Join Us - Stomp Out Malaria

"Stomping Out Malaria in Africa" is an initiative of the Peace Corps that was launched on World Malaria Day (April 25, 2011) in partnership with the President's Malaria Initiative (USAID) and later Malaria No More. The "Stomp Out Malaria" initiative marks the first time in 50 years of Peace Corps history that the efforts of volunteers across a continent have been unified through a single goal: to end malaria. Through our specially trained volunteers and staff (dubbed the "Malaria Team" - featured throughout this video), 23 Peace Corps posts across Africa have been strengthening their malaria interventions, exchanging information and ideas with each other and malaria professionals around the world, and making huge strides as an international team towards malaria eradication. We're excited, and we know that only by working together can we make a huge difference in the fight against malaria. Now it's time for you to join us. What will YOU do in 2012 to Stomp Out Malaria? For more information, please go to stompoutmalaria.org From: StompOutMalaria Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:27 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Amour et Vie

PSI's Beninese affiliate ABMS launched the sixth Amour & Vie campaign thanks to the Impact program -- a five-year $18 million program funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The Impact program is designed to improve youth behaviors associated with HIV/ AIDS and family planning. Through Amour & Vie, Beninese youth work with ABMS and the Peace Corps to produce this popular weekly radio show and bimonthly magazines designed to address young peoples' questions and concerns regarding sexual health, HIV/AIDS and teen pregnancy, and to encourage them to adopt safer, responsible sexual behaviors. Peace Corps volunteers also organize meetings to talk about issues featured in the magazines. From: HealthyBehaviors Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:46 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Library Project Needs your Help!

Hey everyone, my name is Wendy Gutierrez and I am a Peace Corps volunteer in Benin, Africa. I have been and English teacher in the small village of Gouka since 2010. Here, most students do not have any educational resources to help them with their studies. This is why I decided to help my school to create a library where students and teachers can both have access to books and materials to help them better their studies. I invite you to see for yourself and to donate to this cause. We need your help! To donate you can click on the link below: www.peacecorps.gov From: wengutierrez Views: 2 0 ratings Time: 05:59 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Benin 50th Independence Dance off

Porto Novo August 2010, just a few days after I got settled in as a new Peace Corps Volunteer. This was one my first video taken in Africa! From: elainahope Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:10 More in Travel & Events

Les Premiers pas du Centre International d'Art et de Musique de Ouidah

Bénin, Afrique de l'Ouest. Le Centre International d'Art et de Musique de Ouidah (CIAMO) vient d'ouvrir ses portes. Son ambition : offrir une éducation musicale et artistique aux enfants et enseignants mais aussi proposer des stages de perfectionnement à des professionnels, avec la collaboration d'artistes venus du monde entier. Première école de ce genre dans le pays, le CIAMO offrira des cours d'art et de musique (folk, traditionnel et moderne) enseignés par des professionnels locaux mais aussi des artistes internationaux en résidence. L'école elle-même est dirigée par des enseignants américains du Peace Corps et par la guitariste Leni Stern, ainsi que des artistes locaux. L'école d'art et de musique fournira une éducation artistique à 300 enfants gratuitement, dans le cadre de leur cursus scolaire régulier, telle que cela se fait généralement aux Etats-Unis ou en Europe. From: HerveCohen Views: 169 2 ratings Time: 15:08 More in Film & Animation

Erik in the Peace Corps.m4v

This video documents my service in the Peace Corps in Benin, West Africa, from July 2009 to September 2011. From: erikrenglish Views: 6 0 ratings Time: 06:33 More in People & Blogs

Camp GLOW Porto Novo 2011

This was a Peace Corps Volunteer organized camp for girls in southern Benin. It was held in the capital city of Porto Novo, Benin. From: erikrenglish Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 04:07 More in People & Blogs

An African Village

This is video of my home and my neighbors in Biro, Benin in West Africa during my Peace Corps service 2008-2010. Biro is small village in northeastern Benin of 2000 people. My neighbors farmed yams and peanuts, some of their children were my students at the secondary school. My neighborhood kids were a very large part of my service, they spent hours at my house and became very near and dear to me. From: NoraKaitis Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:13 More in People & Blogs

Peace Corps Benin_1976.mp4

Super8 film shot by Peace Corps Volunteer Harry Birnholz From: hbirnholz1 Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 13:34 More in People & Blogs

