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What contribution would it make? In an ever-changing world, Peace Corps Volunteers have met new challenges with innovation, creativity, determination, and compassion. From AIDS education to emerging technologies to environmental preservation to new market economies, Peace Corps Volunteers have helped people build better lives for themselves. Their work in villages, towns, and cities around the globe represents a legacy of service that has become a significant part of America’s history and positive image abroad. What sorts of products or services could it produce? The studies demonstrate the Volunteers' ability to build local capacity and illustrate the transformation in host country nationals' understanding of Americans after working with a …show more content…
Innovation Peace Corps Volunteers today employ modern technology and tools to work in new ways with host country communities. Inspiring Careers The Peace Corps is a life-defining leadership experience and launching pad for a 21st century career. Peace Corps Times The Peace Corps Times is a semiannual publication for Volunteers in the field. Revamped in 2014, it provides news and information from headquarters, posts, and Volunteers. How would it allow me and my personal vision to flourish (grow)? The Peace Corps is committed to truly becoming a learning organization, one in which Peace Corps Volunteers, host country partners, and staff can learn new ways to increase their effectiveness. Evaluation is a key tool in this process to support evidenced-based decision-making and wise stewardship of the agency's resources. The regular and systematic use of evaluations demonstrates the degree to which the Peace Corps is achieving its Strategic Goals. The use of evaluation findings allows the Peace Corps to understand its contributions to both the development goals of its partners and to building mutual cultural understanding. Inspiring Careers Today's Peace Corps is creating a new generation of leaders that will make America stronger at home and across the globe. Volunteers who credit their Peace Corps experience with helping them develop the skills, resolve and ingenuity to chart their own course and inspire

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