Archive - February 5, 2023

Thanks for the ‘heads up’ from Jeanne Paul (Brazil 1964-66)   CorpsAfrica Adapts the Peace Corps Model to Build Resilience in Rural Africa   BY MARC CHALUFOUR BOSTON UNIVERSITY|   Liz Fanning was inspired by her experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco and, with CorpsAfrica, has created volunteer opportunities for young Africans to work in their own countries.   In the early 1990s, Liz Fanning spent 1993-95 as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a small Moroccan village in the High Atlas mountains. She studied the impact of human and animal populations on endangered species—and witnessed the power of the Peace Corps’ model to aid communities and build mutual understanding between cultures. She also kept hearing the same question from young Moroccans: “How can I sign up?” Fanning had no answer. The Peace Corps, an independent organization run by the US government, only accepts American volunteers, sending them overseas . . .