Archive for August, 2009
Thanks to intern Ceyhun Arslan for contributing this post. Ceyhun is researching service opportunities throughout the world open to non-U.S. citizens. Australian Volunteers International recruits permanent residents of Australia who wish to volunteer overseas or in remote regions of Australia for a variety of projects. Founded even before the U.S. Peace Corps and the British [ READ MORE ]
A letter from Be The Change’s Alan Khazei in tribute to Senator Kennedy who passed away Tuesday. Sign the Condolence Book for the Kennedy family. Dear Friends and Colleagues: On behalf of ServiceNation, Be the Change and our extended community, I would like to express our profound sadness over the passing of Senator Edward M. [ READ MORE ]
Tonight, Ted Kennedy died at home in Hyannis Port, MA. The senator from Massachusetts, who’s been suffering from a cancerous brain tumor, was recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. He fought hard for national service — most recently on the the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America [ READ MORE ]
The newly sworn-in director of Peace Corps — RPCV Aaron Williams — issued this message on Youtube (transcript below): Transcript: This morning I was sworn in as the 18th Director of the Peace Corps. While preparing for this day, I decided that the first thing I wanted to do was to take a moment to [ READ MORE ]
From Paul Nauert, an intern in our Portland office, originally posted on the Idealist.org homepage blog. Have you volunteered abroad? Do you have thoughts on where to find funding or how to decide between going with a program or going solo? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Since the start of this decade, [ READ MORE ]
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