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Confirmed Speakers in Global Health, International Development, Public Health, Medicine, Health Policy and Advocacy Sessions
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Global Health, International Development, Public Health, Medicine, Health Policy and Advocacy

Nancy Aossey, President and CEO, International Medical Corps
Ann Banchoff, MSW, MPH, Program Director, Office of Community Health, Stanford University School of Medicine
Daniel Bausch, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Donna and Philip Berber, Founders, Glimmer of Hope
"Insecticide-Treated Bednets in Mass Disease Control and Elimination Campaigns," Brian Blackburn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine
"Health Care in Georgia," Trish Blair, MD, President, A Call To Serve International
"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developing World," Terry Blaschke, MD, Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University
"Critical Health Issues in the 21st Century," Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center
"Creating a Rural Learning Environment in a Rural School in South India," Mason Byles, former executive at Hewlett Packard
"The Right To Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in Latin America," Arachu Castro, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine; Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard School of Medicine
"Leprosy Rehabilitation in India," Robert A. Chase, MD, Emile Holman Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella," Stephen L. Cochi, MD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Global Immunization Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jim DeVries, MD, Senior Vice President of Programs, Heifer International
Sunita Dodani, MD, MS, FCPS, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Kamran Elahian, MS, Chairman, Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners; Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Foundation and Schools Online
"Public Private Partnerships to Advance Technologies for Neglected Disease," Christopher Elias, MD, MPH, President of PATH
"The Dominican Bateyes: Humanitarian Crisis on the Sugar Cane Plantations," Ulrick Gaillard, JD, CEO of Batey Relief Alliance
"Advocacy and Community Health," Gabriel Garcia, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School of Medicine
"With Women Worldwide: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health to End HIV/AIDS," Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition
"Hold Your Breath: Cultural Competency," Maren Grainger-Monsen, MD, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford School of Medicine
George Guimaraes, President and CEO, Project Concern International
"HIV/AIDS in China," Jessica Haberer, MD, Research Advisor, Clinton Foundation
John Hammock, PhD, The Alexander N. McFarlane Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Former Executive Director, Oxfam America; former Executive Director, ACCION International; Founder and Former Director, Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University; Consultant, Women's World Banking and USAID
Lindsay M. Harris, Managing Director, A Bridge for Africa Foundation
Polly F Harrison, PhD, Director, Alliance for Microbicide Development
David Heymann, MD, MPH, Former Executive Director for Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization
Amreen Husain, MD, Assistant Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford University
Evaleen Jones, MD, Founder, President and Medical Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant P
Judith Justice, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology and Health Policy in Residence, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
"Pediatric AIDS: Worlds Apart," Mark W. Kline, MD, President, Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative; Professor of Pediatrics and Head, Section of Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine
"Addressing the Reproductive Health of Women and Girls Displaced by Conflict and Natural Disasters," Sandra Krause, MPH, BSN, Reproductive Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
"Healing Through Laughter - An Innovative Psychosocial Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Southern Africa," Jamie Mclaren Lachman, Project Njabulo Director, Clowns Without Borders
Peter R. Lamptey, MD, DrPH, President, Family Health International Institute for HIV/AIDS
Ana Langer, MD, President and CEO, EngenderHealth
"Health and Human Rights," Robert S. Lawrence, MD, Edyth H. Schoenrich Professor of Preventive Medicine and Associate Dean for Professional Practice and Programs; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"An Effective Model of Rural Microfinance," Brian Lehnen, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Village Enterprise Fund
Fiona Macaulay, President, Making Cents International
Jane Maxwell, Editor, Hesperian Foundation
Robert Metcalf, PhD, Professor Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento; Treasurer, Solar Cookers International
John McGoldrick, Executive Vice President, Bristol-Myers Squibb
"Is Women's Health A Human Right?" Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor of Practice,New York Medical College School of Public Health
Andre-Jacques Neusy, MD, DTM&H, Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of Center for Global Health, New York University School of Medicine
"Innovations in Global Health Education," Thomas Novotny, MD, MPH, Director of International Programs; Professor in Residence, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine
Bjorg Palsdottir, MPA, Consultant, Co-Founder and Associate Director of the Center for Global Health at New York Unive
"Exploring Reproductive and Sexual Health With Liberian Refugee Women," Rena Patel, MPhil, BA, MD Candidate, Stanford School of Medicine
Philip Pizzo, MD, Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine
Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH, President & Chief Executive Officer, Management Sciences for Health
William W. Rankin, PhD, President, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
Farshad Rastegar, MD, President and CEO, Relief International
"Addressing the Root Causes of Disease in Haiti," Ian Rawson, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
William Reese, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation
"To Replant the Uprooted: Toward A Shared Vision of Health Communities," George Rupp, PhD, President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker, Obstetric Fistula
Harshad Sanghvi, MD, Medical Director, Maternal and Neonatal Health Program, JHPIEGO
Scott Sasser, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Karen Sendelback, President and CEO, Friends of the World Food Program
"Reducing Maternal Mortality in Three Low Resource Countries," Jill Sheffield, President, Family Care International
Robert David Siegel, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Human Biology, and Center for African
Lilit Simonyan, MPA Candidate; Founder, Former CEO, International Director, Stepanavan Youth Center NGO Armenia
"Medicine in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future," Peter A. Singer, MD, Chairman, East Meets West Foundation; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chief, Clinical Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
"Basic Pathology and Immunology of Leprosy," David M. Scollard, MD, PhD, Chief, Research Pathology, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Louisiana State University
Cathy Skoula, Executive Director, Action Against Hunger-USA
D. Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital
Jim Smith, Executive Director, American International Health Alliance Inc
Jessie Stone, MD, Director, Soft Power Heath, Uganda
Landry Tsague, MD, William H. Foege Fellow, Department of Global Health at Emory Rollins School of Public Health
"Global Health Ethics in the New Millenium, Evolving Concepts," Anvar Velji, MD, Treasurer, Global Health Education Consortium; Chief of Infectious Disease at Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento; Clinical Professor, University of California at Davis
Paul Volberding, MD, Professor and Vice Chair, UCSF Department of Medicine; Chief, Medical Service SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Co-Director, UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research
Karen White, MBA, MPH, Senior Researcher, Institute for Global Health, UCSF
Tanya Whitehead, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Elliott Wolfe, MD, Consulting Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Leadership of Global Health NGOs," Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH, Director of Rockefeller Foundation's Program on Global Health

