps is very clear and simple. According to “Peace Corps” (2008), “The Peace Corps' mission has three simple goals: 1. Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women. 2. Helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served. 3. Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans” (About Us). Governed and Staffed The Peace Corps is a national organization that is governed and staffed by people who are dedicated leaders. The leadership involves not only a director and deputy director, but also is staffed globally by three different individuals which are regional directors in Africa, Asia, and Inter-America and the Pacific (“Peace Corps”, 2010). Although the Peace Corps is a national organization the U.S Government is part of the executive branch because this is a federal agency. The person that selects the directors is...
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...the missile arsenal. So he held a secret meeting with his cabinet for a few days to resolve the issues at hand. By 1963 there were signs of less tension between Russia and USA. President Kennedy urged Americans reexamine the cold war and called for a strategy of peace that would make the world a safer place for divisity "For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." On October 14, 1960, in the wee hours in the am, Senator John F. Kennedy spoke to a crowd of eager students at the University of Michigan at a presidential campaign speech. In his improvised speech, Kennedy asked, "How many of you, who are going to be doctors, are willing to spend your days in Ghana? Technicians or engineers how many of you are willing to work in the Foreign Service, and spend your lives traveling around the world?" His young audience responded to this speech well with a petition signed by a thousand students willing to serve abroad in the Peace Corp program. Kennedy asked R. Sargent Shriver, to direct a Peace Corps Task Force. Shriver outlined seven steps to forming the Peace Corps in a remembrance to Kennedy in February 1961. Tanganyika and Ghana were the first countries to participate in the program. President Kennedy welcomed the inaugural group of volunteers at the White House on August 28, 1961, to give them a personal farewell before...
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...Peace Corps Volunteers Speak Out on RapeBy SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Published: May 10, 2011 Recommend Twitter comments (17) Sign In to E-Mail Print Single Page Reprints Share Close LinkedinDiggMySpacePermalink. WASHINGTON — Jess Smochek arrived in Bangladesh in 2004 as a 23-year-old Peace Corps volunteer with dreams of teaching English and “helping the world.” She left six weeks later a rape victim after being brutalized in an alley by a knife-wielding gang. Enlarge This Image Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Times Jess Smochek, who was raped in Bangladesh in 2004, advocates for former Peace Corps volunteers who were sexually assaulted. Related Times Topic: Peace Corps Enlarge This Image Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Times From left, Kate Finn, Meg Long and Casey Frazee of First Response Action, an advocacy group for former volunteers. Readers' Comments Share your thoughts. Post a Comment » Read All Comments (17) » When she returned to the United States, the reception she received from Peace Corps officials was as devastating, she said, as the rape itself. In Bangladesh, she had been given scant medical care; in Washington, a counselor implied that she was to blame for the attack. For years she kept quiet, feeling “ashamed and embarrassed and guilty.” Today, Ms. Smochek is among a growing group of former Peace Corps volunteers who are speaking out about their sexual assaults, prompting scrutiny from Congress and...
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...(UACE)|St Kizito S.S, Bugolobi-Kampala| 2000 – 2003|Uganda Certificate of Education. (UCE)|St Joseph’s College, Layibi-Gulu| 1993 – 1999|Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE)|Bishop Angelo Negri Primary School| Biography Nono Denis, 29 Gulu, Uganda Denis has 3 years of experience in both the non-profit and government organizations in Uganda. Denis grew up in the middle of the 26-year Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) war that claimed thousands of lives in Northern Uganda. Denis joined the U.S Peace Corps in 2011 as a Cross Culture Facilitator representing Northern Uganda where he worked closely with 46 U.S Peace Corps volunteers. He was the only Facilitator selected to develop the Calendar of Training Events (COTE) and the Acholi Language Training Manual by the U.S Peace Corps, Directorate of Training and Development. In the last eight months, he was working for a World Bank Project coordinated and implemented at Gulu University, monitored by Tridos Facet (Netherlands) named “Consolidation of Peace through Strengthening Women Economic Associations in Northern Uganda” as a Project Officer (Women’s...
