Americans, 20+ years ago I joined the Peace Corps. Extended, spent 3 years in a wild, amazing place in West Africa. Met my spouse, loved the experience. Strongly recommend. Over the last 20+ years, been out of the States for 10+. It’s a springboard.
Right now, recruitment is down. A lot. The bar is citizenship, be 20-something (technically 18, but you need some something experience and not really fresh from high school), and don’t have a totally jacked up body. You won’t be doing shit for sleepy T, like how I didn’t do shit for W.
You want Southern Europe? SE Europe is awesome. Albania, Kosovo, MKD, all options. Also Moldova, if you like wine. So are Armenia and Georgia, which are also amazing.
"The Volunteer appears to be someone with nothing to do; his skills are not utilized and the community doesn’t know what he has to offer in the way of help.”
fff.org
tourism is nice for the tourist. sounds more like neo-colonialism to me. I’m glar you had a nice time
I appreciate the optimism and recognize that people going through shit need to hear that kind of thing, but the fact is that immigrating anywhere is way way tougher than it needs to be, and lots of people won’t be able to at all because they were born in the wrong country, or just don’t have the money or connections required.
I’m not saying that anyone who’s trying to make the journey should give up, I’m saying that all of the rest of us should be demanding our rulers make this less of a struggle
Americans, 20+ years ago I joined the Peace Corps. Extended, spent 3 years in a wild, amazing place in West Africa. Met my spouse, loved the experience. Strongly recommend. Over the last 20+ years, been out of the States for 10+. It’s a springboard.
Right now, recruitment is down. A lot. The bar is citizenship, be 20-something (technically 18, but you need some something experience and not really fresh from high school), and don’t have a totally jacked up body. You won’t be doing shit for sleepy T, like how I didn’t do shit for W.
You want Southern Europe? SE Europe is awesome. Albania, Kosovo, MKD, all options. Also Moldova, if you like wine. So are Armenia and Georgia, which are also amazing.
The option is there and real. Free to apply.
"The Volunteer appears to be someone with nothing to do; his skills are not utilized and the community doesn’t know what he has to offer in the way of help.”
That gets you out of the US temporarily but that won’t get you permanent status
Good thing fascists are always so nice to disabled people /s
Two years, extendable up to five, ain’t nothing.
While you get fluent in another language.
While you learn all about another culture.
While you look for a job or figure out grad school or whatever your next steps are.
One of the women I served with was legally blind. Disability isn’t even a deal breaker.
I appreciate the optimism and recognize that people going through shit need to hear that kind of thing, but the fact is that immigrating anywhere is way way tougher than it needs to be, and lots of people won’t be able to at all because they were born in the wrong country, or just don’t have the money or connections required.
I’m not saying that anyone who’s trying to make the journey should give up, I’m saying that all of the rest of us should be demanding our rulers make this less of a struggle