The 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps is shaping up to be a big deal here in Kazakhstan, thanks to the organizational leg-work of our 50th Anniversary committee and the support of our staff here in country. Washington has allocated around $10,000 to fund national-level activities, Oblast-level activities, and promotional items to spread awareness about Peace Corps in Kazakhstan. We are busy on the ground in order to make the 50th anniversary something to remember.
But it's not only about us! Alex White, a Kaz 22 Volunteer in Aktobe, has designed the Peace Corps Kazakhstan 50th Anniversary website, where you can find out how to get involved in our activities. One of the most creative ways we came up with in order to involve our friends and supporters is the "Peace Corps Kazakhstan Family Mapping Project", where you can pinpoint your location on our Google map and graphically view the extensive global network of support that we receive. Additionally, you can download our prepared sign in PDF form, follow the directions to fill it out, take a photo of you with the sign, and then send it in to our site. The sign is kind of like our version of "flat stanley", if you are familiar with that gradeschool project.
You can complete your sign anytime between now and September, though we hope that you will complete the sign as soon as possible. You may send your photo with the sign to me personally (see my contact info on the right side of the blog), or directly to our site via the directions listed there. All friends, family, blog-stalkers, interested parties, RPCVs, host country nationals, or just plain bored people can fill out a sign and send in the photo! Do it. It will bring such pleasure to our Siberian, self-less lifestyles. And if that's not enough, you should do it because all of the cool kids are doing it these days...peer pressure peer pressure...
No really. Please help us celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps and monitor our activities via our PC50th Website and feel free to read Obama's announcement on the 50th Anniversary.
But it's not only about us! Alex White, a Kaz 22 Volunteer in Aktobe, has designed the Peace Corps Kazakhstan 50th Anniversary website, where you can find out how to get involved in our activities. One of the most creative ways we came up with in order to involve our friends and supporters is the "Peace Corps Kazakhstan Family Mapping Project", where you can pinpoint your location on our Google map and graphically view the extensive global network of support that we receive. Additionally, you can download our prepared sign in PDF form, follow the directions to fill it out, take a photo of you with the sign, and then send it in to our site. The sign is kind of like our version of "flat stanley", if you are familiar with that gradeschool project.
You can complete your sign anytime between now and September, though we hope that you will complete the sign as soon as possible. You may send your photo with the sign to me personally (see my contact info on the right side of the blog), or directly to our site via the directions listed there. All friends, family, blog-stalkers, interested parties, RPCVs, host country nationals, or just plain bored people can fill out a sign and send in the photo! Do it. It will bring such pleasure to our Siberian, self-less lifestyles. And if that's not enough, you should do it because all of the cool kids are doing it these days...peer pressure peer pressure...
No really. Please help us celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps and monitor our activities via our PC50th Website and feel free to read Obama's announcement on the 50th Anniversary.
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