Peace Corps Kazakhstan Closure - FOIA Documents

Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 11:04 AM
To: Wallis, Mark
Subject: RE: Additional SSC Training in Albania during the October TOT
Mark,
We can make this work. I appreciate the opportunity for Maxim to receive more training.
Thanks,
Bob
From: Wallis, Mark

Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 9:29 PM
To: Cone, Robert
Bob,
ItlookslikewecandothistheonlycatchisthatMaximshotelbillandperdiemfortheadditional23dayswillhaveto
comeoutofPC/Kazakhstansbudget.
ThehotelinTiranais$89/night,andtheperdiemrateis$98/day,soIhopethiswillnotbreakthebankforyoufolks.
Letmeknow,andIwillmakecertainMaximsroomisreservedfortheadditionalnights.
TakeCare,
Mark
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:47 AM
To: Wallis, Mark
I support the idea. When it is finalized let me know so that I can inform Maxim.
Thanks,
Bob
From: Wallis, Mark

Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:33 PM
To: Cone, Robert; Burgess, David; Lowman, Helen
Cc: Fleisig, David
Subject: Additional SSC Training in Albania during the October TOT
Greetings,
Youaredealingwithmanylargerissuesrightnow,sopleaseforgivemydescentintoroutineminutiaforamoment.
InthetwodaysimmediatelyfollowingtheS&SToTinAlbania,PCSSOJasonKanewillconductatwoday
training/orientationsessionforthenewSSCsfromMoldovaandCambodia.
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Hewillcoverarangeofsubjects,fromSOPstoMS270,etc,andIthinkMaximwouldreallybenefitfromsomeexposure
toanotherS&Sfieldbasedviewpoint.
IapproachedJasoninformally,andhethoughtathirdparticipantwouldbenefithistrainingprocess.PCSSONeilShouba
isquitebusyrightnow,andhewassupportiveofthisideaaswell.
JasonandIcanmakethishappenifyouwantustojustletusknowifweshouldaddanotherchairforMaxim.Itshould
onlycostEMAafewmoredaysinahotel.
Regards,
Mark Wallis
Peace Corps Regional Security Advisor
Europe Mediterranean Asia Region
Tel: 202.692.2425
Fax: 202.692.2401
Desk: 7235
mwallis@peacecorps.gov
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Bryant, Mario
From: Doronin, Maxim

Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 6:06 AM
To: Wallis, Mark
Subject: RE: Atyrau Security Incident and Other Strange Stories
HelloMark,
(b)(5)
Bestregards,

Maxim

From: Wallis, Mark
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:34 PM
To: Cone, Robert; Doronin, Maxim
Cc: Shouba, Neil; Schwenk, Matheu; Burgess, David
Subject: Atyrau Security Incident and Other Strange Stories

Gentlemen,

(b)(5)

Whenyouhavetime,yourlocalinformationandperspectivewouldbemuchappreciated.

TakeCare,

Mark Wallis
Tel: 202.692.2425
Fax: 202.692.2401
Desk: 7235

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Bryant, Mario
From: Shouba, Neil

To: Wallis, Mark; Cone, Robert; Doronin, Maxim
Cc: Schwenk, Matheu; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13; Sink, Daryl
Subject: Re: Atyrau Security Incident and Other Strange Stories
(b)(5)
LetmeknowifIcanhelp.AndthanksMarkandPostforkeepingontopofthis.

Neil
From: Wallis, Mark

Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:34 AM
To: Cone, Robert; Doronin, Maxim
Cc: Shouba, Neil; Schwenk, Matheu; Burgess, David
Subject: Atyrau Security Incident and Other Strange Stories
Gentlemen,

(b)(5)

Whenyouhavetime,yourlocalinformationandperspectivewouldbemuchappreciated.

TakeCare,
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Mark Wallis
Tel: 202.692.2425
Fax: 202.692.2401
Desk: 7235
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Bryant, Mario
From: Shouba, Neil

To: Cone, Robert; Glaser, Nancy
Cc: Galloway, Lien; Fleisig, David; Wallis, Mark
Subject: RE: (b)(5), (b)(6) draft request for authority to hire attorney
Attachments: Request to Hire Attorney Case (b)(5), (b)(6) Draft 08-24-11 Lien edits no
attorney.docx
Nancy/Bob,thisislatestdraftwithLienseditsincorporated.Werewaitingforrecsfrom(b)(6)
(b)(6) andothersourcesatthispointandneedtostrategizeonhowtointerview/selectanattorney,especiallyifthey
dontspeakEnglish.