Peace Corps Family Album - Benin

Meet Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Benin and hear some of their stories. From: erniezaremba Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 05:28 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Peace Corps Family Album - Benin

Meet Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Benin and hear some of their stories From: erniezaremba Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 05:28 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Peace Corps Family Album - Benin

Meet Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Benin and hear some of their stories From: erniezaremba Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 01:56 More in Nonprofits & Activism

SEEK 2011

Science, Art, and Engineering Camp for middle/high school kids in BENIN NGO Novi + Plan Benin + Peace Corps Volunteers = ONE AMAZING CAMP for the village of Houedogli From: laurensmith6140 Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 09:54 More in People & Blogs

Dear Ally 3#: Damn Heat Wave

This is a video letter to my cousin Ally who is Benin, Africa! For the Peace Corps. She is in Africa now!!!!! Yeah!!! Ally: allysinafrica.blogspot.com Kathryn: @kathryndallison www.youtube.com/Ms.KA19 From: aquariusadventures Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 03:07 More in People & Blogs

Dear Ally #2: Dahomey...

This is a video letter to my cousin Ally who is in Benin, Africa with the peace corps. I ask her some questions and reveal some cool facts about Benin. Her Blog: allysinafrica.bolgspot.com @allykeenan From: aquariusadventures Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 04:07 More in People & Blogs

Raped While a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger

Karestan Koenen says Peace Corps' treatment was worse than the rape itself. Catherine Puzey said she lives "a heartbreak everyday" from the loss of her daughter Kate, who she said was murdered on her porch two years ago by a teacher at a school where she taught English in a remote village of rural Benin. Kate had tried weeks earlier to warn the Peace Corps about the Beninese man, Constant Bio, who also worked for the agency during the summers and was already accused of sexually assaulting his students. She emailed her boss but her complaint fell into the hands of the accused killer's brother, a deputy Peace Corps country chief. The 24-year-old was found with her throat slit just days later. From: DerWeinpropst Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 02:46 More in News & Politics

Borgou Bike Tour 2011

A group of Peace Corps Volunteers bike through remote villages in Benin, West Africa, to teach about the benefits of family planning. Song: tUnE-yArDs - Bizness From: hippieshak Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 04:06 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Movie Night powered by Language Link: "When the Levees Broke," December 6-10, 2010.m4v

For National Volunteering Week in Cape Verde, West Africa Language Link, Lda put on a film screening of "When the Levees Broke" by Spike Lee and HBO production. The profound geographical and cultural connections between Cape Verde and the Caribbean/Gulf Louisiana regions are staggering. People, food, music, attitude.... Culture.... We had guest speakers for all five days of the event. We screened one act of the film each night then the bonus footage. The speakers were: David Burns (current English Langauge Fellow/US State Department and Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin and a Native Son of New Orleans) Jacob Cullen (current Director of Language Link, Lda and Former Peace Corps Volunteer in Cape Verde a Native Son of Detroit) Ricardo Jeremias Fernandes (current psychology student and Red Cross Volunteer in Cape Verde for 9 years) Jacinto de Mello (Red Cross Volunteer in Cape Verde for 6 years) Edson Silva White Ribbon Campaign member/representative. Language Link had support for the event from the National Volunteer Program, the then Minister of Culture Fernanda Marques, The Palácio da Cultura Ildo Lobo and its Director Samira Pereira, and of course all of the guest speakers. We hope to see everyone at the next event, hopefully before July when we screen "If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise" by Spike Lee an HBO production. But make sure to try and catch us every week on Mondays @ 20:00 at the Palácio da Cultura Ildo Lobo, where Language Link, screens quality <b>...</b> From: languagelink8 Views: 9 0 ratings Time: 04:09 More in Education

Peace Corps Cribs Nicaragua

After lots of work (fumagating for fleas, installing electricity, painting inside and out, and lots of cleaning) I finally have my own house! From: pennygage Views: 2261 0 ratings Time: 06:43 More in Travel & Events

Peace Corps- 50 Years, More Than 1000 Rapes?

