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Peace Corps Week
Promoting World Peace and Friendship
February 26-March 4, 2007
Since 1961, more than 187,000 Americans have served in 139 host countries around the world as Peace Corps Volunteers. Each year during Peace Corps Week, this tradition of service is honored as thousands of RPCVs celebrate the Peace Corps' anniversary by sharing stories of their host country experiences with their local community. In doing so, RPCVs continue to build bridges across cultures-bridges to friendship, cross-cultural understanding, tolerance, and ultimately, peace.
Join thousands of other RPCVs, PCVs, staff, and friends of the Peace Corps in promoting world peace and friendship during Peace Corps Week-February 26 through March 4, 2007. All registrants will receive a free presentation kit, which includes the Peace Corps Week newsletter and fact sheet, a colorful poster size world map as well as Peace Corps logo stickers and 2007 bookmarks for your audience. Register online today to participate during Peace Corps Week and receive your free presentation kit within a week!
Visit www.peacecorps.gov/pcweek to get details, activity suggestions, and to register online!
Questions? Comments? E-mail us at pcweek@peacecorps.gov or call 1.800.424.8580, ext. 1961.
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RPCV Senator Dodd Announces Presidential Candidacy
Last week Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) announced that he will run for the
Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. Dodd, who was a Peace Corps
volunteer in the Dominican Republic from 1962-1968, is the second RPCV to run
for presidential office. He follows the path of the late Sen. Paul Tsongas
(Ethiopia 62-64) who ran for the Democratic nomination in 1982
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FOI Charity, The Ecological Development Foundation (EDF), produces 2007 Calendar:
Joe Emerson (I-38) and founder of EDF writes: My daughter, Serena, traveled to Sirwar in
Karnataka State, India with me last summer. While there, Serena took pictures and interviewed
poor village women at work. From this she has created a spectacular calendar of Women at
Work with beautiful pictures and interviews. With any contribution of $25.00 or more you may
receive a free calendar. The proceeds will go to the women's groups in Sirwar that have been
organized by the Sanjeevini Trust. Please see below for pictures and information
on the calendar or go to http://www.sanjeevinitrust.org.
Support
poor village women's self help groups in India
Free Women's Work 2007 Wall
Calendar
Available
with your contribution of $25.00 or More
 
These are
some of the images you'll see in each calendar
Support
impoverished women in improving their lives and those of their families. With a contribution of $25 or more, you will
receive a free 2007 wall calendar
featuring photographs of and interviews with village women about their
daily labor.
Your
contribution supports the Sanjeevini Trust's women's groups, which are trying
to expand their financial resources for loan pools, which provide a buffer for
group members in times of hardship and create opportunities for women to start
small businesses. With more financial resources, these women will be able to
increase their autonomy, raise healthier families, and have more of a voice in
the community. Each 2007 Women's Work Wall Calendar
features photographs of women at work and contains interviews with women about
the role of work in their lives.
To make a donation or to purchase a
quantity of calendars, visit http://www.sanjeevinitrust.org/yourcontribution.html#B
or make your check payable to: The Ecological
Development Foundation, Inc., and send to:
The Ecological Development
Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 94
Bradford, NH 03221.
Please be sure to include your shipping address.
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All proceeds from the Women's Work 2007 calendars
benefit the Sanjeevini Trust women's groups directly. Thank you for your support. For more
information about the Sanjeevini Trust please visit: www.sanjeevinitrust.org
The Ecological Development Foundation is a 501C3
non-profit corporation and your donation is tax deductible.
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GLOBAL HEALTH CONFERENCE: Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices to Achieve Global Goals
Unite For Sight Fourth Annual International Health Conference
April 14-15, 2007 at Stanford University School of Medicine, California
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2007/
More Than 300 Renowned Speakers from North America, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe
Join over 1,500 leaders, doctors, professionals, and students from 5 continents for an engaging exchange of ideas about best practices.
When: April 14-15, 2007.
Where: Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA.
Early Bird Rate Increases After DECEMBER 20: Current Rate is $60 Students/$80 All Others.
Who should attend? Anyone interested in eye care, international health, medicine,
health education, health promotion, public health, international service, social entrepreneurship,
nonprofits, or microenterprise.
Conference Goal: To exchange ideas across disciplines about best practices in public health,
medicine and research, and international health and development.
Conference topics range from "The Right to Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health
Care in Latin America" and "Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the
Developing World" to "Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other
Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella" and "Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana".
COMPLETE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE WITH 300 SPEAKERS: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/2007/
Hundreds of Conference Sessions For Anyone Interested In:
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Global Health
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International Development
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Millennium Development Goals
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Public Health
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Overseas Volunteering
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Health and Human Rights
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Refugee Health
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HIV/AIDS
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Infectious Disease
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Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship
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Health in Africa
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Health in Asia
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Health in Latin America
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Global Eye Care and Vision 2020
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Glaucoma Symposium
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