World View Magazine - Spring 2008 - (Page 1)
A magazine of news and comment about the Peace Corps world Spring 2008 WORLDVIEW Kevin F. F. Quigley, publisher David Arnold, editor Contributors Volume 21 Number 1 Joshua Berman Ken Budd K. Coleman Foote Ellen Frierson JoAnna Haugen Jon Kohl Greg Mendel David Palmer Kevin F. F. Quigley Steve Rosenthal omas Strouse David Taylor WORLDVIEW PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION Working Vacations Habitat for Humanity WORLDVIEW ADVERTISING Partyke Communications suepartyke@cs.com 540 374 9100 INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUE, Page 10 e Editors take a look at opportunities for our community to perform short-term service around the world with a burgeoning list of non-profits saving the environment, making and laying bricks, digging wells and building bridges. ENGAGING MASONS, Page 12 When Millard and Linda Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity, they quickly discovered that housing for the poor was a global problem with a volunteer solution. By David Taylor. SCIENCE FOR GOOD, Page 28 You can save wetlands, count birds or help archaeologists find the roots of civilization with EarthWatch, a lending hand for global scientific research that was inspired by the Peace Corps model. COMMENTARY, Page 17 A veteran of working vacations, AARP magazine staff writer Ken Budd tells you how to find the right non-profit and the right project for your best international intentions. LETTER FROM GUATEMALA, Page 19 Travel writer Josh Berman led a group of students with American Jewish World Service on a trip through Guatemala’s tragic past to build a bridge to Rabinal. LINKS OF A CHAIN, Page 25 Environmental writer Jon Kohl talks to the founders of Global Volunteers about the history and philosophy of creating short-term volunteer opportunities with longterm community payoffs. LETTER FROM JIMA, Page 32 WorldTeach sent Ellen Frierson to teach school in Jima, Ecuador but the American volunteer had no idea how useful false cognates could be in the classroom. WorldView (ISSN 1047-5338) is published quarterly by the National Peace Corps Association to provide news and comment about communities and issues of the world of serving and returned Peace Corps volunteers. WorldView © 1978 National Peace Corps Association. Periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C. & additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER Pleased send address changes to WorldView magazine National Peace Corps Association 1900 L Street NW, Suite 404 Washington, DC 20036-5002 ADVERTISING Questions regarding advertising should be sent to suepartyke@cs.com or Partyke Comunications 1101 Caroline St., Suite 200 Fredericksburg, VA 22401 SUBSCRIPTIONS Magazine subscriptions may be purchased from the National Peace Corps Association by check or credit card. Prices for individuals are $25 and institutions $35 [add $10 for overseas delivery]. Order forms are also available on the NPCA website at www. peacecorpsconnect.org or www.worldviewmagazine. com EDITORIAL POLICY Articles published in the magazine are not intended to reflect the views of the Peace Corps, or those of the National Peace Corps Association, a nonprofit educational membership organization for those whose lives are influenced by Peace Corps. e NPCA is independent of the federal agency, the Peace Corps. EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS Letters to the editor are welcomed. Unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, or other illustrations will be considered. e editors prefer written proposals before receiving original material. Send queries or manuscripts to the editor at pubs@rpcv.org or by mail to the NPCA address. All inquiries can be addressed to the appropriate person at NPCA by fax at 202 293 7554 or by mail to NPCA, or through the NPCA website at www. peacecorpsconnect.org or www.worldviewmagazine. com COVER In the town of Kuttapuly in India’s Tamil Nadu province, Habitat for Humanity volunteer Karen Tataryan and a local skilled worker position a roofbeam for a new house. Photograph by Kim MacDonald, courtesy of Habitat for Humanity. www.worldviewmagazine.com WorldView 1 Joshua Berman Cross-Cultural Solutions
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of World View Magazine - Spring 2008
World View Magazine - Spring 2008
Contents
From the President
Lafayette Park
Your Turn
Gallery
Note to Readers
Introduction to the Issue
Engaging Masons
Commentary
Letter from Guatemala
Links of a Chain
Gallery
Science for Good
Letter from Jima
Another Country
Letter from Accra
Community News
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