Peacecorpsprojects.org

Throughout my service, I felt many Peace Corps Volunteers were doing good, important work but had no central place to share this information. Since I returned last September, I drew a brief sketch and contracted the job out to cybernetikz.com, a small programming firm I met on elance.com several years ago, and built www.peacecorpsprojects.org.

Think of this site as the Youtube of Peace Corps Volunteer's projects/newsletter articles. It is designed to collect, organize and display Volunteer project information, direct donors to the Peace Corps Partnerships Program (PCPP) site, a Peace Corps funding program, and allow Volunteers to post articles they write about their experience.

It is intended to improve coordination among volunteers working on similar projects in faraway places, generate more interest in the micro-lending possibilities of PCPP and promote Peace Corps on-the-ground efforts to a broader community.

Note: Peacecorpsprojects.org does not accept project donations. This site transfers donors directly to the PCPP project donation page.

I pitched this website to Peace Corps Volunteers and Peace Corps admin, hoping they will post projects and articles and be willing to collaborate, respectively.

Now, the waiting game.