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Peace Corps News

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	''The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.''<br><rss title=on desc=off>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&scoring=n&q=%22peace+corps%22+%22russia%22&output=rss\|charset=UTF-8\|short\|date=M d</rss>		''The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.''<br><rss title=on desc=off>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&scoring=n&q=%22peace+corps%22+%22russia%22&output=rss\|charset=UTF-8\|short\|date=M d</rss>

-	<br>'''[http://peacecorpsjournals.com PEACE CORPS JOURNALS]'''<br>''( As of {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} )''<rss title=off desc=off ~~number=10~~>http://peacecorpsjournals.com/rss/rs/blog/50.xml</rss>	+	<br>'''[http://peacecorpsjournals.com PEACE CORPS JOURNALS]'''<br>''( As of {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} )''<rss title=off desc=off>http://peacecorpsjournals.com/rss/rs/blog/50.xml\|charset=UTF-8\|short\|max=10</rss>

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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	Current events relating to Peace Corps are also available by [[News \| country of service]] or [[News by state\|your home state]]		Current events relating to Peace Corps are also available by [[News \| country of service]] or [[News by state\|your home state]]

-	''The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.''<br><rss title=on desc=off>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&scoring=n&q=%22peace+corps%22+%22russia%22&output=rss</rss>	+	''The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.''<br><rss title=on desc=off>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&scoring=n&q=%22peace+corps%22+%22russia%22&output=rss\|charset=UTF-8\|short\|date=M d</rss>

	<br>'''[http://peacecorpsjournals.com PEACE CORPS JOURNALS]'''<br>''( As of {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} )''<rss title=off desc=off number=10>http://peacecorpsjournals.com/rss/rs/blog/50.xml</rss>		<br>'''[http://peacecorpsjournals.com PEACE CORPS JOURNALS]'''<br>''( As of {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} )''<rss title=off desc=off number=10>http://peacecorpsjournals.com/rss/rs/blog/50.xml</rss>

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Peace Corps News

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	''The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.''<br><rss title=on desc=off>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&scoring=n&q=%22peace+corps%22+%22russia%22&output=rss</rss>		''The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.''<br><rss title=on desc=off>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&scoring=n&q=%22peace+corps%22+%22russia%22&output=rss</rss>
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		+	<br>'''[http://peacecorpsjournals.com PEACE CORPS JOURNALS]'''<br>''( As of {{CURRENTDAYNAME}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} )''<rss title=off desc=off number=10>http://peacecorpsjournals.com/rss/rs/blog/50.xml</rss>

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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	Volunteers are assisting NGOs with grant proposal writing, organizational development, and fundraising techniques. A Volunteer in Vladivostok helped the Resource Center for Environmental Education, a local NGO, successfully implement a proposal to send several Center members and a film technician to the United States to make a documentary about outdoor education. The film will be shown on Russian television and used in seminars with other environmental NGOs.		Volunteers are assisting NGOs with grant proposal writing, organizational development, and fundraising techniques. A Volunteer in Vladivostok helped the Resource Center for Environmental Education, a local NGO, successfully implement a proposal to send several Center members and a film technician to the United States to make a documentary about outdoor education. The film will be shown on Russian television and used in seminars with other environmental NGOs.
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		+	==Peace Corps News==
		+
		+	Current events relating to Peace Corps are also available by [[News \| country of service]] or [[News by state\|your home state]]
		+
		+	''The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.''<br><rss title=on desc=off>http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&scoring=n&q=%22peace+corps%22+%22russia%22&output=rss</rss>

	==External Links==		==External Links==

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-	There are two Peace Corps/Russia administrative units: Russia West and Russia East.	+	There are two Peace Corps/Russia administrative units: [[Russia West]] and [[Russia East]].
	The Russia West office is located in Moscow and supervises the Volunteers located from		The Russia West office is located in Moscow and supervises the Volunteers located from
	the western borders of Russia to the oblast of Krasnoyarsk in the east. The Russia East		the western borders of Russia to the oblast of Krasnoyarsk in the east. The Russia East

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		+	There are two Peace Corps/Russia administrative units: Russia West and Russia East.
		+	The Russia West office is located in Moscow and supervises the Volunteers located from
		+	the western borders of Russia to the oblast of Krasnoyarsk in the east. The Russia East
		+	office, located in Vladivostok, supervises Volunteers from the Irkust oblast to the eastern
		+	shoreline including Sakhalin Island. The country director is located in Moscow and a
		+	deputy director manages the Vladivostok office.
		+
		+
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	'''Volunteers Served:''' 729		'''Volunteers Served:''' 729