Transcript by www.newsy.com BY MIRANDA WHEATLEY ANCHOR ALEX ROZIER You're watching multisource US video news analysis from Newsy. "I have two daughters now and I would never, ever, let them join the Peace Corps. ... They raped me with their bodies, they raped me with foreign objects." (ABC 20 The Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary is bringing to light a darker issue within the organization. Over the past year several volunteers have stepped forward alleging sexual abuse and violent acts against female volunteers. A 20/20 investigation found more than one-thousand reports of female victims who had been raped while serving in the Peace Corps - all of those in the last ten years. Take a step back to March 12, 2009, Peace Corps volunteer, Kate Puzey was found dead while serving in Benin, Africa. "In March 2009, she became the 23rd woman in the Peace Corps to be murdered since the organization's inception. ... Puzey's family was disappointed with the Peace Corps following the murder, they were left in the dark on what happened." (KESQ) Other victims echo the Puzey's response, saying the current system in place to help volunteers is non-existent at best. Casey Frazee, founder of First Response Action, says she was sexually assaulted while serving in South Africa in 2009. Frazee turned her experience into an opportunity to rebuild the system. But as she tells Change.org this isn't the first time it's been attempted. "In the 1980s, with the support of the Reagan administration <b>...</b> From: NewsyVideos Views: 8 1 ratings Time: 02:37 More in News & Politics

Peace Corps Living

Quick run through of my house in Honduras. From: okarss Views: 347 1 ratings Time: 10:09 More in Travel & Events

Senator Isakson Pays Tribute to Kate Puzey

Senator Isakson paid tribute to the life of Kate Puzey on the Senate floor on the eve of the second anniversary of her death. Puzey was a 24-year-old Peace Corps volunteer from Forsyth County, Georgia, who was murdered on March 11, 2009, while serving in the West African country of Benin. She was killed days after reporting a Peace Corps contractor for abusing children at the school where she worked. March 11, 2011 From: SenatorIsakson Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 04:22 More in News & Politics

Secretary Clinton, Under Secretary McHale Mark 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, by video message, and Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale deliver remarks at the reception marking the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, in the Ben Franklin Room at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2011. [Go to www.state.gov for more video and text transcript.] From: statevideo Views: 7 0 ratings Time: 40:22 More in News & Politics

My peace corps house costa rica

My peace corps house costa rica From: MrWolfpackred Views: 2322 4 ratings Time: 03:55 More in People & Blogs

Peace Corps 50th Birthday: Benin Journey 2003-2005

This was my journey in the Peace Corps 2003-2005 in Benin, West Africa. Created for the PC 50th Anniversary Celebration! From: gin007 Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 06:28 More in People & Blogs

Welcome to my Peace Corps Home

This is a video tour of my peace corps home, here in El Divisadero, Morazan/ El Salvador! Disclaimer: The contents of this video do not represent the positions, views or intents of the US Government, or the United States Peace Corps. From: bearamir Views: 816 3 ratings Time: 09:05 More in People & Blogs

Brigitte Pohren, PCV

Brigitte is a Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin, West Africa. She works with health and environmental education, and lives in Dassa, one of the most beautiful posts in this country. Here's a documentary she did for her primary school, St. Cecilias. From: hippieshak Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 04:37 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Anne Rimoin - The Peace Corps 50th Anniversary

Anne Rimoin, Assistant Professor in the UCLA Department of Epidemiology, discusses her experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in Benin. UCLA will be hosting a series of events March 2-5, 2011 to commemorate the Peace Corps's 50th anniversary. Details: spotlight.ucla.edu From: UCLA Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 01:11 More in Education

Discovering Benin West Africa

Over three hours of in-depth coverage of the Beninese culture from an insider's perspective.Produced and edited in 2004 by Chris Starace, a former Peace Corps Volunteer, in Benin from 1995-1997. Disc 1: Episode 1 - Bonne Arriv�(Approx 29 mins) - I start off by taking you to meet my former Beninese neighbors. I show you how they prepare for an authentic Beninese celebration to celebrate my return to Benin. During the ceremony the children perform many traditional Beninese dances to drumming music. Episode 2 - Life in Allada ( Approx 35 mins)- You will tour my old Peace Corps house, my neighbor's houses and compound, Solange�s middle class house,the town of Allada and do some shopping in the local market. Learn how children gather and transport water, and seewhat a bush taxi is like. Disc 2: Episode 3 - Business in Benin (Approx 30 mins) - Tour a pineapple drying factory and fields, see Angelo's shoe repair workshop, Jean's wood sculpture workshop, and learn about the apprentice system in Benin.Tour Jean's house under construction, visit Solange's seamstress workshop and Arthur'sfurniture making workshop. Episode 4 - Voodoo (Approx 58 mins)-Tour the King of Allada's royal palace, meet the king, tour the village of Agongblam�nd see the Gambara Voodoo ceremony where women fall into trances. Next I take you to get your Fah read. (Fah is an elaborate and traditional African form of future telling) Finally see the Ja Voodoo ceremony where offerings and a chicken sacrifice are <b>...</b> From: TravelVideoStore Views: 218 0 ratings Time: 03:05:42 More in Movies

