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Friends of the Eastern Caribbean is your link to the EC and to all your friends who served in the Peace Corps there. Joining has special benefits, the main one being that of using our Find Friends service available to RPCV. Currently there are two way to join:
Join Friends of the Eastern Caribbean directly.
Or join the National Peace Corps Association and the Friends of the Eastern Caribbean.
All RPCV should also
consider joining their local RPCV organization & community activities.
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News Links:
Antigua & Barbuda News Antigua Post & Sun
| The Official RPCV WebRing Featured Sites: Friends of Lesotho Friends of Guinea Proud, Traditional West Africa |
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The Friends of the Eastern Caribbean is composed of Returned Peace Corps
Volunteers who served in the Eastern Caribbean and all others interested in the
Eastern Caribbean. To date approximately 3,547 volunteers have served. The
countries of the Eastern Caribbean face special development challenges
because of their small size and vulnerability to natural disasters. They
are poised on the edge of technological innovation, yet hampered by a
limited economy subject to any changes in the global economy. One such
example is the island of Dominica, which reported a 60 percent drop in
exports last year, while remaining in the top third of the United Nations
Development Index. Despite these complexities, there remains a natural
beauty formed from the many rugged mountains, extensive rainforests,
dynamic volcanoes and lush vegetation found throughout the islands.
The islands are confronted with increased unemployment, a growing presence
of drug trafficking, and periodic natural disasters such as hurricanes and
volcanoes. Opportunities for youth are particularly limited. Economically,
the Eastern Caribbean nations are sustained primarily by single cash crops
or tourism, with growth among communication and technology sectors in some
areas.
Peace Corps programs are focused primarily on providing job skills
training and health services to youths. In collaboration with government
ministries and non-governmental organizations, Peace Corps/Eastern
Caribbean has also integrated within its youth program, information
technology, disaster preparedness and mitigation, and HIV/AIDS education
and prevention.