Newest Articles
Jan 27 2013 - 2:20pm
Somewhere in your hard drive is a stunning photo that paints a thousand words about your Peace Corps service. Submit your best photograph from your country of service to the BARPCV 5th annual photo contest and your photo might be displayed at Simon's Coffee House in Porter Square, Cambridge, in the...
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Sep 9 2012 - 8:46am
BARPCV Community Grant: Sukuvi - Community Supported Loans for Togolese Students in Need
Boston area RPCV Emily Lagasse (Togo 2008-2010) was recently awarded a BARPCV community grant! The objective of her project is to provide micro loans to qualified and disadvantaged high school graduates from...
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May 25 2011 - 9:28pm
Photo Credit: May 19, 2011 | By Brock Parker, Town Correspondent, Globe Staff
Peace Corps volunteer Diane Gallagher (Cape Verde, 1990-1992) of Brookline, 74, accepts the 2011 Lillian Carter Award from former President Jimmy Carter and Peace Corps Deputy Director...
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May 19 2011 - 9:59pm
Elbert Hardeman
Elbert Hardeman served as a Small Business Volunteer in Morocco from 2004 – 2006. Elbert worked in Tamslouht, Morocco, a small village outside of Marrakech, known for its pottery and textiles. One of Elbert’s greatest moments of being a volunteer...
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May 15 2011 - 10:03pm
We are very happy to share that the Peace Corps Voices website is now live: www.peacecorpsvoices.org. The leaders of the website are pleased that it is up and available and ready for your participation. The radio documentary is on track to air at the end of August and into September.
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Older Articles
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Mar 1 2011 - 8:22pm
BARPCV Board Member, Adam Rosenberg, recently wrote about his Peace Corps experience for the Cambridge Chronicle (the oldest surviving...
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Jan 31 2011 - 8:19am
1/31/11 - When the World Calls: The Inside Story of the Peace Corps and Its First Fifty Years will be published on February 21 by...
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Dec 14 2010 - 12:37am
Callie McDermott was a community based environmental volunteer in Peru from 2008 – November 2010. Callie became interested in joining...
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Dec 14 2010 - 12:12am
Doane Perry was a high school history teacher in Uganda from 1966 – 1969. Being in the Peace Corps helped turn Doane into an Africa...
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Nov 29 2010 - 9:42am
On Saturday, November 20th, BARPCV celebrated its 2010 Annual Meeting at Coda Bar & Kitchen in Boston, MA. A lovely brunch reception...
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Oct 21 2010 - 7:26pm
The Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (BARPCV) is a non-profit organization with approximately 400 members concentrated in...
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Oct 19 2010 - 10:44pm
New England regional recruitment manager Erin Mone-Marquez recently joined the FOX25 Morning News to talk about today's Peace Corps....
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Oct 19 2010 - 10:41pm
NPR reports on 50 years of Peace Corps and the call to service that president John F. Kennedy made to young Americans on October 14, 1960.
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Jul 18 2010 - 11:51am
Cafe Kuma, a collaboration with Peace Corps volunteers
In the mountains of Togo there are no big corporations, hardly any...
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Jul 8 2010 - 10:29pm
One of our very own BARPCV members, Anna Omura, was recently presented with the Franklin H. Williams Award. This award honors...
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Member Spotlight
"The obstacles these students overcome to do something many of us take for granted is astounding."
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Member Spotlight
The obstacles these students overcome to do something many of us take for granted is astounding.
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Peace Corps was the greatest challenged he ever faced and he loved every moment of it.
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Callie's favorite moments were with her host family- cooking with her host mom, helping her siblings read and brewing beer with her dad
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Being in the Peace Corps helped turn Doane into an Africa lover.
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Gazing up at the moon it seems so odd that man has been there. And here I am, over 30 years after...in a village without electricity...
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