Home Sweet Home Peace Corps Niger

In honor of the upcoming Peace Corps Week 2010, March 1-7, I've created my first online Peace Corps third goal presentation. I hope you will enjoy Home Sweet Home. From: Gr8LuLu Views: 902 1 ratings Time: 02:18 More in Travel & Events

Peace Corps Cribs Benin

My house in Benin, West Africa. Peace Corps Housing. From: funkeefelon Views: 1711 4 ratings Time: 01:19 More in People & Blogs

Best Photos near Niamey, Niger - Incl. Ganvie, Benin Petrol Station!, Voodoo Fetishes

tripwow.tripadvisor.com The best pictures of Niamey taken by travel bloggers at TravelPod.com the web's premier travel blogging platform. Slideshow created at TripWow.com by TripAdvisor™. Top Pics of Niamey - "09 Ganvie" by Kevandsian from a blog titled "Togo and Benin to Niger" Excerpt: "We ent**ed Togo without hassle and drove a triangular route through a lush, green, mountainous and tropical landscape. We passed coffee and cotton plantations and the views w**e spectacular. Our first night was in Kpalime, a small town with not the most to off** but which had a really nice vibe, relaxed and laidback. From th**e we headed to the capital, Lome and spent a few nights on the beachfront. The surf crashed all night and the palm trees waved in the breeze. We could get used to this! The town had a fabulous craft area with some great masks and carvings. We could have spent a fortune but instead we headed to the fetish market. This was an extraordinary place, full of dried animals laid out on tables. They are used in voodoo c**emonies and in oth** animist beliefs. We w**e given an explanation by a local guy who told us what ev**ything was used for. Owls are consid**ed bad luck so they use dried heads to conqu** bad spirits - bad vs bad. In the same way, scorpions are used " ... - "Pouring Tea" by Suzyinbenin from a blog titled "A Magical Carpet Ride through the Sahel" Excerpt: "Camels, turbans, minarets, dried mud cities, hot sun, and des**t landscape...***** sometimes felt like <b>...</b> From: tripadvisorTRIPWOWf Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 01:06 More in Travel & Events

Best Photos near Niger - Incl. Ganvie, Benin Petrol Station!, Voodoo Fetishes, Pouring Tea

tripwow.tripadvisor.com The best pictures of Niger taken by travel bloggers at TravelPod.com the web's premier travel blogging platform. Slideshow created at TripWow.com by TripAdvisor™. Top Pics of Niger - "09 Ganvie" by Kevandsian from a blog titled "Togo and Benin to Niger" Excerpt: "We ent**ed Togo without hassle and drove a triangular route through a lush, green, mountainous and tropical landscape. We passed coffee and cotton plantations and the views w**e spectacular. Our first night was in Kpalime, a small town with not the most to off** but which had a really nice vibe, relaxed and laidback. From th**e we headed to the capital, Lome and spent a few nights on the beachfront. The surf crashed all night and the palm trees waved in the breeze. We could get used to this! The town had a fabulous craft area with some great masks and carvings. We could have spent a fortune but instead we headed to the fetish market. This was an extraordinary place, full of dried animals laid out on tables. They are used in voodoo c**emonies and in oth** animist beliefs. We w**e given an explanation by a local guy who told us what ev**ything was used for. Owls are consid**ed bad luck so they use dried heads to conqu** bad spirits - bad vs bad. In the same way, scorpions are used " ... - "The Sultan" by Suzyinbenin from a blog titled "A Magical Carpet Ride through the Sahel" Excerpt: "Camels, turbans, minarets, dried mud cities, hot sun, and des**t landscape...***** sometimes felt like <b>...</b> From: tripadvisorTRIPWOWf Views: 18 0 ratings Time: 01:06 More in Travel & Events

