[asia-apec 1739] New Food First Book: Alternatives to the Peace Corps, 9th Edition

[Anuradha Mittal]

NEW FROM FOOD FIRST BOOKS


Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Directory of Third World & US 
Volunteer Opportunities, Ninth Edition

For more information about Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Directory 
of Third World & US Volunteer Opportunities, Ninth Edition, or to 
purchase a copy of this book please go to http://www.foodfirst.org

Edited by Joan Powell

Throughout the United States and the world, volunteerism is on the rise. 
With the United Nations designating 2001 the Year of the Volunteer, Food 
First Books releases this March, a new edition of its popular guide to 
volunteering, Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Directory of Third 
World and US Volunteer Opportunities, edited by Joan Powell.
With over one hundred listings of organizations both in the United 
States and the Third World, Alternatives to the Peace Corps is 
thoroughly revised and updated, giving the prospective volunteer the 
most complete guide ever. Each listing is complete with address, 
telephone and fax numbers, and Web site and email addresses.
Here's what returning volunteers say about this resource:
"Alternatives to the Peace Corps gives great insight into international 
and domestic volunteer work, as well as helpful references to specific 
organizations," says Jessica Harper, a volunteer with Foundation for 
Sustainable Development. "I highly recommend this book to anyone who 
wants to be an informed and aware volunteer. 
"Through Alternatives to the Peace Corps, I stumbled upon Bike-Aid-what 
I thought would be a great filler between college graduation and a year 
with Lutheran Volunteer Corps," says Katie Mast, Lutheran Volunteer 
Corps volunteer. "But Bike-Aid's summer long bicycle trip combined 
global education, service learning, and community living, and turned out 
to be the most amazing two months of my life."
Along with resources for volunteering, Alternatives to the Peace Corps 
includes a critique of the Peace Corps and other United States 
government based aid organizations, common questions confronting 
volunteers, and a guide on evaluating volunteer opportunities

Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy was founded in 1975 
by Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins following the success of the 
book, Diet for A Small Planet.  Recognized as "one of the country's most 
established food think tanks" by The New York Times, Food First is a 
leading progressive think tank and education-for-action center.

Alternatives to the Peace Corps: A Directory of Third World and US 
Volunteer Opportunities, Ninth Edition
Fully Revised and Updated
Edited by Joan Powell
ISBN: 0-935028-83-8
128 pages, paperback, $9.95

Food First Books are distributed by LPC Group, 1436 West Randolph 
Street, Chicago, IL 60607, (800) 243-0138

Read the back cover, browse the table of contents, and purchase this 
book on-line at: http://www.foodfirst.org

Join the fight against hunger. For more information contact foodfirst at foodfirst.org.

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