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Mission and Goals

Mission and Goals. To promote world peace and friendship by helping The people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women Promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served

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Mission and Goals

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  1. Mission and Goals To promote world peace and friendship by helping • The people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women • Promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served • Promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans

  2. Volunteer Programs BusinessDevelopment 15% Health &HIV/AIDS 21% Environment 14% Youth 6% Education 36% Agriculture 5% Other 4% Figures based on data as of 9/30/07 Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding

  3. Active Volunteers and trainees: 8,079 Gender: 59% women, 41% men Marital status: 93% single, 7% married Minorities: 17% of Volunteers Average age: 27 years Volunteers over age 50: 5% (oldest Volunteer is 80) Volunteer Diversity Age Distribution Statistics based on data as of 9/30/07

  4. Volunteer Locations

  5. Top Down Policy Makers Implementing Organizations Target Populations Bottom Up Policy Makers Service Organizations Representative Organizations Families and Communities Approaches to Development Programming

  6. Capacity Building Levels Individual members and leaders of a community Organizations (including businesses and NGOs) Professionals and other Intermediary Service Providers Communities as a whole

  7. Appreciative Inquiry Appreciating and Valuing “Identify What Works Well” Envisioning “What Might Be” Design “Build on What Works Well” Delivery Problem Solving “Felt Need” Identification of Problem Analysis of Causes Analysis of Possible Solutions Action Planning Approaches to DevelopmentProgramming

  8. Designing Projects

  9. We orient and train Volunteers to work where these conditions overlap

  10. Looking at the Education Sector • Teaching Students (math, science, TEFL, literacy) • Capacity Building for Teachers(Team-teaching, University Teacher Training, In-service workshops communities of practice) • Organizational Strengthening (resource development, education administration, professional networks) • Community Development (school~community links, extra-curricular projects e.g., big brother/sister projects, life skills, ICT training courses, leadership camps)

  11. What is SED? • The Small Enterprise Development (SED) sector of Peace Corps is composed of projects in the following areas: • Business Development • Community Development • Municipal Development • NGO/Organizational Development • Many SED projects around the world have components of more than one sub sector

  12. SED Volunteer Outreach - 2007 Peace Corps has 51 Small Enterprise Development projects in 47 countries. In 2007, the 1,312 SED Volunteers reached: 6,016 Communities 6,549 Organizations 46,343 men 52,245 women 51,186 boys (under age 25) 55,937 girls (under age 25) 18,030 service providers

  13. Environment and Agriculture Sectors

  14. Agriculture Project Areas • Crop Extension • Apiculture • Agribusiness • Fisheries • Post-Harvest Activities • Animal Husbandry

  15. Environment Project Areas • Environmental Education • Environmental Awareness • Ecotourism • Natural Resources Management • Agroforestry/forestry • Parks and Wildlife

  16. Health Promoting Healthy Lifestyles • Behavior Change and Communication • Food and Nutrition • Health Workers and Peer Educators • Malaria/Mosquito-borne illnesses • Maternal and Child Health • Men's Health • Organizational Development • Reproductive Health • School-Based Health • Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

  17. Contributing to the Global Response to HIV/AIDS Ed: HIV/AIDS in Science and English lessons, TOT with teachers, Life Skills clubs, materials development for the deaf community Wat/San: Hygiene education, improved water sources and latrines for PLWA and OVC Ag/Env: HIV prevention with farmers, permaculture, nutrition education for PLWA, OVC and caregivers SED/ICT: IGA for PLWA, vocational training for OVC, capacity building of HIV-focused NGOs, development of M&E systems Health: Capacity building of community health workers and caregivers, nutrition counseling, life skills education, MTCT and VCT promotion Youth: Teaching Life Skills; HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention through clubs, camps and sports events; peer education; strengthening youth-focused NGOs

  18. Youth Development: Areas of Action Healthy Lifestyles - Life Skills and Family Life Training - Sports, arts music and theater - Early Parenting - Wellness, including HIV/AIDS prevention - Substance Abuse prevention World of Work - Pre-Employment Preparation - Entrepreneurship training - ICT literacy and technical skills Active Citizenship - Service-learning in schools and communities - Environmental Action

  19. Questions? Randy Adamsradams@peacecorps.gov Jesse Buff jbuff@peacecorps.gov Kathy Jacquart kjacquart@peacecorps.gov Kate Raftery kraftery@peacecorps.gov Peggy Seufertpseufert@peacecorps.gov

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