Kategorier: Alle - image - diplomacy - volunteers - cooperation

af SungAh Jeong 7 år siden

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The Peace Corps, an organization that sends volunteers abroad to promote cultural understanding and provide aid, faces challenges due to insufficient financial support from the U.S.

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For business perspective, it seems to be a lot helpful with hiring foreigner workers. They might provide a better suggestion than American worker (not being biased or anything, just telling the fact that foreigners can have rich experience from back in their homelands.

I see that the Peace Corps does not get supported by the U.S government, so it needs more financial aid. I am afraid if in the future, the numbers of volunteer would be decreased because of all the hardships they experience in developing countries.Therefore, PCV should somehow get connection with other US agencies to work things out together.

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Beijingers' Views of Ameica

Nowadays: Chinese pity him by telling him that America’s economy is falling down /or even worried that U.S would not be able to give back the money China had lent
The author thinks that China maybe became the new land of opportunity
“Why do you live in China when the United States is so rich?” said by a Chinese in the beginning of 2000s

Georgia Business can Improve U.S Image Abroad

U.S Companies should hire foreigners to go international
Encouraging Americans to “live, eat and play locally,”
U.S is not a welcomed destination for travelers anymore because of visas/ new policies go against foreigners
“At this point in time, business is a much more credible messenger than government,” said Mr. Miller

Peace Corps and Public Diplomacy

Remains independent from U.S military and U.S Department of States
There should be less distance between agencies; instead, they should work together to reflect true image of America to the world
The author describes volunteers of Peace Corps as the face of U.S

Service as Diplomacy

Soldiers get higher budget; invalidate Peace Corps volunteers' honest works
PCVs are cultural ambassadors
More effective and inexpensive than soldiers in Military

endures homesick, poverty, and hunger in geographically isolated places (or developing countries)

They need to fully understand local language, communication, and culture
Peace Corps and U.S Military are related: they both are the faces of U.S