To add to recent unsettling news for the Peace Corps community, Peace Corps’s Madagascar program has been suspended due to political strife in the country. Peace Corps’s top priority is the health and safety of it Volunteers who yearly practice safety drills in case evacuation becomes necessary.
The unstable political situation in Madagascar has prompted Peace Corps to issue a statement confirming that its Volunteers serving there are safe:
“WASHINGTON, D.C., March 11, 2009 – The situation in Madagascar was tense today due to an ongoing political standoff between the President and the former mayor of Antananarivo, resulting in looting and anti-government Continue reading