Africans Puzzled by Peace Corps Efforts in Africa
In Tunisia and across 25 African countries more than 2,000 Peace Corps volunteers work to help Africans help themselves. Officials praise the program while Africans question some aims and methods. Critics wonder why educated volunteers trade careers to ride bicycles and dig irrigation ditches amid a backdrop where idealism remains largely unfamiliar.
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