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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 02:30, 14 June 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 34:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 34:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><blockquote>Abstract (Summary)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><blockquote>Abstract (Summary)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This thesis focuses on whether and how Peace Corps volunteers attempt to impart the values of the American Dream to the communities where they serve. The American Dream is defined as a dual set of values. The material/conservative version of the Dream incorporates the idea that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><span class="plainlinks">[http://goo.gl/oj60r<span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important;  background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">century 21 broker properti jual beli sewa rumah Indonesia</span>] </del>through hard work and determination, success will follow. The idealistic/liberal version of the Dream encompasses the ideas of liberty and equality. This thesis investigates whether volunteers experience similar frustrations in trying to impart the values of the Dream and what broader implications of the difficulties of development work would be revealed during this study.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>This thesis focuses on whether and how Peace Corps volunteers attempt to impart the values of the American Dream to the communities where they serve. The American Dream is defined as a dual set of values. The material/conservative version of the Dream incorporates the idea that through hard work and determination, success will follow. The idealistic/liberal version of the Dream encompasses the ideas of liberty and equality. This thesis investigates whether volunteers experience similar frustrations in trying to impart the values of the Dream and what broader implications of the difficulties of development work would be revealed during this study.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br><br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br><br></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To investigate this problem, the author reviews and analyzes three memoirs of Peace Corps volunteers. The author chooses the memoir as the vehicle for this study because it exposes the volunteer experience and the core beliefs of the volunteer in an expressive and pointed medium. The three selected memoirs chosen were Living Poor, drafted by Moritz Thomsen about his experience as a volunteer in Ecuador in the 1960s, The Ponds of Kalambayi, written by Mike Tidwell about his volunteer work in Congo in the 1990s, and "The Narrowest Road," my memoir about my Peace Corps experience in Belize from 2004 to 2006.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>To investigate this problem, the author reviews and analyzes three memoirs of Peace Corps volunteers. The author chooses the memoir as the vehicle for this study because it exposes the volunteer experience and the core beliefs of the volunteer in an expressive and pointed medium. The three selected memoirs chosen were Living Poor, drafted by Moritz Thomsen about his experience as a volunteer in Ecuador in the 1960s, The Ponds of Kalambayi, written by Mike Tidwell about his volunteer work in Congo in the 1990s, and "The Narrowest Road," my memoir about my Peace Corps experience in Belize from 2004 to 2006.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 51:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 51:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In 1961 John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps. After 45 years of continual international service, the organization has nearly 8,000 volunteers serving in 67 countries throughout the world. Throughout the years the organization has struggled to gain presidential support and funding, as well as recruit well-rounded volunteers.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>In 1961 John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps. After 45 years of continual international service, the organization has nearly 8,000 volunteers serving in 67 countries throughout the world. Throughout the years the organization has struggled to gain presidential support and funding, as well as recruit well-rounded volunteers.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br><br></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><br><br></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>After years of falling volunteer numbers, in 2003, the Peace Corps revamped its campaign to appeal to a broader volunteer audience. The recruitment strategies differ from those in the 1960s, appealing to the pragmatic benefits of service rather than the idealistic appeals used in the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><span class="plainlinks">[http://www.peacecorpswiki.org/Meili_Hau<span style="color:black;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important;  background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">century 21 broker properti jual beli sewa rumah Indonesia</span>] </del>early years of the organization. This work includes an analysis of the organization's recruitment strategies both textual and visual as well as an analysis of volunteer accounts of service. This study culminates in a look toward the future of the organization, in hopes of revealing the direction of the Peace Corps in the 21 st century.</blockquote></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>After years of falling volunteer numbers, in 2003, the Peace Corps revamped its campaign to appeal to a broader volunteer audience. The recruitment strategies differ from those in the 1960s, appealing to the pragmatic benefits of service rather than the idealistic appeals used in the early years of the organization. This work includes an analysis of the organization's recruitment strategies both textual and visual as well as an analysis of volunteer accounts of service. This study culminates in a look toward the future of the organization, in hopes of revealing the direction of the Peace Corps in the 21 st century.</blockquote></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==2006==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==2006==</div></td></tr> </table>

112.78.163.123 http://www.peacecorpswiki.org?title=Honduras&diff=31919&oldid=prev Honduras 2013-06-13T07:02:48Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 07:02, 13 June 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 21:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Peace Corps/Honduras works in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and child survival, business, protected area management, water and sanitation, municipal development, and youth development. Volunteers in these six projects work in an integrated community development framework, meeting the expressed needs of the communities where they serve.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Peace Corps/Honduras works in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention and child survival, business, protected area management, water and sanitation, municipal development, and youth development. Volunteers in these six projects work in an integrated community development framework, meeting the expressed needs of the communities where they serve.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://saranasukses.com/outsourcing-indonesia.html outsourcing service indonesia]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://www.doxapest.co.id/index.php/pest-control-dan-anti-rayap anti rayap]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://www.mpsmsc.com/crewing-indonesia.html MSC crewing indonesia]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://www.mpsmsc.com/recruitment-indonesia.html MSC recruitment indonesia]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://www.pbtaxand.com/our-services/tax-advisory-services tax consultant]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [http://trimasjaya.com/products/railing_tangga/index.html railing tangga]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Peace Corps History==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Peace Corps History==</div></td></tr> </table>

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