Peace Corps to resume Nepal service
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Paul Johnson
Apr 17, 2011, 2:52:22 PM4/17/11
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HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: The US government on Thursday agreed in principle to resume
its Peace Corps Volunteer Programme in Nepal responding to a request
by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikary.
The US government had suspended the programme on September 13, 2004,
citing security threats in the wake of Maoist insurgency. Volunteers
were working in areas of health, education and agriculture. DPM
Adhikary had visited the US Peace Corps director Aaron S Williams at
the body’s headquarters and requested resumption of programme in
Nepal.
An assessment team will come to Nepal to take stock of the situation
and a final decision will be taken soon, said Dr Shankar Sharma,
Ambassador to the US.
One hundred American volunteers had come to Nepal in the first batch
of the Peace Corps in 1962. On March 1, 1961, American president John
F Kennedy had launched the programme to assist countries in their
development efforts by providing skilled human resources in fields of
education, agriculture, health, trade, technology, and development.
HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE
KATHMANDU: The US government on Thursday agreed in principle to resume
its Peace Corps Volunteer Programme in Nepal responding to a request
by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikary.
The US government had suspended the programme on September 13, 2004,
citing security threats in the wake of Maoist insurgency. Volunteers
were working in areas of health, education and agriculture. DPM
Adhikary had visited the US Peace Corps director Aaron S Williams at
the body’s headquarters and requested resumption of programme in
Nepal.
An assessment team will come to Nepal to take stock of the situation
and a final decision will be taken soon, said Dr Shankar Sharma,
Ambassador to the US.
One hundred American volunteers had come to Nepal in the first batch
of the Peace Corps in 1962. On March 1, 1961, American president John
F Kennedy had launched the programme to assist countries in their
development efforts by providing skilled human resources in fields of
education, agriculture, health, trade, technology, and development.
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