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So You Want to Join the Peace Corps: What to Know Before You Go
Dillon Banerjee
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
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YA-Using a question-and-answer format, a former Peace Corps volunteer
addresses the concerns teenagers and parents might harbor about this
important decision.
From packing tips and living among the locals to
medical services and staying in touch with home, there are practical
comments and stories of actual experiences from volunteers, plus
statements of Peace Corps policy for guidance.
Eleven appendixes offer
facts about and maps of Peace Corps projects, descriptions of programs and
requirements, and lists of alternative organizations.
"How to Become a
Competitive Candidate" will be useful to teens because it suggests
volunteer and extracurricular activities that will enhance their future
qualifications for Peace Corps work. Copyright 2000 Cahners
Business Information, Inc.
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So You Want to Join the Peace Corps: What to Know Before You Go
Dillon Banerjee
![]() | | | From School Library Journal | | YA-Using a question-and-answer format, a former Peace Corps volunteer
addresses the concerns teenagers and parents might harbor about this
important decision. From packing tips and living among the locals to
medical services... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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So You Want to Join the Peace Corps: What to Know Before You Go
Dillon Banerjee
![]() | | | FINALLY! A GREAT book on the Peace Corps! | | (memphis, tn United States) February 16, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars | | I got this book yesterday and read it straight through. It is one of the
most informative and useful books about the Peace Corps that I have ever
read. As a former PCV in Cameroon, I can honestly say that Dillon Banerjee
... read full review |
![]() | | | So You Want to Join the Peace Corps | | (Washington, DC) February 2, 2000 - 5.0/5 stars | | This is an amazing book! Dillon Banerjee really knows what he is talking
about. I wish "So You Want to Join the Peace Corps" had been
available before I became a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco in 1993... read full review |
![]() | | | General questions answered here. | | (Blairsville, GA United States) October 17, 2001 - 3.0/5 stars | | This book fills a certain need among Peace Corps applicants. Questions are
typically answered with huge, sweeping generalizations within the PC world.
Banerjee goes a long way in his attempt to quell the anxiety felt... read full review |
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