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Fact Sheet: 2008
Mission
To help the people of interested countries in meeting their Worldwide Programming Results
need for trained men and women.
in HIVI AIDS*
To help promote a better understanding of Americans on
Number of Volunteers conducting
the part of the peoples served.
HIVIAIDS activities: 3,145
To help promote a better understanding of other peoples
on the part of Americans. Number of individuals assisted
by Volunteers' HIVIAIDS activities: 870,921
• Education (36%)
• Health and HIV/AIDS (21%)
• Businees Development (15%)
R Environment (14%)
Volunteers work in areas with limited access to services, • Small grant programs for community-initiated
and live and work in their communities for two years. activities
For more information on Peace Corps' response to HIV/AIDS. please visit our website: www.peacecorps.goY
Agriculture Environment
• Conducting basic HIV/AIDS trainings with farmers, and • Incorporating HIVIAIDS information and life skills into
training participants at agricultural conferences in activities with environmental youth groups and 4H clubs.
HIVIAIDS education.
• Training communities in low labor agricultural Health
techniques to improve the nutrition of people living • Conducting HIVIAIDS outreach to community members to
with HIVIAIDS, ave, and their caregivers. raise awareness about HIVIAIDS and available services.
• Providing educational sessions for health workers and
Business· clinic patients in areas such as nutritional counseling, life
• Building the management capacity of employees and skills, palliative care, PMTCT, and HIVtesting.
members of community based, faith based, and non • Providing training to care-givers and service providers in
governmental organizations, and local businesses. ways to improve care for people living with AIDS and ave.
• Training in income generation for HIVIAIDS-focused • Strengthening linkages and referral networking of
organizations. HIVIAIDS service providers.
Education Youth
• Developing life skills of in-school and out-of-school • Teaching life skills and prevention to youth through clubs,
youth. boys' and girls' conferences, camps, and sports events.
• Integrating HIVIAIDS information into science and • Establishing income-generating activities for ave.
English lesson plans. • Training peer educators.
• Training teachers in life skills and HIVIAIDS education.
For more information on Peace Corps' response to HIV/AIDS, please visit our website: www.peacecorps.gov
The Peace Corps is an independent agency within the executive branch of the United States Government.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the Peace Corps currently has field programs in 72 countries.
Throughout its 45- year history, the Peace Corps' mission has been centered on three goals:
• To help the people of interested countries in meeting their needs for trained men and women;
• To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served;
• To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.
Since its inception, the Peace Corps has enabled more than 182,000 American Volunteers to contribute to
world peace and development by working to achieve these goals on the grassroots level. With the events
of recent years, the goals of the Peace Corps have never been more important. Currently, more than 7,800
Volunteers are working directly with farmers, teachers, health care providers, members of community
based organizations and others to build their capacity to improve their own lives.
WHAT WE DO
Peace Corps programs are designed in conjunction Peace Corps Volunteers by Project
with host country governments, including the
relevant government ministries. Other stakeholders Other
participating in the design and implementation of 7% Agriculture
these programs include national and international 6% Business
NGOs, local foundations, and representatives of Health and
16%
community organizations. Project implementation is HIVI AIDS
centered around the Peace Corps Volunteers, who 20%
work to increase the capacity of communities and
local organizations to meet their needs in the areas of
health, education, business, agriculture, environment
and youth development. Within these sector areas,
Volunteers also contribute to larger agency
initiatives, such as HIV/AIDS prevention and care,
girls' education, and information communication technology (lCT).
STRATEGIC PARTNERING
While Peace Corps' annual budget is determined each year through the federal appropriations process,
restrictions on the use of funds can sometimes limit the Agency's ability to implement a full range of
capacity building activities. To enhance its ability to fulfill its three goals, the Peace Corps enters into
agreements with U.S. Government agencies and other international and private organizations.
Over the years, strategic partnerships have enabled the Peace Corps to maximize its grass-roots
development impact by: providing targeted skills and technical training to Volunteers, host country
counterparts and community organizations; strengthening capacity-building at the local level; and
increasing Volunteer and host country counterpart effectiveness as community development agents.
Partners are linked with grassroots communities around the world, and are offered an opportunity to
demonstrate a measurable impact on the people served.
The Peace Corps will explore partnership opportunities with organizations whose target beneficiaries,
development philosophy, and technical assistance priorities correspond with the Peace Corps' mission
and fall within the objectives of host country projects and programs. Strategic partnering with other U.S.
Government agencies, international and local NGOs, foundations and other private organizations can
advance both partners' goals by:
• targeting resources to specific (sector or initiative) programming areas of mutual interest;
• providing technical training to Volunteers, host country counterparts, and members of local
community organizations;
• sharing relevant technical materials; and,
• assisting grassroots capacity-building activities with technical or community grant support.
Many other international and private organizations operate in countries where the Peace Corps fields
Volunteers. Catholic Relief Services, UNICEF, Oxfam, CARE, PACT, World Vision, PARO and
national chapters of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are just a few of the organizations that have
provided assistance to the Peace Corps with training, technical expertise, or support of specific
community-level projects.
On the positive recommendation of the review panel, the appropriate form of agreement will be drafted
for the consideration of the parties involved. In some cases, it may be more effective to negotiate an
Agency-level agreement, which provides a general framework for operations while leaving specific
country-level implementing agreements to be negotiated at individual posts.
For further information on initiating a partnership with the Peace Corps, contact:
Center for Field Assistance and Applied Research, Partnership Development Unit
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The Partnership Development Unit maintains a Partnership Database to track formal and informal
collaboration at the country/post level, as reported by the annual Project Status Report (PSR) process.
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