Peace Corps Horizons

*Peace Corps Horizons* A monthly Peace Corps publication serving Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota

Friday, August 20, 2004	This 'N That	VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3

Local RPCV Group Honored with Award
by Rebecca Brouillard

Congratulations to the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin-Madison! At this year’s National Peace Corps Association’s Conference in Chicago, IL, Peace Corps Director Gaddi H. Vasquez presented the group with a first ever volunteer recognition award. Both individual RPCVs and RPCV groups throughout the United States were nominated to receive the award, but only one from each category were selected at the event.

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RPCV Spotlight

Ben Rau served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador from 2002-2004. He worked in Water and Sanitation Extension in an effort to bring clean water to the village where he lived. The following are questions that we posed to him about being a Peace Corps Volunteer:

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Country Spotlight: El Salvador

Although the smallest country in Central America by land size, El Salvador is one of the most densely populated with just under 7 million people. Tucked between Guatemala and Honduras, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, El Salvador has numerous volcanoes and forests, and has a climate that ranges from tropical to temperate.

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A Safety and Security Specialist's Perspective

Due to space restrictions in our July 2004 "Safety and Security" issue, the following article did not make an appearance. Simone Bramble, recruiter for the Minneapolis office, interviewed Daryl Sink, Peace Corps Safety and Security Specialist, and asked his thoughts about efforts to improve Volunteer safety:

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