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Peace Corps celebrates 20 years in Bulgaria
A US Peace Corps oath-taking ceremony, 2002.
Photo: Nadezhda Chipeva
The Peace Corps celebrates 20 years in Bulgaria on March 2 2011. The event will be marked at the Bulgrian Foreign Ministry in the presence of Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov, US ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick and members of the corps, local media reported.
The Peace Corps is an American volunteer programme run by the US government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the US to understand US culture, and helping Americans understand the cultures of other countries.
In Bulgaria, the anniversary of the institution in Bulgaria will be celebrated by present and past members of the corps from the US and Bulgaria, US diplomats and members of the American College in Sofia, the report said.
Peace Corps volunteers work with governments, schools, non-profit organisations, non-government organisations, and entrepreneurs in education, hunger, business, information technology, agriculture, and the environment.
The Peace Corps is an American volunteer programme run by the US government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the US to understand US culture, and helping Americans understand the cultures of other countries.
In Bulgaria, the anniversary of the institution in Bulgaria will be celebrated by present and past members of the corps from the US and Bulgaria, US diplomats and members of the American College in Sofia, the report said.
Peace Corps volunteers work with governments, schools, non-profit organisations, non-government organisations, and entrepreneurs in education, hunger, business, information technology, agriculture, and the environment.
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This photo features my Peace Corps group's swearing-in ceremony in 2002 in Panagyurishte. Serving in Bulgaria was one of the most valuable experiences of my life.
I have worked in Russia and Iraq. Applied for a Peace Corps Country Director and made the first cut.
My son has a home in Bulgaria and I have been looking for something to do in Bulgaria. With the 20 new volunteers teaching English, that opens an opportunity for me. I have been a school teacher and taught at the university level before going into environmental work.
The German equivalent of Peace Corps is kulturweit.de It would be great if expanded. Not enough KULTURWEIT volunteers are in Bulgaria, or anywhere in this corner of Europe.
Germans can probably contribute equally or better here, and also spur interest in their language.
Bulgaria could create something similar and send young Bulgarians to contribute and learn elsewhere in Europe, and to North America. Why should it be a one-way street? Americans could learn from Bulgarians in many areas. So could Germans, Brits.
Let this flow be mutual. Create a more even playing [...]
Read the full comment field. Send some from Plovdiv as volunteers to Pittsburgh it would be good for Bulgarians, good for Americans.
Get more volunteers from KULTURWEIT here, and create something reciprocal from Bulgaria reaching out. To Germany, France, UK, the states. Money can be found where there's a real will for international equity.
I came to Bulgaria as a Peace Corps Volunteer in 1996. I served three years as a volunteer. Twelve years later I still live in Plovdiv. It has been one of the best experiences of my life.