A Magical Carpet Ride through the Sahel - Niamey, Niger (hotel sahel niamey, sahel tea)

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Niamey and Agadez, Niger by TravelPod blogger Suzyinbenin. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com A Magical Carpet Ride through the Sahel "Camels, turbans, minarets, dried mud cities, hot sun, and des**t landscape...***** sometimes felt like being in Disney's Aladdin. I wouldn't have been surprised to find an old dusty lant**n with a genie inside. Nor would I have been shocked to find that the carpet/blanket that I slept on und** the stars one night had suddenly decided to take flight and transport me through the stars, ov** a dusty town, and off into the des**t. ***** was quite a magical trip, but it started off like any oth** "ordinary" voyage in West Africa. Kelley, Cristy, and I set off first, but many oth** Peace Corps Benin volunte**s would join us lat** on and bring our numb** up to 12! But the three of us girls got to explore Niamey on our own, and we also had ourselves an adventure in the sparse bush south of Niamey when we decided to look for the last "wild" giraffes in West Africa. We rented a Niamey city taxi to take us to Kouré, wh**e we would find a guide and eventually giraffes. When we arrived on the outskirts of the little town, tons of kids of all ages bumrushed our little car to shout their m**its and their prices through our windows. We selected a small,cute boy, probably about 12 years old but not yet having hit his growth spurt. He wore raggedy clothes. He had a large rip in the seat of <b>...</b> From: TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu Views: 125 0 ratings Time: 01:53 More in Travel & Events

The First Steps of International Center for Arts and Music in Ouidah, Benin.

Benin, Africa. The Ouidah International Center for Art and Music (Centre International d'Art et Musique de Ouidah, CIAMO) has opened in Benin, Africa, with a goal of providing art and music education to primary school children and teachers, and to offer professional development seminars to area artists. The first school of its kind in the country, Ouidah International Center for Art and Music will offer music and art classes (folk, traditional and modern) taught by a variety of resident and visiting international professionals, and the school itself will be staffed by American teachers funded by the United States Peace Corps, electric guitarist Leni Stern, and a variety of local artists. The art and music school will teach 300 children and art and music will be part of the daily curriculum, free to all children. It is similar to the art and music model we have in the US for public school students where children in elementary schools have exposure to art and music as part of their curriculum. The Ouidah International Center for Art and Music will be a collaboration between the community , the teachers of the school, and US-based teachers, teaching a variety of styles including those that are native to Benin. We will also be using the school as a model for primary school teacher training throughout Benin so that teachers throughout the country can improve their arts and music teaching skills. From: HerveCohen Views: 322 1 ratings Time: 15:01 More in Film & Animation

Brandon's Peace Corps Home in Benin!

This is a video tour of my home in Benin. I'm a Peace Corps volunteer with the bare essentials. From: brandonisfun Views: 643 4 ratings Time: 03:06 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Camp Success 2010

Camp Success is a week-long camp led by Peace Corps Volunteers and their Beninese counterparts in Djougou, the capital of the Donga region in north-west Benin, West Africa. In 2010, 59 of the top female students from 16 secondary schools in the Donga participated in the camp, which was designed to provide the participants with information to help them make positive, healthy decisions in their personal, academic, and professional lives, and to see themselves as "Les filles qui guident le monde"--"the girls who lead the world." Camp Success 2010 was the largest Peace Corps Volunteer-led camp in Benin, with generous funding from American and Beninese partners. Thank you to all who contributed! From: jessbruce33 Views: 73 1 ratings Time: 08:40 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Amy's House in Peace Corps Honduras

This is the house I live in for my Peace Corps service in Honduras. I was very very lucky to find such a nice house, normally volunteer housing is much smaller and not as new. The kiddos in the video are from by barrio or my baseball team and were very excited to help me record this "tour" of my house for my family back home in the states. From: ameless88 Views: 1028 1 ratings Time: 03:09 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Peace Corps Benin 40 Year Tribute

This is a video that one of our volunteers, "Big Steve" made for our 40th Anniversary of PC in Benin Celebration. It is very lovely and had me feeling very proud to start my 2 year service. Watch it and get a feel-good view of Benin and the work we PCVs do. From: GWStudent07 Views: 46 0 ratings Time: 08:06 More in People & Blogs

Elephants on safari

I went on safari three times during my Peace Corps service in Benin. Here we are traveling along when we saw elephants! From: NoraKaitis Views: 10 0 ratings Time: 01:02 More in Pets & Animals

My kitten, Dolce!

