Peace Corps Country Director Dr Carla Ellis: Peace Corps is about partnership...Peace Corps is about friendship...Peace Corps is promoting world peace."

Current volunteers "will work in the fields of environment, education and youth development."

• Environment: the group will work with schools, communities, environmental groups and farmers, to design and execute environmental awareness programmes and promote sustainable agricultural practices.

• Education: this goup will work one-on-one or in small groups in schools in deep rural Jamaica to raise the reading and mathematical skills of children operating below their grade level.

• Youth Development: this component will see volunteers working with organisations and persons on life skills in an attempt to effect meaningful behavioural change within the target group.

To date, over 3,800 volunteers have served on the island, working with a wide cross- section of schools, communities, government and non-government sector organisations and entrepreneurs.

Let us take a moment to thank past and present Peace Corps volunteers, who have given service, talents and time to advance the community values of Treasure Beach...not least of which is the webmaster and co-founder of TB.Net, the [edited by TBNet :-] Eric Leverson.

Observer LINK:
www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Peace-Corps-celebrates-50-years-of-service-to-Jamai ca_11106257

PROFILE:
http://webtonic.info/discus/messages/28/8041.html?1190594706