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...he simple fact is, Mr. Ambassador, that average Americans, in their natural state, if you will excuse the phrase, are the best ambassadors a country can have,” a Filipino minister tells an American official. “They are not suspicious, they are eager to share their skills, they are generous. But something happens to most Americans when they go abroad. Many of them are not average . . . they are second-raters.” Published in 1958, the book is often confused with another cold-war-era novel set in Southeast Asia, “The Quiet American,” which appeared in 1955. Yet “The Ugly American,” which depicted the struggle against insurgent Communism in the fictional nation of Sarkhan, was the bigger success, spending 76 weeks on the best-seller list and selling roughly five million copies. Writing in the Book Review, the veteran correspondent Robert Trumbull called it a “devastating indictment of American policy” and a “source of insight into the actual, day-by-day byplay of present titanic political struggle for Asia.” The novel is a series of linked sketches of real people that Lederer, a Navy captain who served as special assistant to the commander in chief of United States forces in the Pacific and Asian theater, and Burdick, a political scientist, encountered overseas during the buildup to Vietnam. The book was originally commissioned by W. W. Norton as nonfiction, but an editor suggested it might be more effective as a novel. “What we have written is not just an angry dream,” the authors...
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...3 Ways to Pitch Yourself in 30 Seconds by Jodi Glickman | 10:03 AM October 8, 2009 * ------------------------------------------------- Comments (27) * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | People often think of the elevator pitch as something you use when you’re interviewing for a new job or trying to raise capital for a new venture. The elevator pitch, however, is no less important once you’ve got the job as it is when you’re looking. In fact, your personal 30-second spiel about who you are, how you’re different, and why you’re memorable is arguably more important once you’ve landed that great position or won the support of investors and now interact with senior colleagues and important clients regularly. A managing director on Wall Street once told me of a summer associate who made an uncharacteristically strong impression on senior leadership during a welcoming cocktail party. Within days, the managing director received numerous calls from senior partners advising him to “make sure she gets the attention and resources she needs to succeed this summer.” The young woman’s career has been on the fast track ever since. So what can you possibly say over canapés and white wine to create so many powerful advocates so quickly and effectively? Think through the following ideas before you craft your pitch: 1. Have a compelling...
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...CHARLES MARTIN IN UGANDA Purpose How operations differ from country to country due to different laws and regulations internationally. Discussion Internationally other countries have different laws. In this article they discuss how using different ways to approach a company internationally works, by comparing Charles Marin and James Green. Martin had a taste of the Ugandan culture because he went to African after he graduated college for the Peace Corps where as James Green did not have a taste of the African culture and had more of a US based culture and was not open to both as much as Martin was. Question 1: Describe Ugandan cultural attributes that might affect the operations of a foreign company doing business there. Comment: For the most part business in Uganda would be very different. They have a much different working style then here in the United States. Uganda has a few cultural attributes that might affect operations of a foreign company operating in Uganda. Starting off language gets in the way because Uganda is a country that has various types of religions and languages. As indicated in the article on page two “English is the official language, but many people speak only an indigenous language—mainly Bantu or Nilotic languages.” This may result in miscommunication because the company may not be able to interconnect with the citizens of the area. Also religion results in numerous types of controversies around the world and Uganda has many different religions...
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...dysentery, typhoid and hepatitis, as well as skin and eye diseases. Also, they have a constant problem of rolling blackouts. Even though most places have backup generators, they still their problems are starting to get them involve in lawsuits. The American Peace Corps could do a lot to solve these problems. For example, they could work with the natives to get clean supply of piped water to individual houses or, at least, to neighborhoods by sending a Water Systems Engineer. This would make drinking water safe and reduce infections. In addition, the Peace Corps could also provide an Electrical Systems Engineer who could also work with Dominican Republic engineers to get adequate power to their homes and businesses. If the Peace Corps took these steps, the result would be a safer, healthier environment for the Dominican Republic. Furthermore, the improvements would also lead to increased employment opportunities in areas such as construction, water department, and power and electrical department. This also could establish better relations for trade with the Dominican Republic. Even though people think of its Government as corrupt, that doesn’t mean the people should be punished. Resources: 1. . (n.d) from Peace Corps Web Site: https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/ASP/TG/cim_jobdetail.asp?SID=^NS6DDsh1HmsV38KudszkZKpjzNui5XRLXp8fMVuS_slp_rhc_kYesCT4gPy51xWrDHN5JwSk&jobId=140182&type=hotjobs&JobReqLang=1&JobSiteId=5174&JobSiteInfo=140182_5174&GQId=1065 ...
