Message-ID: <9504242206.AA08405@gn.apc.org> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 23:06:45 BST From: Patrik Schumann <mailto:ecoasys@GN.APC.ORG> Subject: Re: Alternatives to PC for non-U.S. residents? To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L
At 09:50 95-4-24 -0700, mrupchoc at phs1 wrote: >To Olivier and others who inquired about PCORPS-L, and alternatives to
>the Peace Corps for non-US residents:
> 1. Alternatives to the Peace Corps - Food First Books
> 2. International Internships by Will Cantrell and Francine Modderno,
>WorldWise Books
> Best of luck. I am also considering alternatives and share similar
>sentiments and maybe misgivings. Both these books list several organizations
>(some in duplicate) and the requirements for citizenship, education, etc.
>
As a journeyman specialist who found no appropriate _official_ channel through which to undertake development work, I suggest that some of you make the effort to reach a community-based organisation.
This may or may not be a more difficult initiative, but it will be more effective in ensuring that you know 'what they need' and they know 'where you're coming from'. Such a process of contact, negotiation, participation, etc, is likely to be more productive on the individual/community scale than a bureaucratic, para- military style programme insertion.
All the best,
Patrik Schumann Principal ecOasys (by design) building ecosystems
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