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Wednesday, 9th April 2008

Peace Corps Unveils New Kids World Website

Peace Corps Unveils New Kids World Website

Peace Corps Director Ronald A. Tschetter announced today the launch of the new Peace Corps Kids World website at the National Service-Learning Conference in Minneapolis. The website, www.peacecorps.gov/kids, will provide an opportunity for kids to participate in a Peace Corps Challenge simulation game that exposes them to life as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

The Peace Corps Challenge game gives children the opportunity to work in the fictional village of Wanzuzu as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Kids must work with local villagers and Peace Corps members to solve eight different challenges facing Wanzuzu: water contamination, sanitation and disease, microfinance, barren fields, malaria, soil erosion, education of girls, and agroforestry. The game aims to teach kids about sustainable development at the grassroots level, as well as topical lessons on development, and expose kids to what Peace Corps Volunteers do as a way to spark their interest in volunteering.

In cooperation with the World Wise Schools program, the game will be supplemented with corresponding lesson plans for classroom use. Lesson plans, found at http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/educators/enrichment/wanzuzu/, are available for grades 3-12, and teachers will have access to lessons on each of the eight challenge topics the game features.

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