    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 1999]
    [Pages 648-650]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    PEACE CORPS

    1111 Twentieth Street NW., Washington, DC 20526

    Phone, 202-692-2000. Fax, 202-692-2231. Internet, http://
    www.peacecorps.gov/.
    Director                                          Mark D. Gearan
        Deputy Director                               Charles R. Baquet III
        Chief of Staff                                Thomas Tighe
        General Counsel                               Nancy Hendry
        American Diversity Program Manager            Brenda Gooch
        Inspector General                             Charles Smith
        Director for Office of Planning,              Maureen Carroll
                Policy, and Analysis
        Director of Communications                    Michael Chapman
            Director of Press                         Brendan Daly
        Director of Congressional Relations           Gloria Johnson
        Director of Private Sector                    Victor Basile
                Cooperation and
                International Voluntarism
        Director of the Crisis Corps                  Joan M. Timoney
        Regional Director/Africa Operations           Earl Yates
        Regional Director/Europe,                     Ellen Paquette
                Mediterranean, and Asia
                Operations
        Regional Director/Inter-American and          Patrick Fn'Piere
                the Pacific Operations
        Director, Center for Field                    Lani Havens
                Assistance and Applied
                Research
    Chief Financial Officer                           Lana Hurdle
    Associate Director for Management                 Douglas Greene
    Associate Director for Volunteer Support          Mike Ward
    Associate Director for Volunteer Recruitment and  Carl Swartz, Acting
            Selection

    [For the Peace Corps statement of organization, see the Code of Federal
            Regulations, Title 22, Part 302]

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    The Peace Corps' purpose is to promote world peace and friendship, to
    help other countries in meeting their needs for trained men and women,
    and to promote understanding between the American people and other
    peoples served by the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps Act emphasizes the
    Peace Corps commitment toward programming to meet the basic needs of
    those living in the countries where volunteers work.

    The Peace Corps was established by the Peace Corps Act of 1961, as
    amended (22 U.S.C. 2501), and was made an independent agency by title VI
    of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981
    (22 U.S.C. 2501-1).
        The Peace Corps consists of a Washington, DC, headquarters; 11 area
    offices; and overseas operations in more than 80 countries. Its presence
    in foreign countries fluctuates as programs are added or withdrawn.

    Activities

    To fulfill the Peace Corps mandate, men and women are trained for a 9-
    to 14-week period in the appropriate local language, the technical
    skills necessary for their particular job, and the cross-cultural skills
    needed to adjust to a society with traditions and attitudes

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    different from their own. Volunteers serve for a period of 2 years,
    living among the people with whom they work. Volunteers are expected to
    become a part of the community through their voluntary service.
        Thousands of volunteers serve throughout Central and South America,
    the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe,
    Russia, Ukraine, the Baltics, and Central Asia. They work in six program
    areas, including: education, agriculture, health, small business
    development, urban development, and the environment. Community-level
    projects are designed to incorporate the skills of volunteers with the
    resources of host-country agencies and other international assistance
    organizations to help solve specific development problems, often in
    conjunction with private volunteer organizations.
        In the United States, the Peace Corps is working to promote an
    understanding of people in other countries. Through its World Wise
    Schools Program, volunteers are matched with elementary and junior high
    schools in the United States to encourage an exchange of letters,
    pictures, music, and artifacts. Participating students increase their
    knowledge of geography, languages, and different cultures, while gaining
    an appreciation for voluntarism.
        The Peace Corps offers other domestic programs involving former
    volunteers, universities, local public school systems, and private
    businesses and foundations in a partnership to help solve some of the
    United States most pressing domestic problems.
        The Peace Corps Office of Private Sector Cooperation and
    International Voluntarism works with schools, civic groups, businesses,
    and neighborhood and youth organizations in the United States to
    facilitate their support of Peace Corps initiatives here and abroad.

                            Area Offices--Peace Corps
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                 Office                      Address             Telephone
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    Atlanta, GA (AL, FL, GA, MS,     Suite 2R.70, 100           404-562-3456
     PR, SC, TN).                     Alabama St., 30303.
    Boston, MA (MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)  Rm. 450, 10 Causeway       617-565-5555
                                      St., 02222.
    Chicago, IL (IL, IN, KY, MI,     Suite 450, 55 W. Monroe    312-353-4990
     MO, OH).                         St., 60603.
    Dallas, TX (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)  Rm. 527, 207 S.            214-767-5435
                                      Houston, 75202.
    Denver, CO (CO, KS, NE, UT, WY)  Suite 2205, 1999           303-844-7020
                                      Broadway, 80202.
    Los Angeles, CA (AZ, southern    Suite 8104, 11000          310-235-7444
     CA).                             Wilshire Blvd., 90024.
    Minneapolis, MS (IA, MN, ND,     Suite 420, 330 2d Ave.     612-348-1480
     SD, WI).                         S., 55401.
    New York, NY (CT, NJ, NY, PA)..  Rm. 611, 6 World Trade     212-637-6498
                                      Ctr., 10048.
    San Francisco, CA (northern CA,  Suite 600, 333 Market      415-977-8800
     HI, NV).                         St., 94105.
    Seattle, WA (AK, ID, MT, OR,     Rm. 1776, 2001 6th         206-553-5490
     WA).                             Ave., 98121.
    Washington, DC (DC, DE, MD, NC,  Suite 400, 1400 Wilson     703-235-9191
     VA, WV).                         Blvd., Arlington, VA
                                      22209.
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    Sources of Information

    Becoming a Peace Corps Volunteer  Contact the nearest area office.
    Phone, 800-424-8580, extension 2293 (toll-free).
    Employment  Contact the Peace Corps, Office of Human Resource
    Management, Washington, DC 20526. Phone, 202-692-1200. For recorded
    employment opportunities, call 800-818-9579 (toll-free).
    General Inquiries  Information or assistance may be obtained by
    contacting the Peace Corps' Washington, DC, headquarters or any of its
    area offices. Frequently, information is available from local post
    offices.

    For further information, contact the Press Office, Peace Corps, 1111
    Twentieth Street NW., Washington, DC 20526. Phone, 202-692-2230; or 800-
    424-8580 (toll-free). Fax, 202-692-2231. Internet, http://
    www.peacecorps.gov/.