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Paul Miller
South Bend, IN
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Paul commented on the article |As a Former Peace Corps volunteer, I agree with the assessment of Peace Corps here. It does much better at its second 2 goals (the diplomacy ones) that its first (the one focused on development). I love Peace Corps and encourage others to do it. It was a great experience to me and opened my eyes in a lot of ways, and I think I can approach international development in a way now that I could not have had I not had this experience. However, I will say that it is not for everyone. As Alanna points out some volunteers walk away disheartened and others do great things. It all depends what your expectations are and what you make of it. I believe it to be our job as RPCVs to be open and honest with perspective volunteers about the realities of Peace Corps. I do believe, though, that Peace Corps volunteers could be utilized more and provide great support to the development community. With their language skills and unique understanding of local communities and culture, I think PCVs have a lot to offer in terms of bridging the gap between the development community and local populations. I also hope to see more from the RPCV community (graduates of the school of Peace Corps) along these same lines, and am especially encouraged by the NPCA's latest initiative:
