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Peace Corps

The Peace Corps is a volunteer program ran by the United States Government. The program was established by Executive Order 10924, which was signed by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. Participants in the Peace Corps program, after three months of training, work abroad for a 24-month period at schools, non-profit organizations, and other places.

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The Peace Corps was launched by the Kennedy administration in 1961 to?

teach the leaders of the third world countries about demoracy

Can you join the Peace Corps with diabetes?

of course you can! they just need the help.

When was Forrest's Cavalry Corps created?

Forrest's Cavalry Corps was created in 1861.

What type of organization is the Peace Corps?

The Peace Corps is an agency of the Federal government devoted to world peace and friendship.

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How does the Peace Corps help the US?

by telling the us about the world

--It helps the world know about the US. It shows different areas that US citizens really aren't that bad afterall.

What was a goal of President Kennedy's Peace Corps?

Improving America's image by helping poor and disadvantaged countries around the world.

How did the Peace Corps put the Biblical admonition to whom much is given much is expected into action?

The Peace Corps put the Biblical admonition 'to whom much is given much is expected' into action by sending volunteers from the U.S. around the world to help with projects such as economic development. The agency was founded in 1961.

Can you defer alternative student loan payment if you go into the peace corp?

Only if it's part of the terms of your alternative student loan. Read the loan agreement or ask your lender.

There is no law that requires the lender of a private/alternative student loan to offer you that option, and alternative student loans in general have none or very limited deferments other then in-school.

Why did president Kennedy create the peace corps?

JFK's domestic plan was "The New Frontier". It gave international aid through the Peace Corps.

So, the Peace Corps was created to give international aid.

The international aid went to improve national defense, and also the space program.

He created it as a means of enabling American people to do good in the world to needy countries- to help charities and voluntary agencies working abroad or overseas to assist developing nations build up their infrastructure, in such a way as to ensure that this was done in a fair and egalitarian way.

The aim of the Peace Corps was (and remains) to try to secure the advancement of underdeveloped countries in a way whereby they learnt the importance of moving forward in a democratic, honest manner that enabled them to become secure and stable democracies that genuinely cared about the welfare of their people, and did not resort to violence, corruption or Dictatorship as a method of attaining Western standards of living.

Some of the 20th Century's worst dictators, such as Hitler, Stalin and Mao Tse-Tung, did indeed achieve great technical, structural and agricultural advancement for their countries, but at the terrible price of also being genocidal tyrants who killed millions of people.

Kennedy wanted to avoid this happening- he knew that these advances could be achieved without having to resort to tyranny in the process. This is what the Peace Corps was for- to teach and educate this fact.

What is the name of an non-governmental environment organization?

Green Peace is an international environmental Organization that is not tied with any Governments.

Do people have to pay to be in the peace corps?

No. The only expenses to join the Peace Corps would be doctor's expenses as you apply, since you they need to know your medical history. Once you are accepted, they pay for your transportation to a U.S. pre-departure staging and airfare to the country you're serving in. You receive a stipend as you volunteer, which is enough to cover your basic expenses.

What is the best book about the peace corps?

Both the best and most recent book about the Peace Corps comes from Rob Keller, who was assigned to Albania in 2008 - 2009 as a Community Development Volunteer. He wrote "Only Bees Die" about the whole experience from start to finish and describes, with examples, what every new Volunteer ought to know beforehand. If you can't find it anywhere else it's available from Amazon.