Yesterday and today have been very long, tiring and full of useful information. I learned yesterday that I am one of maybe 6 or 7 Water/Sanitation workers. This is out of 76 total volunteers in my training group.
There are groups of primary and secondary school teachers, lots of computer technician people, health volunteers and business volunteers. Currently there are between 7000 and 8000 volunteers serving worldwide.
PC has an annual budget of $317 million dollars, compare that to the estimated $800 mil - $2.2 bil for a B-2 bomber and do the math of value of your dollar.
Peace Corps was started almost exactly 45 years ago on March 1st, 1961. Ghana was the first country to recieve volunteers with the Philippines being the second. Since its beginnings, PC has seen nearly 180,000 volunteers.
Madness.
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