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International volunteering for development is neglected as a peacebuilding model, despite its origins in the early 20th-century pacifist movement. In part, this is due to pressures from donor- and sponsor-state agendas, which emphasise neoliberal and securitisation dynamics, similar to those experienced by the wider peacebuilding and development field. Research in peace studies has overlooked the field, making it unclear what unique impacts these activities might have upon peacebuilding and conflict. This not only leaves us blind to its potential as an underused peacebuilding modality, but it also makes it difficult to mitigate potential harms. To prepare the foundation for future research and programme evaluation, I propose a levels of analysis model for mapping the potential peacebuilding impacts of international volunteering and service. This will be grounded in a reconstruction of the peacebuilding paradigms espoused by early theorists and practitioners.

This essay focuses on the short period of cooperation between the private humanitarian non-profit organization Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Inc. (CARE) and the new US government volunteer service agency, the Peace Corps, in the early 1960s. It describes CARE's role as a private midwife to this new governmental player and traces the reasons for both the rise and the demise of the initially promising public–private partnership in development aid in Colombia. The essay thus analyzes the conditions that allowed (and ultimately hindered) genuine processes of transfer of expertise between private and governmental players in a field that was just developing.

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Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Beginning -- 2. The Establishment of the Peace Corps -- 3. Cameroon and Its Problems -- 4. Recruitment, Training, and Selection -- 5. The Volunteers as Teachers -- 6. Volunteers in Community Development -- 7. Living in Cameroon -- 8. Cameroonians Evaluate Volunteer Services -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

BACKGROUND: Peace Corps is a US government volunteer service agency which provides trained Volunteers to assist host countries in addressing critical development challenges at the community level. The US President's Malaria Initiative provides technical expertise and financial resources to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality in focus countries in sub-Saharan Africa. OBJECTIVE: We aim to describe the nature of the collaboration between Peace Corps and President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and highlight examples of the partnership in select countries. METHODS: We conducted an analysis of retrospective data obtained from Peace Corps and PMI for the years 2014–2019. RESULTS: Volunteers were able to learn about and work on malaria prevention and control with PMI in three key ways: a malaria-specific training program for staff and Volunteers; malaria-focused small grants; and extension of Volunteer assignments for a third year to support malaria projects. Successful Peace Corps projects supported by PMI, at the community level, were highlighted, with a focus on Rwanda, Benin, Zambia, Madagascar, and Senegal. In Fiscal Year 2019, 1408 Volunteers contributed to malaria prevention activities in 18 Peace Corps programs across Africa, of which 15 were PMI focus countries. While the majority of documented work by Volunteers has involved social and behavior change, there were many other ways to partner with PMI staff. CONCLUSION: Each of the proven interventions that PMI supports for malaria prevention and control may have a role for Volunteer involvement. Combined with the technical expertise and the relationships that PMI staff have with national-level counterparts in PMI focus countries, the continued collaboration between Peace Corps and PMI can accelerate the fight against malaria.