-	~~There are two Peace Corps/Russia administrative units: Russia West and Russia East.~~	+
-	~~The Russia West office is located in Moscow and supervises the Volunteers located from~~	+
-	~~the western borders of Russia to the oblast of Krasnoyarsk in the east. The Russia East~~	+
-	~~office, located in Vladivostok, supervises Volunteers from the Irkust oblast to the eastern~~	+
-	~~shoreline including Sakhalin Island. The country director is located in Moscow and a~~	+
-	~~deputy director manages the Vladivostok office.~~	+

	Russia is the largest country in the world measuring 6.5 million square miles. It is 1.8		Russia is the largest country in the world measuring 6.5 million square miles. It is 1.8
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	Currently, 81% of the Volunteers in both Russia program assignments concentrate on		Currently, 81% of the Volunteers in both Russia program assignments concentrate on
	Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). See Table 1. The Russia West		Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). See Table 1. The Russia West
-	Volunteers are assigned to TEFL projects and business education. In the Russia East	+	Volunteers are assigned to TEFL projects and business education. In the Russia East program, Volunteers are assigned to TEFL—two Volunteers remain in an environment
-		+
-	program, Volunteers are assigned to TEFL—two Volunteers remain in an environment	+
	project and two in business education. Both the business education and the environment		project and two in business education. Both the business education and the environment
	projects in the Russia East program have had their last Volunteer input.		projects in the Russia East program have had their last Volunteer input.

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	shoreline including Sakhalin Island. The country director is located in Moscow and a		shoreline including Sakhalin Island. The country director is located in Moscow and a
	deputy director manages the Vladivostok office.		deputy director manages the Vladivostok office.
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		+	Russia is the largest country in the world measuring 6.5 million square miles. It is 1.8
		+	times the size of the United States. After perestroika and the collapse of the former
		+	Soviet Union in 1990, the Russian Government implemented a series of major reforms
		+	including the introduction of free-market policies, the elimination of most price controls,
		+	the reduction of budget subsidies to promote privatization of state-owned enterprises, and
		+	the delegation of more responsibilities to local governments. This painful political,
		+	social, and economic transformation continues today.
		+
		+	The Peace Corps entered Russia in 1992, bringing Volunteers to assist the development
		+	of business in Russia. The Peace Corps programs in Russia were administered out of
		+	three offices: one in Saratov, one in Moscow (which did not have Volunteers), and the
		+	third in Vladivostok—each with independent operating budgets and staff. In 1995, TEFL
		+	Volunteers came to assist university English programs. Also in 1995, the Saratov office
		+	closed, and the staff and budget for Saratov and Moscow consolidated in Moscow. There
		+	are two Peace Corps/Russia administrative units: Russia West and Russia East. The
		+	Russia West office is located in Moscow and the staff supervises the Volunteers located
		+	from the western borders of Russia to the Krasnoyarsk oblast in the east. The Russia East
		+	staff with an office located in Vladivostok supervises Volunteers from the Irkust oblast
		+	near Lake Baikal to the eastern shoreline including Sakhalin Island. The country director
		+	is located in Moscow and a deputy director manages the Vladivostok office.
		+
		+	After the market collapse of 1998, the value of the ruble dropped. In August 1998, the
		+	exchange rate was 6.5 rubles to the dollar. It fell to 25 rubles to the dollar in 1999.
		+	During our visit, the exchange rate averaged 30 rubles to the dollar. As the government
		+	removes subsidies to services such as transportation, increased costs are affecting Peace
		+	Corps operations in Russia.
		+
		+	The Russia programs were interrupted in 1998 when no Trainees entered Russia, because
		+	visas were not granted. However, the Volunteers already in country were allowed to
		+	complete their service, and the Peace Corps staff remained intact. In 1999, the
		+	governmental sponsorship of the Peace Corps moved from the Ministry of Foreign
		+	Affairs to the Ministry of Education.
		+
		+	Russians are highly educated; the official literacy rate is 98%. The Russian education
		+	system ranks among the best in the world. It is a highly regulated system with
		+	examinations for students and strict credentialing requirements for teachers. Education is
		+	free and compulsory until the age of seventeen.
		+
		+	Increasingly, Russians identify English language proficiency as an important step to
		+	regaining footholds in international trade, technology, information sharing, and study
		+	abroad. This has led to a demand for English language and business English instruction
		+	reflected in the fact that 75% of all students choose it as their first foreign language.
		+	Because of this extraordinary demand, and because Russian teachers of English have
		+	been isolated from native speakers, there is a need for assistance in teaching English.
		+	Volunteers who do not have teaching credentials or teaching experience feel at a
		+	disadvantage among their host country teaching colleagues. Russia training strains to
		+	overcome the discrepancy between the training and experience of Russian teachers of
		+	English and the training and experience of TEFL Volunteers.
		+
		+	Currently, 81% of the Volunteers in both Russia program assignments concentrate on
		+	Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). See Table 1. The Russia West
		+	Volunteers are assigned to TEFL projects and business education. In the Russia East
		+
		+	program, Volunteers are assigned to TEFL—two Volunteers remain in an environment
		+	project and two in business education. Both the business education and the environment
		+	projects in the Russia East program have had their last Volunteer input.
		+	Russia TEFL Volunteers teach at several levels of the Russian educational system.
		+	Volunteers with credentials are assigned to pedagogical institutes for teacher training,
		+	Volunteers with advanced degrees go to universities, and most Volunteers go to
		+	secondary schools or to “colleges” or technical schools. A few Volunteers work in
		+	primary schools in order to have a full teaching schedule. Most of the teacher training,
		+	university, and secondary school assignments are in urban centers, but Volunteers who
		+	teach at some secondary schools and the primary level may be assigned to more rural
		+	settings. In the Russia West program, Volunteers with a business background are
		+	assigned to teach business English at universities or at the technical colleges.
		+	Providing support is logistically difficult in Russia. In the 1998 PPA Worldwide Survey,
		+	53% of the Russia East Volunteers and 69% of the Russia West Volunteers reported that
		+	it took 10 or more hours to travel to their Peace Corps office; 35% of Volunteers in the
		+	EMA region and 26% of Volunteers worldwide reported 10 or more hours to reach their
		+	Peace Corps offices. In some instances, communication is unavailable, difficult, or
		+	requires travel to a larger urban center. Email capabilities are available to most of the
		+	Volunteers assigned to urban or regional centers, but not to Volunteers in the smaller
		+	rural or village sites. Both posts plan to place more Volunteer in smaller cities and rural
		+	areas, so the staff must adjust the site selection and development process and Volunteer
		+	support accordingly.
		+
		+

