 The
Peace Corps mission hasn't changed since the agency was formally authorized
by Congress in 1961 to "promote world peace and friendship."
The Peace Corps has three goals: to help the people of interested
countries in meeting their need for trained men and women; to help
promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples
served; to help promote a better understanding of other peoples on
the part of Americans. |
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Janauary, Nepali school children celebrate Saraswati Puja in honor
of Saraswati, the Goddess of Education. These statues, straw skeletons
covered with sculpted clay, are taken to every school and place of
learning where they are painted and covered in bright clothing. For
two or three days the statues are left at the schools in a makeshift
shrine and daily prayers are performed. At the conclusion of the ceremony,
the statues are paraded to scared ponds and rivers. |
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 PCV
Bill Sansone served in Nepal from 1998 to 2000. He was posted with
Janakpur municipality as a Youth Development volunteer. Two of the
programs that he was responsible for conducting were the UNICEF vitamin
A and Polio Vaccine programs. Polio has been eliminated from most
of the world; the only remaining reservoirs of virus transmission
are in west, central, and the Horn of Africa, and south Asia. Twice
a year, Bill help to mobilize Janakpur’s 16 ward offices to
administer polio vaccine and vitamin A to all children under five. |
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See also:
www.peacecorps.gov