Global Eye Care and Research

Robert Alexander, MPH, PhD, National Eye Institute
R. Rand Allingham, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology; Director, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center
"Eye Care in Ghana, The Challenges and Way Forward," Thomas Tontie Baah, MD, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Hospital, Ghana
"Progress Towards Affordable Vision Correction: New Appropriate Technology and Clinical Methodology," Ian B. Berger, M.D., M.P.H. Dr.PH, Founding President, InFOCUS
Tom Beggins, MD, Former Medical Director and Surgeon, Lusaka Eye Hospital, Zambia
Sandy Block, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
Harry S. Brown, MD, Founder and President, SEE International
"Glaucoma in Africa: What We Know and What We Need To Know," Donald Budenzv, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
"Cornea Transplant Needs and Barriers in Ghana," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
Pat Cross, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Medical Student Research and Scholarship, Stanford School of Medicine
"Ocular Leprosy: Results From A Seven Year Longitudinal Study," Ebenezer Daniel, M.B.B.S.M.S.D.O.M.P.H.M.A.M.S, Division of Ocular Immunology, Department of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicines
Osei Darkwa, PhD, MCSE, CCNA, Founder and President, Ghana Computer Literacy and Distance Education; Founder, Asante Akim Multipurpose Community Telecentre; Unite For Sight Ghana Program Coordinator
Syril Dorairaj, MD, Glaucoma Service at New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
Gordon Douglas, MD, Medical Director, Orbis International
Michael R. Duenas, OD, Health Scientist/Project Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation and National Vision Program
"What I Have Learned About Glaucoma Management in Ghana," Peter Egbert, MD, Professor, Stanford Department of Ophthalmology
Joe Feczko, MD, Vice President, Pfizer Inc., Executive Vice President, Pfizer Global Research and Development, and President, Worldwide Development
"Women and Eye Disease," Ilene Gipson, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Chair, Women's Eye Health Task Force Executive Committee
Jasvir Grewal, MD, Ophthalmologist, UK
"Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity," William Good, MD
"River Blindness Control and Elimination Programs," Ken Gustavsen,
Manager, Global Product Donations, Merck & Co., Inc
"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts," Heskel Haddad, MD, New York Medical College
"Current Challenges in Glaucoma Management," Andrew Iwach, MD, Glaucoma Research & Education Group, American Academy of Ophthalmology Committee of Secretaries
Mohammed Kabir, Optometrist, Kumasi School of Optometry, Ghana
Vasudev Kanade, MD, St. Raphael's Hospital
"River Blindness Disease - Past, Present, and Future Control/Elimination," Moses Katabarwa, BSc, MPH MA, PhD, Program Epidemiologist, River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Schistosomiasis Programs, Carter Center
"Vitamins and Carotenoids in the Prevention of Blindness," Klaus Kraemer, MD, Secretary General, Sight and Life
Murali Krishnamurthy, President, Sankara Eye Foundation
"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkataswamy) and the Aravind Eye Care System," Pavithra Krishnan, Filmmaker
Jacob Kumaresan, MD, MPH, Dr.PH, President, International Trachoma Initiative
Bradford Lee, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford University
Tom Lewis, Southern Eye Associates, Sierra Leone
"Visioning Tibet," Marc Lieberman, MD, Founder and Medical Director, Tibet Vision Project
"Eye Diseases of Artists: Van Gough, Monet, and Others," Michael Marmor, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
Roger Martin, Allergan/Lumigan Glaucoma Screening Activist
Stephen McLeod, MD, Theresa M. and Wayne M. Caygill MD Endowed Chair; Associate Professor and Interim Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco
Christine Melton, MD, Friends of Aravind Association
