Marketplace Money on the Peace Corps: Not Just for Youngsters
This post is for my buddy Linda: Marketplace Monday today ran a story about a Peace Corps’ initiative to recruit older volunteers. Turns out, not all cultures are as youth-obsessed as ours and actually prefer senior volunteers who can connect with village elders and who bring the totality of their experience to bear on the work they do.
Read and listen here, http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/03/05/mm-peacecorps.