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...Persuasive Speech Ideas Having problems coming up with a topic? Here are a few questions to ask yourself for inspiration. Remember that your topic should be something important to you. This is not a complete list of ideas! Be creative and let your interests guide you. 1. Should marijuana be legalized? 2. Should instructors teach morality? 3. Should college athletes be paid? 4. Is affirmative action fair? 5. Should the Greek system remain on college campuses? 6. Are professional athletes overpaid? 7. Do you support recreational hunting? 8. Do you believe in euthanasia? 9. Should sex education be left to parents? 10. Should knowingly transmitting an STD be punishable by law? 11. Should condoms be given out at school? 12. Should RU-486 be allowed in the U.S.? 13. Should gay marriage be legal? 14. Do you believe in gun control? 15. Should there be regulation of the internet? 16. Do video games instill violent behavior? 17. Do you approve of capital punishment? 18. Should the current drinking age be lowered (or raised)? 19. Are mandatory attendance policies justified in college classrooms? 20. Should cell phone use be banned in vehicles? ... restricted in public places? 21. Do you believe that intelligent life exists on other worlds? 22. Should evolution be taught in schools? 23. Is affirmative action still needed in the workplace? 24. Should you become an organ donor? 25. Does...
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...It was a sunny day in Limpopo, South Africa, and a fourth grader named Papi had just joined a school for the very first time. Papi was a shy learner who sat in the back always trying to isolate himself because of his illiteracy. One day, a Peace Corps Volunteer gained the privilege of teaching him. She taught him with excellent patience and care. Papi was also a fast learner, as he took less time to learn new things. A few days later, the volunteer handed Papi a book that said: “For Grade 2” on the cover. As Papi was a fourth grader, it made him frustrated and caused him to look back on the important education he missed when he was younger. He started to think that all of his hard work was nothing but waste as he was not going to get anywhere...
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...As a second generation Haitian-American, I was fortunate enough to experience and live in the rural parts of Haiti for a few years during my childhood. Since then, I have a longing desire to experience adventure and see the world, not solely as a traveling bystander, yet for the opportunity to go, see, and be of servitude to humankind. Serving in the Peace Corps is the best opportunity to fill this void in my life, therefore it is after thorough research that I have come to the conclusion that the Peace Corps would be the perfect fit for me and my passions. As humans, there are some emotions that we might experience that we are unable to describe because there isn't any terminology for it. A man named John Koenig created an original definition...
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...Imagine a world with no war, no disease, no pain. Society strives towards an ideal of perfection, Every human advancement is another step towards this ideal that societies play into. Ethical systems and morals construct a path to this perfect world society has envisioned. The United Nation fosters peace between countries to avoid catastrophic nuclear wars and genocide. The Peace Corps works to advance vulnerable third world countries to improve the lives of the people. In a perfect world genocide would never happen. A perfect world does not exist, but if in the future engineers and coders created a virtual reality in which no problems existed I would not willingly submerge myself into illusion. Eudaimonism is a moral philosophy that defines...
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...The story of a Journey of a lifetime Last week friday on October 30th,2015 a women by the name of Mrs.Fynewever paid a visit to Grand Rapids Christian. At Grand Rapids Christian in Mrs.Roth’s classroom she talked about how she joined the Peace Corps and was sent to Nepal and the things that she did and had happened while she was there. Now before I recap on what she told us about her time in Nepal I must first tell you about the Peace Corps and give you some foundation. Mrs.Fynewever told us that the reason she chose to join the Peace Corps was because she wanted to change the world, herself and to have an adventure that would help her find and grow deeper in her faith. Now Mrs.Fynewever told us that there three goals for the Peace Corp and...
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...establishment of the Peace Corps, and the United States’s inclusion in the Korean War demonstrate liberty. Other events, like the Brown v. Board of Education court case, the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 demonstrates America’s core value of equality. And still more events, like World War II, the Miranda v. Arizona court case, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott demonstrates...
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