Eydie Miller, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Global Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness: Challenges for Public Health Ophthalmology," Mohammed Muhit, MD, Clinical Research Fellow, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
"Sustainability and Eye Care Programs: Development of a Global Resource," Kovin Naidoo, BSc, BOptomOD, MPH, Director International Centre for Eyecare Education in Africa
Jennifer Peterson, Country Director, Guinea and Sierra Leone, Helen Keller International
Alejandro Ramirez Magana, Director General, Cinepolis
Gullapalli N. Rao, MD, President, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness; Distinguished Chair of Eye Health, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute
"Entrepreneurship and Ophthalmic Equipment," Rizvi Rawoof, Director, Optiquip Surgical, Sri Lanka
Hannah Reddick, Guinea Program Assistant, Helen Keller International
Alan Robin, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
"An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and Mitochondria," Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Floral Thornton Chair of Vision Research, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California
Cathy Schanzer, MD, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon, Southern Eye Associates
"The Ukrainian Eye Project: A 14-Year Effort To Rehabilitate Vision Care Capabilities in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine," William Selezinka, MD, Retired Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UCSD
"Eye Care in Chennai, India," T. Senthil, MBBS, Consulting Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye Clinic, India
Chirag Shah, MD, MPH, Wills Eye Hospital
"Identification of Pathogenic Mechanisms of Glaucoma By Systems Analysis of Diverse Types of Genome-Wide Data," Val Shestopalov, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Kuldev Singh, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
Pooja Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India
Satyajit Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India
"International Ophthalmology: Structure and Function," Bruce Spivey, MD, President, International Council of Ophthalmology
"Education of Ophthalmologists and Allied Eye Care Providers: A Cornerstone of Preservation and Restoration of Vision Worldwide," Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, JD, President International Council of Ophthalmology Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
"From Enthusiasm to Effectiveness - Moving Forward in Liberia, West Africa," Glenn Strauss, MD, Vice President of International Health Care and Programs, Mercy Ships International
"Biominetic Artificial Cornea," Christopher Ta, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
"Advances in Cornea Transplantation," Shachar Tauber, MD, Director of Ophthalmology Research, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, St. John's Hospital and Clinics
Jeff Todd, MS, JD, Vice President Programs and Public Health, Prevent Blindness America
Ken Tuck, MD, Past President of American Academy of Ophthalmology
R. Venkatesh, DO, DNB, Deputy CMO, Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, India
"Eye Care Services in Northern Region, Ghana: The Role of NGOs" Seth Wanye, MD, The Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
Jachin Williams, Community Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute, India
M. Roy Wilson, MD, Chancellor, University of Colorado HSC
Richard Wilson, MD, Gaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital

Hi,

I'm interested to know if anyone has any contact information for the
staff at the Peace Corps office in Bucuresti. I was a PCV in Romania
between 2001 and 2003, but I have a feeling that there's been some
turnover at the office and was hoping to get some insights from a
current PCV or a more recently returned PCV. Any help you can offer
will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

~Becka

I'm just finishing up my training as part of group 21.  We're in
Ploiesti.  What info are you looking for?
--Molly

