How does Rajeev Goyal address the question of what happened to a promise of new Peace Corps volunteers?
From HuffingtonPost.com: What Happened to the Promise of 16,000 Peace Corps Volunteers by 2011? by Rajeev Goyal National Coordinator, PushforPeaceCorps.org Campaign Dear President Obama, There was a time when the Peace Corps was just an idea. Today it is a force — far more than a gesture of good will. Since 1961, over 60,000 volunteers in Africa, for instance, have made immeasurable contributions in fighting HIV/AIDS, bringing potable water access and food stability to African villages, protecting the environment, and teaching millions of African children to read and write. Volunteers, who are not symbols of status, are America’s best ambassadors. During your Presidential campaign, you pledged to double the number of Peace Corps volunteers to 16,000 by 2011. But you did not provide the funding in your fiscal year 2010 budget. As you know, fiscal year 2010 is the budget whic