This is my kitten, Dolce, (I changed his name from Mango!) on the first day I got him. In one of the funniest moments I had as a teacher, a student pulled him out of her pocket during class and plopped him on the desk! I was horrified! He was a really little baby who couldn't even drink on his own when I got him. He shouldn't had been separated from his mother, but she had died. Still, I loved Dolce and he was my cat during my Peace Corps service. He now has a new home living with a third-year volunteer in Benin. From: NoraKaitis Views: 22 0 ratings Time: 00:31 More in Pets & Animals

Getting Water in Africa

Here is a video of getting water in my village, Biro, in Benin during my Peace Corps service 2008-2010. There is no running water and electricity in my village, but I did (luckily!) live right next door to the village water pump. In this video, I am bringing my buckets from my house to the pump to be filled. This is the water I used to for drinking, cooking, bathing- everything! From: NoraKaitis Views: 50 0 ratings Time: 01:00 More in Travel & Events

Welcome to Biro!

My neighbor kids, were super excited that my friend and fellow Peace Corps volunteer, Monica, was coming to our village for a visit. They prepared a song and a dance for her! This song is mostly in French, peppered with some Bariba, the local language. They're saying; "Welcome! We're happy to have you". I love the breakdown at the end :) From: NoraKaitis Views: 49 0 ratings Time: 00:48 More in Entertainment

Bush Taxi Hell Ride

Bush taxis are some of the craziest (and worst!) experiences of Peace Corps volunteers. But it is one of the only ways to get around in Benin. Here I am taking a bush taxi with a friend during the Gani Festival in Nikki, Benin. We are in an old, stripped station wagon with atleast 12 people inside (4 in each row- including the front, next to the driver!). The festival had just ended and people are rushing to get home and party. Our driver decided to plow on through anyway! From: NoraKaitis Views: 58 0 ratings Time: 00:22 More in Travel & Events

Teaching School in Rural Africa

During my service as a Peace Corps volunteer from July 2008-August 2010, I taught secondary school English in the West African nation of Benin. Although the national language in Benin is French, most students are not fluent in the language and speak local languages at home and in the village. In this video, you can see what a typical public school looks like in Benin- cramped, crowded, dirt floors, cement walls, one blackboard.... and me, the teacher. The students did not own books and most only had two notebooks and a pen for school. I loved teaching and I will never forget my students as long as I live! In this video, I am teaching "Prepositions" to the first-year students. I choose three students to be examples for the lesson, Mouidine, Derou and Dorcasse. As you can see, Dorcasse can barely contain her excitement from shouting out the answer! I ask the students for the words in French and English. This was one of my favorite lessons. From: NoraKaitis Views: 100 0 ratings Time: 03:32 More in Education

Peace Corps Uganda

A few pictures from my life as a Peace Corps volunteer living in Uganda (2008-09). From: veena907 Views: 187 0 ratings Time: 04:57 More in Nonprofits & Activism

Peace Corps Volunteers in Benin

A glimpse of Jen Bistritz & Ryan McCarthy while they were in Benin, Africa - created at animoto.com From: dumacvp Views: 481 2 ratings Time: 02:00 More in Film & Animation

Come home, sister

Sister turns into a New Jersey girl. Well, for a good cause. Peace corps volunteer but her family back in Las Vegas misses her dearly. From: courtneymilko Views: 84 1 ratings Time: 02:38 More in Entertainment

Make it Rain

A group of my fellow Peace Corps Volunteers and I went on a bike tour to different villages in the north of Benin. We gave little lessons about the importance of washing one's hands with soap and water and about water and food hygiene. In this video we just got done teaching a group of hundreds of kids and as a wrap-up we are teaching them how to make it rain. You first tap one finger against one other, then two against two, etc, until in the end you have a thunderous rain. This bike tour was a really great experience. 115 K in 2.5 days! From: GWStudent07 Views: 43 0 ratings Time: 00:12 More in People & Blogs

Peace Corps Life is Calling How Far Will You Go c 02

Share the experiences of Peace Corps Volunteers serving in Benin, Malawi, Panama, and Moldova. From: RUPubServe Views: 76 0 ratings Time: 03:04 More in Education