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Helpful Websites

Peace Corps Blogs
http://www.peacecorpsjournals.com/

Peace Corps Writers
http://www.peacecorpswriters.org/

The Peace Gallery
http://www.peacegallery.org/

Third Goal: Peace Corps Stories
http://www.thirdgoal.com/

Peace Corps Online
http://www.peacecorpsonline.org/

Peace Corps Wiki
http://www.peacecorpswiki.org/Peace_Corps_Wiki

National Peace Corps Association
http://www.rpcv.org/

Friends of Afghanistan
http://AfghanConnections.org

Friends of the Baltics
http://www.balticfriends.org

Friends of Belize
http://www.friendsofbelize.org

Friends of Benin
http://www.friends-of-benin.org

Friends of Bolivia and Peru
http://www.amigosdeboliviayperu.org

Friends of Bulgaria
http://friendsofbulgaria.org

Friends of Burkina Faso
http://apache.tamu.edu/fbf/

Friends of Cameroon
http://www.friendsofcameroon.org

Friends of Columbia
http://www.friendsofcolumbia.org

Friends of the Eastern Caribbean
http://home.earthlink.net/~foec/

Friends of Ecuador
http://friendsofecuador.org

Friends of El Salvador
http://www.friendsofelsalvador.org

Ethiopia and Eritrea RPCVs
http://www.ethiopiaeritrearpcvs.org/

Friends of Fiji
http://www.fofiji.org/

Friends of Senegal and the Gambia
http://www.erslah.com/attaya/

Friends of Ghana
http://web.mac.com/fmyates/Friends_of_Ghana/Home.html

Friends of Guatemala
http://cuerpodepaz.net/modules/eguide/

Friends of Guinea
http://www.friendsofguinea.org/

Friends and RPCVs of Guyana
http://guyfrog.wordpress.com/

Friends of India
http://www.foindia.org/

Friends of Jamaica
http://www.servejamaica.org/

Friends of Jordan
http://www.friendsofjordan.org/

Friends of Kenya
http://www.friendsofkenya.org/

Friends of Korea
http://www2.gol.com/users/coynerhm/

Friends of Kyrgyzstan
http://friendsofkyrgyzstan.org/

Friends of Lesotho
http://friendsoflesotho.org/

Friends of Liberia
http://www.fol.org/

Friends of Macedonia
http://www.friendsofmacedonia.com/

Friends of Malawi
http://www.friendsofmalawi.org/

Friends of Malaysia
http://www.friendsofmalaysia.org/

Friends of Mauritania
http://www.forim.org/

Friends of Mongolia
http://www.friendsofmongolia.org/

Friends of Morocco
http://friendsofmorocco.org/

High Atlas Foundation
http://www.highatlasfoundation.org/

Friends of Nepal
http://www.friendsofnepal.com/

Friends of Niger
http://www.friendsofniger.org/

Friends of Nigeria
http://friendsofnigeria.org/

Peace Corps Panama Friends
http://www.panamapcv.net/

Friends of Paraguay
http://www.friendsofparaguay.org/

Amigos de Bolivia y Peru
http://www.amigosdeboliviayperu.org/

Peace Corps Alumni Foundation for Philippine Development
http://rpcvphilippines.org/

Friends of Sierra Leone
http://www.fosalone.org/

Friends of Swaziland
http://www.friendsofswaziland.org/

Friends of Tanzania
http://www.fotanzania.org/

Friends of Thailand
http://friendsofthailand.org/

Friends of Togo
http://www.friendsoftogo.org/

Friends of Turkey
http://www.arkadaslar.info/

Friends of Turkmenistan
http://www.friendsofturkmenistan.org/

Friends of Uganda
http://www.friendsofuganda.org/

Friends of Ukraine
http://co.net/friends/

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender US Peace Corps Alumni
http://www.lgbrpcv.org/

 

Books About the Peace Corps

Banerjee, Dillon. So You Want to Join the Peace Corps: What to Know Before You Go.
    Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2000.

Herrera, Susana. Mango Elephants in the Sun: How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My 
    Skin. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1999.

Hessler, Peter. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

Thomsen, Moritz. Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle. Seattle: The University
    of Washington Press, 1997.