Peace Corps

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Term Paper Title	Peace Corps
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Peace Corps

1. Introduction

"Abundant Rewards." This is the
title of an essay that was written
by a Peace Corps volunteer, Laura
Stedman, on her reflections of her
work in Swaziland, serving as a
science teacher. The essay
discusses her students and what
turned out to be her most important
accomplishment, to give the
children confidence in themselves.
In this way she opened the door for
them to learn on their own, and to
feel that their opinions were
important. Once the children began
to share their own opinions, she
learned a large amount from them
also.

The essay I described above sums up
my interests in the Peace Corps. To
be able to help those less
fortunate than you, and in a very
concrete way. Unlike sending "two
dollars a month, to help a child,"
to some informercial, were you
never really see the results, or
are to involved with them either.
You also don’t get the amazing
experience of learning about a
country’s culture and customs. Most
importantly, through the Peace
Corps you are able to go through
the enriching experience of
interacting with people, in which
case you both learn from each other
a great deal, and help each other
along the path of life. On a side
note, through the Peace Corps we
also show that the US is not the
"bully of the world" (as Saddam
would like to claim). That some of
us Americans, if not most, do care
about all people, not just
ourselves.

2. Background and Support

Peace Corps is a volunteer service,
in which Americans are sent to help
undeveloped and poverty-stricken
countries. The volunteers stay in
these host countries for two years.
They live with the people, in many
times poor conditions, and serve
and interact with the people of the
country. In doing this, the Peace
Corps have three major goals: "1)
To provide volunteers who
contribute to the social and
economic development of interested
countries; 2) To promote a better
understanding of Americans among
the people whom volunteers serve;
3) To strengthen Americans’
understanding about the world and
its people." Most of all, the
organization promotes world peace,
and understanding between America
and all the other nations and
people of the world. It is a United
States government agency, and is
funded by our tax dollars. Which is
a place where I don’t mind my money
going to.

How did the Peace Corps come to be?
It is a very complicated political
web of incidents, but can be summe...

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