--- In PeaceCorpsEEandCA@yahoogroups.com, "rebekafergussonlutz"
<rebekafergussonlutz@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm interested to know if anyone has any contact information for the
> staff at the Peace Corps office in Bucuresti. I was a PCV in Romania
> between 2001 and 2003, but I have a feeling that there's been some
> turnover at the office and was hoping to get some insights from a
> current PCV or a more recently returned PCV. Any help you can offer
> will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Becka
>

Hi all,

I'm a B19 volunteer in Bulgaria and am working on the next edition of
our cookbook.  As I've been looking through the current edition and
exploring bazaars and supermarkets in BG I've been noticing what a wide
selection of food we've got here and that our cookbook, while not
incomprehensive, has a international section that could use some more
recipes, since we've got such a wide selection of ingredients here that
can be so well tapped.  So I would love to be in touch with anyone in
EE/CA who could send on some recipes - or even better, if you could get
me a copy of your cookbooks!  I would be really excited about that.

Thanks!
Lauren

Hey all,

A good friend just got nominated for our region and was told she'd go
in March if she gets invited.  Is anyone getting a new group of
trainees in March 2007?  *crossing our fingers for Albania*

Koubi
-Group 18 Bulgaria

Hey everyone!

So far I'm loving life here in Azerbaijan. For those of you receiving
your nominations right now, I just want to let everyone know that
Azerbaijan is opening up Youth Development next summer as a new program
in the country. They've added it on to TEFL and CED.

Good luck to everyone through the application and nomination process.
It really is worth it!

Kat, AZ4

Are you ready to make a difference--again?

Peace Corps Encore! (Encore!) is currently seeking up to four
volunteers to work with Friends of Warm Hearth, Inc. at Armenia's
first group home for orphans with disabilities and/or mental illness:
www.friendsofwarmhearth.org. Warm Hearth was founded by RPCV Natalie
Rizzieri, who served in Kapan, Armenia. Warm Hearth is seeking
volunteers professionals who are psychiatrists, social workers,
and/or occupational/physical therapists to work with its staff and
the group home residents, who have complex medical and psycho-social
needs.

If you (or RPCVs you know) are interested please visit the What's
New?
page on our web site: www.peacecorpsencore.org. To be considered for
an assignment, be sure that your online member profile is complete
and current. Qualified Encore! members may submit an expression of
interest, along with a resume or c.v. to: Maura J. Fulton, Executive
Director (maura@...).

Peace Corps Encore! is not formally affiliated with Peace Corps,
Crisis Corps, or the National Peace Corps Association.

So I was told for my nomination that I'd go to the Caucus region doing
Community and Youth Development in a pilot program for Youth
Leadership leaving June '07. Kat I think you just told me where I'm
going (possibly...maybe...hopefully). Thanks a ton!

--- In PeaceCorpsEEandCA@yahoogroups.com, "Kat" <kathrynkuebler@...>
wrote:
>
> Hey everyone!
>
> So far I'm loving life here in Azerbaijan. For those of you receiving
> your nominations right now, I just want to let everyone know that
> Azerbaijan is opening up Youth Development next summer as a new program
> in the country. They've added it on to TEFL and CED.
>
> Good luck to everyone through the application and nomination process.
> It really is worth it!
>
> Kat, AZ4
>

Hi everyone, I would appreciate any help I could get with this
problem. I have a dell inspiron 700m notebook. I am trying to purchase
a surge protector for it but unfortunately I cannot find an in-line
surge protector that is compatible with my adaptor (it just does not
exist, I promise). So instead, I am looking for a direct surge
protector (a box you just plug in to the wall). However, I can't seem
to find any that are for 240V. I know everyone recommends the APC in-
line protector, but it doesn't fit my notebook plug. If anyone has any
advice pleeeease help!

-Sarah

(x posted everywhere)

Hi Everyone,
   I am going to Albania in March and I will be a community health
educator.  I am really excited about going to Albania and would love
to talk to others who are going, have gone, or are there right now!
Best,
Marisa

So yesterday the commission said they could join on schedule this
January. Pretty crazy. Looks like some of us will be living in the EU
soon. Wonder what this will mean for PC?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0,,1881799,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5383456.stm

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/27/realestate/greathomes/27GH-Bulgaria.html?_r=1&\
\
oref=login

I am RPCV UZ 2005-2005, the final group to last longer than 6 months
in UZ.  Now I am in DC but I am desperately trying to get back to
Central Asia to work and perhaps live.  UZ is out so I might have to
live in Kazakhstan or Kyrgyzstan.  If anyone has a contact in Central
Asia or either of the K-stans please let me know.  It would be very
appreciated.

