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[edit] Week of August 6th 2008

The Safety of the Volunteer is an annual report published by the Crime Statistics and Analysis Unit of the Peace Corps Office of Safety and Security. The wiki article contains documents that were requested from Peace Corps, via the FOIA, and are therefore in public domain.The most current report available is The Safety of the Volunteer 2006.

For more past reports Click Here

The Peace Corps is subject to the Freedom of Information Act, including provisions of the Act providing individuals with the right to request records created by the Peace Corps and other federal agencies.

[edit] Week of July 6th 2008

The Peace Corps 2 Yahoo Group has been helping link and answer questions for perspective, current, and returned PC volunteers for several years.

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[edit] Week of May 25th 2008

What does the Chicago Marathon have to do with Early Terminations in the Peace Corps?

Read the Analogy given in the Introduction of the report Early Termination in the Peace Corps to find out...(more...)

[edit] Week of April 20th 2008

The Office of Inspector General is in charge of evaluating and auditing the performance of each country post. These reports include a review of Volunteer assignments, the appropriateness of their site placements, the quality of their training, the quality of the support provided to them, their safety and security, and the adequacy of the post’s staffing and logistical infrastructure to manage the program (more...)

[edit] Week of April 13th 2008

There are different ways of measuring Early Termination rates, both currently and historically. If you look back over the life of the Peace Corps the current ET rate is much lower than during the late 1960s to early 1970s. (more...)