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Giving Back SOCIAL EDGE When social entrepreneurs give to their communities, they mean business. Tune into podcast interviews with Melanie Edwards (Togo 8586), the founder of Social Venture’s Mobilmetrics and the Global Tech Corps, and 50 other RPCVs being honored this year by the Skoll Foundation. See who stepped from their Peace Corps experience onto the Social Edge at www.socialedge.org/features/ peace-corps-entrepreneurs Literacy in Ghana, fair trade in Peru, scholarships in Belize, lap tops in Guatemala classrooms & Ukrainian summer camps by Joanna Haugen upport the work of Peace Corps community members who continue their service overseas through the creation of longterm projects. BELIZE SCHOLARS S Wendy Shapiro (Ukraine ‘02-’06) and Rosa Werthwein (Ukraine ‘03-’05) are co-founders. www.iocoalition.org FAIR TRADE IN PERU International Friends of Belize pays multi-year tuition for 15 secondary school students who perform volunteer service in their communities. President Kristi Drexler (Belize 97-99) and 10 other board members oversee this volunteer-run organization. www.friendsofbelize.org CAMPS IN ARMENIA & UKRAINE International Outreach Coalition offers summer camps focused on civic leadership to more than 400 youth in Armenia, Ukraine and 10 Partners for Just Trade helps more than 230 artisans in Peru. Under executive director Carrie Hawthorne (Guatemala 02-05) it seeks to include fair trade items from other countries. e non-profit cultivates partnerships between poor artisans and conscientious consumers through Fair Trade craft sales and education and has sold $125,000 worth of items ranging from baby blankets to ceramics. www.fairtradeperu.com LIBRARIES IN GHANA Hilda and Kirt Bromley (Ghana 6769) founded the Books for Africa Library Project. Every year they collect, catalogue and ship thousands of books to Ghana where they have established 37 libraries. is year, they distributed more than 30,000 books to four new libraries and two institutions. ey also collect and distribute eyeglasses and medical equipment. www.forafricalibrary.org GUATEMALA LAPTOPS Ukraine counselor, Armenia camper display their flags. added countries. e camps inspire students to make active changes in their communities such as life skills trainings for orphans, city beautification, HIV/AIDS seminars and trainings for university students, drug rehabilitation and human trafficking, theater and debate club and business development. Local professionals run Maya Tech Learning Centers to give rural Mayan children access to structured Internet programming that is unavailable in their classrooms. It is a branch of Swan Tinamit, an NGO accredited by the Ministry of Education to increase educational opportunities for Mayan children. Karen Wilk Macario (Guatemala 92-95) is secretary and treasurer and on the board of directors. www.mayatechlc.org Send your suggestions to alumni news editor JoAnna Haugen at alumninews@rpcv.org. WorldView 43 http://www.iocoalition.org http://www.socialedge.org/features/peace-corps-entrepreneurs http://www.socialedge.org/features/peace-corps-entrepreneurs http://www.friendsofbelize.org http://www.fairtradeperu.com http://www.farmschool.org http://www.forafricalibrary.org http://www.mayatechlc.org http://www.farmschool.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Worldview Magazine - Fall 2007

Worldview - Fall 2007
Contents
Presiden'ts Note
Lafayette Park
Introduction
Interview
Commentary
Editor's Note
Letter from Rumbek, Sudan
Listings
Letter from Yekaterinburg, Russia
Letter from Codaesti, Romania
Letter from Catia La Mar, Venezuela
Letter from Gumare, Botswana
Letter from Ridder, Kazakhstan
Letter from Rincon, Cape Verde
Letter from Port Au Prince
Another Country
Community News
Giving Back
Opinion

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