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Peace Corps

Known as: Peace Corps (U.S.) 
It was established in 1961 and made an independent agency in 1981. Its mission is to help the people of interested countries in meeting their need… 
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2016
2016
Why Waning Wars Wax; a Relook at the Failure of Arusha Peace Accord, the Peace Agreement-Implementation Gap and the Onset of the Rwandan Genocide.
The signing of peace agreement does not always end conflicts. Rather, dying conflicts have resurrected after the failure of peace… 
2016
2016
Road traffic injuries in Peace Corps Volunteers, 1996–2014
Introduction Road traffic injuries are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Travellers are at risk given… 
2011
2011
Broken American Heart: A History of Liberalism, Marxism and the Rise of the Weathermen in Students for a Democratic Society
2010
2010
"Sowing Death in Our Women's Wombs": Modernization and Indigenous Nationalism in the 1960s Peace Corps and Jorge Sanjinés' Yawar Mallku
This paper explores the centrality of gender and sexual politics to both 1960s modernization discourses and anti-imperialist… 
2009
2009
Using Peace Corps volunteers in community eye health
Initiating a community eye health programme in an unfamiliar culture and language can be a daunting task. This report focuses on… 
1996
1996
A New Beginning: The U.S. Peace Corps and South Africa: An Interview with Peace Corps Deputy Director Charles R. Baquet III
Since its inception in 1961, the Peace Corps has conducted the highest number of its operations (36 percent) on the African… 
1974
1974
Changes in young adults after peace corps experiences: Political-social views, moral reasoning, and perceptions of self and parents
A variety of changes in Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs), 43 men and 34 women, are reported. Analyses were based on assessments made… 
1968
1968
The World and the American Teacher: The Preparation of Teachers in the Field of World Affairs.
1966
1966
Health problems encountered by the Peace Corps overseas.
EARLY in the evolution of the Peace Corps, its director, Mr. Sargent Shriver, recognized the potentially serious health risks… 
Review
1965
Review
1965
The peace corps in Morocco
T tHAT Tunisia, and not Morocco, was the first North African country to ask for Peace Corps volunteers was not surprising… 
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