The Third Goal of the Peace Corps as enunciated in the Peace Corps Act is to create "a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people."
Today's Peace Corps Volunteers are doing this in a way that would have been unimaginable to me when I was in Outat El Haj in the late 80's. Joshua Haynes' Moroccan Emprise is but one example of the weblogs created by Volunteers currently serving in Morocco. Additional Volunteer sites listed by Haynes include Dougie's Daily, Due East of Augusta and "I could have sworn they said 'Monaco'". These sites offer compelling combinations of pictures and narrative that vividly evoke the American experience in Morocco. It is hard to imagine a more vital and heartening use of 21st century technology to promote knowledge and understanding.
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