After nearly 2 years of the this process, including a year deferment, I have gotten placed!  Panama January 10th Community Environmental Conservation.. which is odd because I am a teacher and was an economics major. I am so excited! I have no idea what to expect. Has anyone served as a CEC or is going to Panama as well?  I am already thinking of ( Read more... )

I just received my official invitation to serve in Albania starting in March.
Community and Organizational Development.

Woot!

Information and support are greatly appreciated!

Oh look, another one of these "I'm interested in the Peace Corps!!" posts. Hopefully you guys aren't sick of seeing these and probably repeating the same answers over and over and over again to tons of people ( Read more... )

 I have been thinking about doing something like peace corps for a while . I wanna see this world from a different perspective, good , bad I don't care I just want to make some sort of mark in the world while experiencing something that will most likely change me as a person. I just want to know what the process is, what the requirements are and ( Read more... )

I can't remember where I read it, and I can't seem to dig up anything on it again online, but I seem to have a vague memory that the PC has you wait one year after major surgery before you can be medically cleared? Well, I had surgery last November--not sure what they classify as "major," but I suppose it would be better if I waited four more ( Read more... )

PCVs and RPCVs:

What was your favorite present that you received in your country of service?(Obviously the best gifts are the intangible, but since that goes without saying we'll stick with the tangible presents ( Read more... )

You know, all this talk about malaria drugs makes me curious. What do the HCNs in your countries typically do to prevent malaria? Do they take prophylaxis or just make do with mosquito nets? It seems unlikely to me that people around the world take a lot of these drugs, what with the steep prices and side effects. What about counterfeit malaria ( Read more... )

What is this about? What do they ask? What do they want to hear?
Should I say things like "I'd prefer a French-speaking country?"
Or should I just talk about how flexible I am?

Tips?

so apparently my file has gone through their preliminary review and is complete. a reviewer-ess e-mailed me saying that she now will pass it on to a placement specialist for further review to best match my skill set to an available program departing in the coming months. she also says that I can expect to hear from her in approximately 4-6 weeks ( Read more... )

The rainy weather has me indoors doing housework, grad school prep, and watching old sitcoms online (mostly the latter). So question for all of you PCVs/RPCVs out there:

What were weekends like in your country of service?