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Steve Driehaus on 50th Anniversary of First Multi-Racial School in Southern Africa

Steve Driehaus, CARV member and former US Congressman, is currently the Peace Corps Director in Swaziland. Steve writes: This school is an amazing place. Established in response to the racial segregation of Apartheid, the school now educates young adults from 50 different countries. Its mission of achieving peace through education is laudable. We are proud to be parents of two Waterford students.

Click on the title of this article for a link to the BBC report.

Gun Control Initiative

Terry Erdt is starting an initiative in support of gun control to stop violence. He is developing an informational website and has created this logo, soon to be available as a sticker for cars, etc.

The website will be located at:

www.control-guns.org

and is now temporarily under construction at:

http://www.control-guns.org/index0.php.

Arlene Golembiewski Seeking Videos for Her Town in Sierra Leone

CINEMA for SIERRA LEONE - do you have old video DVD's you're willing to donate to Sierra Leone? I'm returning to village where I served with a laptop + video projector, and voila - Cinema for SL. A generator there will let me bring movies to villages with no power let alone cinema. A real treat for the kids.

Looking for videos for kids & family entertainment - animated, kid oriented like early Harry Potter, musicals, educational like Nat'l Geo, Nova, Nickelodeon, etc. Most anything. Things adults will enjoy, too.

To see villages I'll be visiting go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA_AK2CN4J0 or click on the title of this article
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I can pick up locally. Please reply to agcvg05@cinci.rr.com and we can arrange. Jan CARV meeting is a possibility.

Thanks so much! Arlene GolembiewskiSee More

Remembering Ambassador Chris Stevens

Katie Sylvester (Zambia '04 - '06) shared this piece that recalls Ambassador Chris Stevens' Peace Corps service in Morocco and how his service made a difference in his approach to the world. Click on the title of the article or use this link:

http://www.theworld.org/2012/09/peace-corps-ambassador-stevens/