A buddy of mine is looking for some Katia Chilly music.  She's a
Ukrainian pop star.  Anyone know if they can get any of her stuff?

http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=41931&genreid=

--- In PeaceCorpsEEandCA@yahoogroups.com, "Michael El Koubi"
<el_koubi@...> wrote:
>
> A buddy of mine is looking for some Katia Chilly music.  She's a
> Ukrainian pop star.  Anyone know if they can get any of her stuff?
>
> http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=41931&genreid=
>



Try this link:


http://www.russiandvd.com/store/product.asp?sku=44001&genreid=

Hey there!

I have an electronic copy of Romania's PC cookbook if you'd like.
Just let me know where you want me to send it :)

Kirstin



--- In PeaceCorpsEEandCA@yahoogroups.com, "Lauren Mitchell"
<hikuwai@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a B19 volunteer in Bulgaria and am working on the next edition
of
> our cookbook.  As I've been looking through the current edition
and
> exploring bazaars and supermarkets in BG I've been noticing what a
wide
> selection of food we've got here and that our cookbook, while not
> incomprehensive, has a international section that could use some
more
> recipes, since we've got such a wide selection of ingredients here
that
> can be so well tapped.  So I would love to be in touch with anyone
in
> EE/CA who could send on some recipes - or even better, if you
could get
> me a copy of your cookbooks!  I would be really excited about that.
>
> Thanks!
> Lauren
>

Hello! well, I have been nominated for Business Development/Agriculture
in Eastern Europe. It seems like the only program of the sort in EE is
the Agribusiness program in Moldova. Am I correct? Is there any current
PCV's or RPCV's that have done Agribusiness? Were you all nominated at
first for Business Development/Agriculture or straight
out "Agribusiness"? What does this entail? I'm anxiously waiting for my
medical clearance and invitation, and I would like to know exactly
where I'll be and be doing (most likely) by September! Thanks!

Congratulations on your nomination!

The only thing I can help you with is to confirm that you will NOT be coming
to Ukraine.  We don't have an Agribusiness program.

Cheers,

Lerri Atwater
Youth Developer
Putyvl, Sumska, Ukraine

-----Original Message-----
From: PeaceCorpsEEandCA@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:PeaceCorpsEEandCA@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of zukita007
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:55 AM
To: PeaceCorpsEEandCA@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PeaceCorpsEEandCA] Agribusiness?

Hello! well, I have been nominated for Business Development/Agriculture
in Eastern Europe. It seems like the only program of the sort in EE is
the Agribusiness program in Moldova. Am I correct?

Thanks for the info! Well, I'm very sure about this though because I
originally asked for departure date after September 2007 (then got
nominated), but I changed my mind and I asked for a sooner departure
date, and they said that the would not consider it because they are
very sure they want me for this Agriculture/Business Development
program in Eastern Europe. I am glad to know what they're doing
apparently, and I am very sure I'll be heading here. What's more, I'm
moving to Spain from Feb to Septmeber and asked them what date was my
supossed staging so I can buy a return ticket on time. They said
Sept. 9th. So I guess they really want me for this, and it seems like
it will be Moldova after all! All medical is in, just waiting for
clearance and invitation... In spain though :D

--- In PeaceCorpsEEandCA@yahoogroups.com, "ben wulf" <ben.wulf@...>
wrote:
>
> there's several of us doing agribusiness in azerbaijan.  i, for
one, was
> nominated for community economic development, though i think
several others
> here were nominated for more specific agribusiness jobs.  ag is
huge in the
> caucasus and western asia, so i wouldn't rule those out as
possibilities.
> not to put a damper on you excitement, but it's pretty much
impossible to
> know ahead of time what you'll be getting yourself into (and i mean
that in
> a very positive way).
>
> cheers,
>
> bw
>
> On 1/10/07, zukita007 <zukita007@...> wrote:
> >
> >   Hello! well, I have been nominated for Business
Development/Agriculture
> > in Eastern Europe. It seems like the only program of the sort in
EE is
> > the Agribusiness program in Moldova. Am I correct? Is there any
current
> > PCV's or RPCV's that have done Agribusiness? Were you all
nominated at
> > first for Business Development/Agriculture or straight
> > out "Agribusiness"? What does this entail? I'm anxiously waiting
for my
> > medical clearance and invitation, and I would like to know exactly
> > where I'll be and be doing (most likely) by September! Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
>