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Outreach: Education About Coral Reefs (R0108)
This outreach pack includes Issue Nos. 19 and 20 on coral reefs.
Outreach: Materials on Waste and Recycling (Information for Educators and Communicators) (R0096)
This pack is the first in a series of five OUTREACH packs that explore waste and recycling. It looks at the type and scale of waste problems that exist, particularly in Third World cities and towns, and emphasizes the growing recognition of the need to develop local solutions to match local needs and opportunities.
Outreach: The Marine Environment (R0106)
This outreach pack includes Issue Nos. 49, 50, and 51.
Participatory Analysis for Community Action (PACA) Training Manual (M0053)
Participatory analysis for community action (PACA) was developed to provide a set of gender-sensitive tools which could facilitate the implementation of this participatory development approach. It grew out of the many requests for materials which could address, simultaneously, the needs for tools to use in community development, urban and rural appraisal, gender and socioeconomic analysis, and other participatory methodologies. These materials, for the most part, are gender-sensitive adaptations of tools which have been used in PRA and rapid rural appraisal for many years.
Peace Corps Tales from Open Space (T0089)
Peace Corps Tales from Open Space documents and reflects on the use of Open Space Technology by Peace Corps staff in the United States and in the field. Each tale includes descriptions of the event and highlights its particular features, followed by a list of advice and lessons learned by facilitators, planners, and participants.
Planning Natural Parks for Eco-Development: Methods and Cases from Latin America (R0073)
This is a book about national parks. It deals with methods for planning national parks to enable them to provide the greatest possible benefit to mankind. And, it focuses upon Latin America where nations are forging ahead with development programs which include the search for means to provide adequate stewardship for natural and cultural heritage and for the maintenance of the biosphere.
Practical Poultry Raising (M0011) (M0030) (M0034)
This manual is designed to provide development workers with the information and tools needed either to begin or to improve poultry production. For those who are inexperienced in poultry production, this manual can identify and provide the basic information needed to raise and market poultry successfully.
Process Evaluation of the Peace Corps Senegal Master Farmer Program (M0112)
During 2013-2014, Peace Corps/Senegal and Peace Corps/Washington collaborated on a process evaluation of Peace Corps/Senegal’s Master Farmer (MF) Program. The goal of the evaluation was to determine if the program was reaching its intended objectives to provide MFs with appropriate resources to develop “Master Farms”; support MFs to conduct relevant training; and promote adoption of improved agricultural technologies and management practices by local farmers. The evaluation identified best practices, lessons learned, and overall recommendations for improving the program.
Promoting Powerful People: A Process for Change (T0104)
This training provides Volunteers with a process that helps people help themselves. This simple process is effective when applied to an activity, such as a training or counseling session; or a project, such as organizing community gardens, building latrines or water systems, or increasing immunization coverage.
Reforestation in the Pacific Islands (M0033)
This manual has been designed as a reference and technical information tool for use by community development workers and others interested in forestry and reforestation projects in the islands of the South Pacific. It is an attempt to present - in clear, non-technical language - background and "how to" information necessary for Peace Corps Volunteers and other forestry workers to understand the basic issues surrounding problems of deforestation and to initiate and plan local-level reforestation projects.
Roles of the Volunteer in Development: Toolkit for Building Capacity (T0005)
What is the role of the Peace Corps Volunteer in development? This is arguably the most strategic question you will address during your entire Peace Corps service. The philosophical answer to the question is deceptively simple: the role of the Volunteer is to help people help themselves.
Rural Energy Survey and Profiles - Senegal: A Training Manual (T0027)
The Senegal Survey Project began in 1979, under sponsorship of Peace Corps/Senegal and the Ministries of Promotion Humaine and Research scientific of the Government of Senegal. Data collection was carried out by Peace Corps Volunteers and local counterparts between December, 1979, and January, 1981, in 15 villages of less than 5,000 people, located in six administrative/geographic regions of the country.
Savings and Loan Association Guide (M0095)
The Savings and Loan Association Guide is meant to assist Peace Corps Volunteers and community work partners who want to help their communities to start community-managed savings and loan associations. The Reference Guide provides an overview to methodology, as well as complete session plans, detailed meeting and recordkeeping procedures, and monitoring tools. It is meant to accompany an in-service training.
Savings and Loan Association Simulation (M0097)
The purpose of this resource is to facilitate improved access to credit and money management. By the end of the Savings-led Microfinance training package, participants will be able to facilitate the implementation and management of Savings and Loan Associations in their own communities using Peace Corps‘ Savings and Loan Association methodology.
Setting Up and Running a School Library (ED204)
If you are planning your school's first library this book will guide you through each step. If your school already has a library this book will help you to ensure its success -but do think carefully before you make any changes.
Small Enterprise Development: In-Service Training Manual (T0043)
This manual was designed in response to Peace Corps' growing need for in-service technical training in small enterprise development. It is targeted for participants who do not have academic backgrounds in business, but who have become involved in local income-generating projects. The manual is applicable for Volunteers who are working with ongoing projects, as well as for those who will be involved in the establishment of new entities.
Small Enterprise Development: Pre-Service Training Manual (T0042)
This manual was designed in response to Peace Corps' growing need for technical training in small enterprise development. It is targeted for trainees who already have academic backgrounds in business, but who need to adapt those skills to work with host-country small businesses/incomegenerating projects.
Small Farm Grain Storage (M0002)
Farmers all over the world lose much of their grain after it is harvested. Farmers work hard to plant and grow crops. And often they do not receive good returns for their time and effort. The grain is attacked in the field and in storage by insects. rodents, birds, and other pests. The grain that pests do not eat, they make dirty with their droppings and their bodies.
Small Project Assistance (SPA) Program: Supporting Sustainable Community Development (M0082)
One way to transfer skills and build capacity is to conduct "hands-on" projects in your community. SPA grants enable you to support your community in reaching a particular development goal by "jump starting" a local development process or expanding an existing activity.
Small Scale Beekeeping (M0017) (M0025) (M0026)
This is a manual for getting started with small-scale beekeeping development projects. The intention is to provide an overview of beekeeping and its possibilities as a tool for development.
