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Originally posted by Eibhlin@Jul 21 2005, 02:10 PM
well the peace corps is basically people who volunteer to go to underdeveloped countries to help teach people about health, technology, agriculture, education. it started back in the 60's, here is a link to the website:
http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm
it's funny, because i always feel that i come across as kind of apathetic because i am not generally an overly emotional person, but i have always wanted to do something like that.
i think it was the slogan they had when i was growing up:
The Peace Corps is the toughest job you'll ever love.
so who knows, maybe someday! :dunno:
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Thanks Andrea. Had a look at it. It many ways, they do similar work to the Salvation Army in this part of the world. Peter (my fiance) used to help them out a lot. He never actually joined them (that was a religious thing though) but he would have like to if he could have. I would like to do something like that myself too.
Actually, it's not really like the Salvation Army. They focus on homeless people but the same empathy and help is there.