Peace Corps’ Post

Happy #PeaceCorpsDay 🌎 The Peace Corps was established in 1961 to promote world peace through overseas assistance. The experience of the Peace Corps in #Korea is particularly emblematic of how overseas development transforms not just the recipient nation, but also the donor country, and how it can set the stage for wider cooperation to help people in need elsewhere in the world. 💬 So, what are some of the achievements of Peace Corps Korea? 💬 What are some of the legacies it left behind, and what lessons can be applied to today’s challenges? https://lnkd.in/eE4AXgdm

A UN Peace Corps can transform global indifference into active engagement, leveraging the American Peace Corps model to foster international cooperation and make a tangible impact in the global South.

Learn about Canada's complicated history as a peacekeeping nation on #InternationalDayofPeace. While Canada has taken part in many peacekeeping missions over the decades, this land also has a long history of conflict that stretches back millennia. In this episode of Canada in Focus, host Jodi Kristjanson summarizes the wars, rebellions, and resistances that took place on Canadian soil, the wars fought on behalf of other nations, and Canada’s role in creating the concept of peacekeeping. https://lnkd.in/gRqH54hu

Do couples apply together or separately? ▶️ Peace Corps Recruitment and Placement Specialist Rashad is back to give us the inside scoop. View our current openings and apply before our July 1 apply by date: https://bit.ly/2Et46LR Got more questions about how you can #ServeBoldly with the Peace Corps? Leave a comment below to inspire our next video!

*International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers* *The Day pays tribute to the service and sacrifice of peacekeepers and the resilience of the communities that they serve.* It honours the more than 4,000 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving for peace. This year's theme is *“Fit for the future, building better together,”* *#unpeacekeepersday* *#reduceviolence* *#empoweringnation* *#MJCAS*

With tens of thousands of fatalities and millions of people displaced, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict stems from a colonial crime committed more than a century ago. For many years, scholars, military professionals, Western media, and international leaders have characterized the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as unsolvable, complex, and impasse-ridden. Digging deep into the background of the ongoing Israel-Palestine War, I have written an article, "Israel-Palestine War: Background". Kindly give it a read via the link given below. https://lnkd.in/gDvBdNCq

Before you can succeed at anything, you have to START doing it. It's happened to me several times in my career - just one of those lessons you've got to keep relearning. Here is what I learned in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic. Part 1

ARMENIA: FEW CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS ALLOWED ALTERNATIVE SERVICE. Intercede for conscientious objectors in Armenia, especially for the Baptist Davit Nazaretyan, who are being denied their right to civilian alternative service and are being jailed if they refuse military service to be trained on how to kill people. Pacifism is a basic teaching of early Christianity, observed until the state and church were joined in an unequal union. READ AND SHARE: https://lnkd.in/edxQe6uu

For 76 years, UN peacekeepers have worked to save and change lives in the world’s most fragile political and security situations. Since 1948, personnel have helped countries to transition from war to peace. Today, more than 70,000 peacekeepers serve in 11 missions deployed in hotspots around the world. Observed under the theme “Fit for the future, building better together,” this year’s day looks at the invaluable contributions military, police and civilian peacekeepers have made. Over the years, peacekeeping has evolved to adapt to the changing political landscape and nature of conflicts which have become more complex and interconnected. Despite the challenges, peacekeepers persevere in the collective pursuit of peace. The day pays tribute to the service and sacrifice of peacekeepers. It honours the more than 4,000 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving for peace. This campaign also calls on each of us to join the global movement for peace. Alone, we can never succeed. But, together, we can be a strong force for change. ✨ #UnitedNations #UN #Peacekeepers #InternationalPeacekeepersDay