Peace Corps

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PEACE CORPS

1111 Twentieth Street NW., Washington, DC 20526

Phone, 202-692-2000. Fax, 202-692-2231. Internet, www.peacecorps.gov.

Director Charles R. Baquet III, Acting

Deputy Director Charles R. Baquet III

Chief of Staff Ken Hill, Acting

General Counsel Ruth Ramsey, Acting

American Diversity Program Manager Brenda Gooch

Inspector General Charles Smith

Director for Office of Planning, Ken Hill, Acting

Policy, and Analysis

Director of Communications Ken Hill, Acting

Director of Press Ken Hill, Acting

Director of Congressional Relations Ken Hill, Acting

Director of Private Sector Ken Hill, Acting

Cooperation and International Volunteerism

Director of the Crisis Corps Tim Persons, Acting

Regional Director/Africa Operations Peter Loan, Acting

Regional Director/Europe, Ellen Paquette

Mediterranean, and Asia Operations

Regional Director/Inter-American and Maryann Minutillo, the Pacific Operations Acting

Director, Center for Field Lani Havens

Assistance and Applied Research

Chief Financial Officer Lana Hurdle

Associate Director for Management Doug Warnecke, Acting

Associate Director for Volunteer Mary Gutmann, Acting

Support

Associate Director for Volunteer Kate Raftery, Acting

Recruitment and Selection

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The Peace Corps'purposeis to promote world peace and friendship, to help other countries in meeting their needs for trained men and women, and to promote understanding between the American people and other peoples served by the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps Act emphasizes the Peace Corps commitment toward programming to meet the basic needs of those living in the countries where volunteers work.

The Peace Corps was established by the Peace Corps Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2501), and was made an independent agency by title VI of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981

(22 U.S.C. 2501-1).

The Peace Corps consists of a Washington, DC, headquarters; 11 area offices; and overseas operations in more than 80 countries.

Activities

To fulfill the Peace Corps mandate, men and women are trainedfor a 9- to

14-week period in the appropriate local language, the technical skills necessary for their particular job, and the cross-cultural skills needed to adjust to a society with traditions and attitudes different from their own. Volunteersserve for a period of 2 years, living among the people with whom they work. Volunteers are expected to become a part of...