DREAM JOB

PRESENTATION

Peace Corps Volunteer

By: Vanessa White

Why?

1.About Peace Corps

2.Why?

3.Volunteering

4.Programs

5.Education

6.Experience

7.Benefits

An Overview

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About

• Independent government agency

–Provides assistance to other countries

–Promotes peace and friendship

–Promotes cross-cultural understanding

Peace Corps

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Why it is my dream job?

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•Challenge, grow, evolve and succeed

•Recognizes and develops potential

•Generosity and significance

•Appreciate and Inspire

•Impact others and yourself

•Passion

Volunteering

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•Live. Learn. Work.• 10 weeks of in-country training• 24 months of service•Receive living allowance•Housing

Programs

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• Education• Health and HIV/AIDS• Business and Information & Communication• Technology• Environment• Youth and Community Development• Agriculture

Education

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Cross-

Cultural

Language Technical

Safety

Training

Experience

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•Diverse experiences in different regions•Living quarters range from rural to urban communities•Most volunteers live with host families•Peace Corps operates in 63 countries

Experience

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•Different culture•Work experience•Help others • International experience •Language •Personal growth•Serve my country •Travel/adventure

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Benefits

•Student loan assistance•A “readjustment” allowance of $7,425 •Language, cross-cultural, and technical training•Travel•Living and housing allowance•Medical and dental care• 48 paid vacation days

(Cont.)

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Benefits

•Leave for family emergencies•Graduate school opportunities such as scholarships, credit

for service, fellowships, and internships•Transition and job support and social networking after

service•Advantages in federal employment

Summary

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•World peace•Challenge, grow, evolve and succeed volunteering•Opportunity to help unfortunate individuals•Language, technical, cross-cultural training•Develop deeper understanding and appreciation• Benefits I want to say I lived each day, until I die And know that I

meant something in, somebody's life The hearts I have touched, will be the proof that I leave That I made a difference, and this world will seeRead more: BEYONCE KNOWLES - I WAS HERE

ReferencesPeace Corps , ‘2012 Catalog.’ 2 Feb. 2012.1-44. Web <Peacecorps.gov>

Nico Dauphine. “Nico Dauphine poses outside her residence in Micronesia…” news.cornell.edu 1 Mar. 2001 12 Feb. 2013http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/01/3.1.01/peace_corps_vignettes.html

Ricardo Lux. “Evan Meyer hands a birthday cake…” news.cornell.edu 1 Mar. 2001 12 Feb. 2013 http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/01/3.1.01/peace_corps_vignettes.html