Reflection Paper On Peace Corps

When one volunteers, it is not for their personal gain, yet rather for the benefit of others. The volunteering opportunity would enable one to make a direct connection with others. Thus, the volunteers get

From an early age, I had the desire to give back to my community. This desire was likely instilled in me by my mother, who as a school teacher, went to great lengths to help her students achieve academically. To better do this, she created at Tupelo Middle School in Mississippi, the Mermaids and Argonauts Program, which allowed students to travel on extended school trips to locations where they were able to have hands-on experiences at zoos, science labs, colleges, museums, and more across the country. As her child, I was able to tag along on many of these trips, which fueled my desire to learn about and interact with my environment. It left me with the great hope that someday I would be able to have such experiences abroad, in order to better learn about the people and cultures with which I interact. For this reason, I hope to study abroad this summer in Pachuca, Mexico.

While the service trip took place in the Northern US, there were pre-determined requirements that had to be met before we could embark, one of which was a minimum fundraised amount of $500. The money that was raised by this program went towards scholarships for other Kentucky residents to attend YMCA Conferences, where they have the chance to learn about democracy, kinship, and our community. I count this as community service because the YMCA changed my life by transforming an academic student into a servant leader. Providing the chance for someone else to be shaped into one of tomorrow's leaders is doing a service to my community. The third tier of my service goes towards the United States of America. An example of my service to America has already been noted in my ten day service trip to northern states where I helped shelve books with my peers and kinfolk who had fallen into unfortunate circumstances as well as re-vitalise YMCA Camp Y-Owasco through mulching over 5 miles of trails; however, a lesser noted service that many young adults seek is education. I firmly believe that the education of forthcoming generations is one of the greatest services that can be done for our

Last May, I traveled with Alternative Breaks to New York for community service. During this service, I worked with Meals on Wheels who dedicate their time to provide food for the elderly of Manhattan. As I delivered the food to the seniors, I got a sense of fulfillment because I made them smile by providing them with food. Thus, I chose MDC’s Single Stop because I wanted to make a difference in my home campus by providing and assuring nourishment to those that do not have it just like I did in New York. As my first two years of college comes to an end, I wanted to leave a mark of my own here at home at Miami Dade College North Campus. During the month of September, I decided to partner up with a few of my peers to serve at MDC’s Single Stop.

The volunteers are overseas for 27 months and work in areas such as agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, health, and youth in development. “Agriculture volunteers work with small-scale farmers and families to increase food security and production and adapt to climate change while promoting environmental conservation,” according to the Peace Corps website. Volunteers teach new techniques and develop projects to assist them. Education is about teaching lessons that last a lifetime. Volunteers teach subjects like math, science, or English. They can also develop libraries. The environment volunteers are like agriculture but focus more on the conservation part. They promote sustainable use of natural resources. “The health volunteers work within their communities to promote important topics such as nutrition, maternal and child health, basic hygiene, and water sanitation,” (peacecorps.gov). They also work HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs according to the Peace Corps website. Youth in development volunteers are all about empowering the next generation of leaders. “Volunteers work with youth in communities to promote engagement and active citizenship,” (peacecorps.gov). Volunteers teach about gender awareness, employability, sex education, fitness programs; think of it as a Big Brother campaign.

"National Peace Corps Association is grateful to Congressman Huffman for his bold vision to support Americans who are currently serving and who wish to serve their country through the Peace Corps and other national service providers,” said Glenn Blumhorst, President and CEO, National Peace Corps Association. “With growing challenges at home and abroad, this legislation reprioritizes national service to provide American and foreign communities with the skilled leaders they need to help tackle some of the world's most pressing problems. Congressman Huffman's bill will responsibly grow the Peace Corps and help it achieve 10,000 Volunteers in the field, reaffirm noncompetitive eligibility for returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) who wish to continue to serve the federal government, provide the financial means for RPCVs to leverage their skills towards higher learning, and make service more accessible to Americans from low-income backgrounds. We thank Congressman Huffman for his leadership on the Peace Corps and national service, and look forward to working with him and

The Peace Corps is organized into groups of volunteers and trainees that are placed in different developing countries according to their cause. Some of these causes include: education of children and adults, health and HIV/AIDS, environment, business, agriculture and youth. There are currently 7,733 volunteers and

Our job, as Peace Corps volunteers, is diverse. It cannot be adequately described or summed up in a few words. Yes, we can sarcastically attempt, however, there is remarkably much more to what we accomplish. Regardless of the country or program in which you've been placed or your given job description.

Following the end of World War II, several members of the United States Congress proposed bills to establish several volunteer organizations in developing countries. In December 1961, John F. Kennedy suggested a group that “young college graduates would find a full life in bringing technical advice and assistance to the underprivileged and the backward Middle East” (Targeted News Service). The organization being named the Peace Corps, is still up and running and working hard to help thousands of people in need. They took people out to poverty, changed American’s minds, and accepted diversity. Reasons that go beyond my wildest dreams, are why people should continue to support the Peace Corp.

The lesson is clear. These decent Americans who remain close to the people of the countries they are working in are also America's best ambassadors. In fact, three years after this book's initial publication, John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps, whose philosophy and methods closely parallel the model of small-scale, people-oriented assistance Lederer and Burdick

Because it was only my second time volunteering I hadn't met anyone interested in talking to me for an extended period. This interaction reminded me that I wasn't there just to tell guests where the nearest bathroom was or how much a sea otter ate every single day.

Throughout my life, I have always strived to improve not only the lives of people around me, but to enhance society as a whole. Living in the community of the Gulf Coast has provided me with the opportunity to put my passion of helping others into action. Even though I am attending the University of Mississippi this upcoming fall and will be emerged into unfamiliar territory, I will use my basic values and passions to continue serving my hometown and college community even after I graduate.

The Peace Corps Teams Up with the White House Initiative on a HBCU Peace Car Tour. The east coast tour consisted of 14 HBCU campuses across 8 states including Norfolk State University from Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. Career Services led efforts for the NSU tour in collaboration with Student Activities and International Studies Service-Learning and Civic engagement. In fact, NSU was the only HBCU the tour visited in the state of Virginia. The purpose of the event was to increase awareness about opportunities to live, learn, and work with communities within the U.S. and internationally. Some of the partnering organizations that were present included USAID, U.S

After graduating for college, I plan to apply to help serve in the peace corps. I once read in my french class how it one of the United State Ambassadors got to where he was and it talked about how he helped serve in the Peace Corps and how that opened many doors to him because he was not only able to put the degree in college to good use but how he was also able to work with foreign countries helping show that he had the skills and abilities required to work as an ambassador. This is not the only reason that I would like to help with the Peace Corps however, I just want to help people. In the end that is my overall goal and working with the Peace Corps would give me the opportunity to help. To see what people experience on a day to day living

Columbia Youth Adventurers will also be close to my heart. Mentoring low-income youth and providing them cultural access outside of their surroundings parallels my own experiences. I understand the importance of bringing the world into children’s lives and by volunteering with Youth Adventurers I can pay this importance forward. Due to my experience in similar programs; I understand first-hand the