Philadelphia Send Off EventApril 24, 2009

Presenters: Will Dickinson, Armenia 2004-2006

Mike Sheppard, The Gambia 2003-2005

Blogs & Wiki in the Peace Corps

Exploring:

Peace Corps WikiPeace Corps Journals

NAVIGATION

EDIT

Save!

Making an Edit

Revision is compared

Staging Dates

Who edited the page?

• You can check the time/date• IP that edited the article

Safety of Volunteer

Inspector General Reports

Medical Clearance

ET RATESType in “ET” to learn more

Add YOURSELF!

•Add DOS •Link to Site•Lessons Learned•Publications•Link to Blog

Volunteer/Staff homepage

ONLINE PUBLISHING ANY WHERE!

Facebook Myspace WordpressBlogger Flickr…..etc

Tools to Publish yourself

Blog Aggregator for Peace Corps(old site)

Peace Corps Journals Country Page

Wordpress Volunteer Journal

Blogger Journal

Updates in REAL TIME!

Subscribe to RSS feeds(over 360 available)

All updates from a country

All countries, all updates( About 200 entries and 250 pictures everyday!)

Create a User

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TONIGHT

Thanks

Philadelphia Area Peace Corps Association!

Africa

The Gambia

Gambian Money (Dalasi)

100 Dalasi notes

introduced in 2001

~D30 = $1

Public Transportation

The easy way…

…and the usual way

When all else fails

Different style of compounds

A new addition to the family

Along with a new name

Biran Siñan

My house …

… and my laundry

Life in the village

What we ate

WONJO

BENACHIN

COOS PORRIDGE

CHERI

… and how we ate it

“Peace Corps Kichen”

A little splurge once in a while

TOBASKICommemoration of Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son for Allah

A real nightmare

The first and only University in the country

They do remember you !

Two Years Later

JULY 2003 JULY 2005

July 2003253 lbs

July 2005170 lbs

Sunset!