Comments on: Writer George Packer (Togo 82-83) Says KEEP PUSHING http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/push-for-peace-corps/2010/03/09/writer-george-packer-togo-82-83-says-keep-pushing/ Nepal RPCV Rajeev Goyal talks about his experiences working with thousands of activists on the PushforPeaceCorps.org Campaign, which is organizing to expand and improve the Corps with major funding boosts from Congress. Rajeev provides latest updates, shares his unique experiences, and tells us what we can do to help from the grassroots. Sun, 26 May 2013 06:35:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Alfred C. Webber, Jr. http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/push-for-peace-corps/2010/03/09/writer-george-packer-togo-82-83-says-keep-pushing/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Alfred C. Webber, Jr. Fri, 14 May 2010 19:34:51 +0000 http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/push-for-peace-corps/?p=183#comment-33 To illustrate the proposed expanded budget and cost of the proposed Peace Corps for a congressman recently, I did all the math based on our present population, average American family size, and the total cost of the Peace Corps. The total each family would be asked to contribute in their taxes to underwrite the New Expanded Peace Corps in so many countries, positively affecting so many abroad and at home, for one year, was about $4.90 ... TOTAL. My service in Togo Fisheries 1966 took me back to work as an architect in Nigeria and positively affected my entire life ever since. I have proposed my own non-profit International Center for the Arts to promote a greater unity of all peoples, and my own site above has 3200 Friends, models and photographers, from most nations on earth. I critique their work, learn of their towns and cultures, and share what I learn daily with my many contacts here and abroad. The world is my concern and it has been Peace Corps that lead me, and my colleagues, to this realization. To illustrate the proposed expanded budget and cost of the proposed Peace Corps for a congressman recently, I did all the math based on our present population, average American family size, and the total cost of the Peace Corps. The total each family would be asked to contribute in their taxes to underwrite the New Expanded Peace Corps in so many countries, positively affecting so many abroad and at home, for one year, was about $4.90 … TOTAL. My service in Togo Fisheries 1966 took me back to work as an architect in Nigeria and positively affected my entire life ever since. I have proposed my own non-profit International Center for the Arts to promote a greater unity of all peoples, and my own site above has 3200 Friends, models and photographers, from most nations on earth. I critique their work, learn of their towns and cultures, and share what I learn daily with my many contacts here and abroad. The world is my concern and it has been Peace Corps that lead me, and my colleagues, to this realization.

]]> By: Henry Pelifian http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/push-for-peace-corps/2010/03/09/writer-george-packer-togo-82-83-says-keep-pushing/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Henry Pelifian Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:28:00 +0000 http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/push-for-peace-corps/?p=183#comment-29 From my experience the Peace Corps' effectiveness was usually outstanding. The insights gained from other cultures and languages is invaluable for creating the kind of world we really need. From my experience the Peace Corps’ effectiveness was usually outstanding. The insights gained from other cultures and languages is invaluable for creating the kind of world we really need.

]]> By: Rowland Scherman http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/push-for-peace-corps/2010/03/09/writer-george-packer-togo-82-83-says-keep-pushing/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Rowland Scherman Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:14 +0000 http://peacecorpsworldwide.org/push-for-peace-corps/?p=183#comment-23 "The Peace Corps provides the best return on the dollar in America's entire foreign policy budget."says this article. As I recall, that phrase was initiated soon after the PC's first or second anniversary, and, I always assumed, things stayed that way. “The Peace Corps provides the best return on the dollar in America’s entire foreign policy budget.”says this article.

As I recall, that phrase was initiated soon after the PC’s first or second anniversary, and, I always assumed, things stayed that way.

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