Comments on: The purpose of the Peace Corps http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/07/31/the-purpose-of-the-peace-corps/ Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gina http://workingworldcareers.com/2009/07/31/the-purpose-of-the-peace-corps/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Gina Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:10:11 +0000 http://workingworldcareers.com/?p=1678#comment-393 This is great! Thank you for sharing this comment. I think that the comment highlighting the personal development aspect is right on. It's important both for volunteers and for host communities to understand that it is about the relationships and personal growth. I studied abroad and did "field work" in a village (country to be left unnamed) with a history of many PCV's in and out. My host family and company that I kept mentioned that the PCV's were not well-liked. When I asked why, they did not mention anything about their projects, but primarily cited that the PCV's mostly kept to themselves and didn't seem to want to be with the community members. Food for thought. . . This is great! Thank you for sharing this comment. I think that the comment highlighting the personal development aspect is right on. It’s important both for volunteers and for host communities to understand that it is about the relationships and personal growth. I studied abroad and did “field work” in a village (country to be left unnamed) with a history of many PCV’s in and out. My host family and company that I kept mentioned that the PCV’s were not well-liked. When I asked why, they did not mention anything about their projects, but primarily cited that the PCV’s mostly kept to themselves and didn’t seem to want to be with the community members.

Food for thought. . .

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