	==Volunteer Work==		==Volunteer Work==

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	'''Program Dates:''' 1992-2003<br>		'''Program Dates:''' 1992-2003<br>
	'''Volunteers Served:''' 729		'''Volunteers Served:''' 729
		+
		+	There are two Peace Corps/Russia administrative units: Russia West and Russia East.
		+	The Russia West office is located in Moscow and supervises the Volunteers located from
		+	the western borders of Russia to the oblast of Krasnoyarsk in the east. The Russia East
		+	office, located in Vladivostok, supervises Volunteers from the Irkust oblast to the eastern
		+	shoreline including Sakhalin Island. The country director is located in Moscow and a
		+	deputy director manages the Vladivostok office.

	==Volunteer Work==		==Volunteer Work==

Mike: /* Volunteer Work */

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Volunteer Work

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	==Volunteer Work==		==Volunteer Work==
		+
		+	{\| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
		+	\|-
		+	\| align="center" \| '''[[Sector]]''' \|\| '''[[Assignment]]''' \|\| '''[[Beg. Yr]]''' \|\| '''[[End. Yr]]'''
		+	\|-
		+	\| rowspan="3" align="center"\| '''[[Business]]'''
		+	\| [[Business Advising]]
		+	\| [[1997]]
		+	\| [[2001]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| [[Business Development]]
		+	\| [[1997]]
		+	\| [[2001]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| [[NGO Advising]]
		+	\| [[1999]]
		+	\| [[1999]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| rowspan="3" align="center"\| '''[[Education]]'''
		+	\| [[English Teacher]]
		+	\| [[1996]]
		+	\| [[2001]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| [[English Teacher Trainer]]
		+	\| [[1996]]
		+	\| [[2001]]
		+	\|-
		+	\| [[Univ. English Teaching]]
		+	\| [[1997]]
		+	\| [[2001]]
		+	\|-
		+	\|}
		+
		+
	===Business Development===		===Business Development===
	Peace Corps Volunteers work to nurture business development by providing business education, consulting, and support to government officials, entrepreneurs, business institutes, schools, and NGOs. One Volunteer collaborated with Russian business owners, business professors, U.S. technical assistance providers, and fellow Volunteers to produce a series of marketing videos based on Russian case studies. These videos will be used in seminars and workshops for Russian entrepreneurs.		Peace Corps Volunteers work to nurture business development by providing business education, consulting, and support to government officials, entrepreneurs, business institutes, schools, and NGOs. One Volunteer collaborated with Russian business owners, business professors, U.S. technical assistance providers, and fellow Volunteers to produce a series of marketing videos based on Russian case studies. These videos will be used in seminars and workshops for Russian entrepreneurs.

Mike: /* See also */

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Volunteers who served in Russia]]		* [[Volunteers who served in Russia]]
		+	* [[Inspector General Reports]]

	==External links==		==External links==