Wecansubmitonlyafterwehaveattorneynameandcostestimate,butatleastitsreadytogo.

Nancy,pleasethinkthroughPOandcontractdocsasLienobservessowecanturnthisaroundasquicklyaspossible
whenwehaveanattorneyselected,giventhetimezonedifferenceIexpectthisisalreadygoingtobenecessarily
delayedabitforprocessing/approvalinDC.

IdliketogetanupdatefromMaximwhenheisbackintheoffice.

From: Galloway, Lien
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:59 PM
To: Shouba, Neil; Cone, Robert; Fleisig, David; Wallis, Mark; Glaser, Nancy
Cc: Burgess, David; Sgambati, Jacob; Schwenk, Matheu; Kenealy, Timi
Subject: FW:(b)(5), (b)(6) draft request for authority to hire attorney

Neil,thankyoufortheattached.Iwillreviewtherequestandgetbackwithyou.Iwilldiscussthecontractingissuewith
mycolleague,TimiKenealy,andwewillprovideguidanceinlightoftheurgencyofthesituation,availabilityoflocal
resources,etc.

From: Shouba, Neil
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:42 AM
To: Galloway, Lien
Cc: Cone, Robert; Fleisig, David; Wallis, Mark; Glaser, Nancy
Subject: (b)(5), (b)(6) draft request for authority to hire attorney

HiLien,

(b)(5), (b)(6)
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(b)(5), (b)(6)
Thanks,
Neil

PeaceCorpsVolunteerSafetyandOverseasSecurity|CentralAsiaandtheCaucasus
Bishkek,KyrgyzRepublic(GMT+6)|nshouba@peacecorps.gov|+996(312)650494x127(office)or+1(202)6925315
(b)(6)

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Bryant, Mario
From: Lowman, Helen

Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 5:12 PM
To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Sgambati, Jacob; Burgess, David; Gross, Rebecca; Luchuk, Olga; Gibbs, Erin
Subject: RE: Counterpart Conference
Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Flagged
(b)(5)
Helen A. Lowman
Regional Director-Europe, Mediterranean and Asia
Peace Corps
1111 20th Street NW, Room 7205
Washington, DC 20526
hlowman@peacecorps.gov
O: 202-692-2402
BB: (b)(6)

Peace Corps 50th Anniversary 2011
"For every young American who participates in the Peace Corpswho works in a foreign landwill know that he
or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life which is the foundation of
freedom and a condition of peace." - President John F. Kennedy
www.peacecorps.gov/50

From: Cone, Robert
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 6:14 AM
To: Lowman, Helen
Cc: Sgambati, Jacob; Burgess, David; Gross, Rebecca; Luchuk, Olga; Gibbs, Erin
Subject: Counterpart Conference

Helen,

Threeregionalmanagersplantomeetindividuallywithcounterpartsasafarewellgestureandthankthemfortheir
supportofVolunteers.Tworegionalmanagerswouldliketomeetwiththeircounterpartsasagrouptodothesame.

OlgaaskedJakeaboutusingfundsforaregionalmanagertohaveafarewellconference,twonightshotel,mealsand
transportation,withthecounterpartsinheroblast.JakepointedoutthatsinceVolunteerswerentpresent,theonly
optionwouldbetouserepresentationalfunds.Therelevantmanualsections4.0says:
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4.0 Authorizations
Representation allowances are charged to country budgets, and obligations may be incurred as follows:
(a) Each Country Director is authorized use of up to $1,500 per fiscal year;
(b) Regional Directors are authorized to approve increases in representation allowances for each country by
up to an additional $1,500 (for a total of $3,000); and
(c) The Associate Director for Global Operations is authorized to approve amounts over the limits in (a) and (b)
above for extraordinary events. The Deputy Director or the Chief of Staff may authorize representational
allowances for other Peace Corps officials. Any requests under this subsection (c) must be submitted
through the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in a timely manner with sufficient documentation to support the
request. The CFO will include information with the request on what, if any, budgetary impact may occur
based on the request before forwarding the file to the appropriate approving official for decision.
I have not used any representational funds this year. I request an additional total of $1,500 (4.0 b) for a total of $3,000 to
use for RM Olessya Vobilkova to meet with the Karaganda Oblast counterparts for a group farewell. In addition I
ask for an additional $4,500 (4.0 c) for RM Symbat Berikova to have two separate meetings, two nights hotel, meals
and transportation, with her counterparts in(b)(6) Oblasts. The costs are approximately the same as
visiting each counterpart.
Thanks,
Bob
BobCone
CountryDirector
PeaceCorpsKazakhstan
rcone@peacecorps.gov
(b)(6)
+77272584500(ext.200)
(b)(6)
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Bryant, Mario
From: Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13

Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:33 AM
To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Gross, Rebecca; Wallis, Mark; Lowman, Helen
Subject: RE: Crime Follow-up FYI
Bob,
(b)(5)
David
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 1:24 AM
To: Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David
Cc: Gross, Rebecca
Subject: Crime Follow-up FYI

(b)(5)
Thanks,
Bob

BobCone
CountryDirector
(b)(6)
+77272584500(ext.200)
(b)(6)

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Bryant, Mario
From: Sink, Daryl

Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:19 PM
To: Lowman, Helen; Redmond, Peter; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13; Cone,
Robert; Cullen, Kelly; Shouba, Neil; Greene, Kellie; Pyle, Richard; Whittaker, Laura
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Fleisig, David; Hobson, Edward; Sosebee, Carl
Subject: DRAFT SCOPE OF WORK Kazakhstan.docx
Helloall,
PleasefindaDRAFTofascopeofworkfortheteamcomingtoKazakhstan.Pleasefeelfreetosuggestmodificationsto
ensurethatweareontherighttrack.Iappreciateeveryonesthoughtsabouthowtomakethisthemosteffectivevisit
possible.
Manythanks
daryl
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Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 10:45 PM
To: Lowman, Helen
Cc: Burgess, David; Gross, Rebecca
Subject: FW: Emerging Crisis in Kazakhstan
Follow Up Flag: Follow up

Flag Status: Flagged
Helen,
IsawthisemailthisMondaymorning.Ihavenotrespondedtoit.IwouldliketospeaktoyouASAP.
Thanks,
Bob
From: (b)(6)
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 11:58 PM
To: Cone, Robert; Schwenk, Matheu
Cc: (b)(6)
Subject: Emerging Crisis in Kazakhstan
(b)(6)
Dad of a current Peace Corp Volunteer
Charlotte, NC
(b)(6)
Robert Cone
Peace Corps Country Director, Kazakhstan
RCone@peacecorps.gov
Matheu Schwenk
Peace Corps Central Asia Desk Officer
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and Turkmenistan
mschwenk@peacecorps.gov
October 30, 2011

Dear Mr. Cone and Mr. Schwenk,
This letter is to request that you both carefully consider your response to the impending Peace Corps crisis
within Kazakhstan and the lives of the men and women you have an obligation to protect. We all know that
there are risks working in foreign countries for the US government (I spent 7 years in the Army, three of them
in Europe), but the stakes have become much higher than the normal risk in Kazakhstan for the assignment
they have volunteered for.
The situation in Kazakhstan has now reached the point where decisive action must be taken if you are to
safeguard the volunteers from further harm. This is my understanding of the current situation:
1. Five volunteers have been confirmed as being sexually assaulted or raped in the last 6-months. There are
others I just dont know how many more. It may be one or two or five more. This is at least a 500%
increase over last year.
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2. The Kazakhstan Governments acceptance of the Peace Corps presence continues to deteriorate with the
2012 Youth Development program cancelled and the decision on the 2012 Education volunteers has been
postponed.
3. The growing reports in the media that the Peace Corps volunteers are in essence spies of the US
Government (cited in R. Cones 10-26-2011 Weekly Update).
Sadly, these are clear signs that the Peace Corps is no longer welcome in Kazakhstan. It doesnt even matter
who is responsible for these transgressions or if they are related events or not. While there may be honorable
attempts to work on a diplomatic solution this should be done only with the volunteers out of harms way.
Therefore, I am recommending to my daughter that she leave Kazakhstan immediately. I am strongly
recommending to you that you recall all Kazakhstan volunteers from their local assignments and to be relocated
to a central area where they can be safeguarded until they are reassigned outside of Kazakhstan or returned to
the US.
Unfortunately, the time for working on solutions to stabilize the situation in Kazakhstan has long passed and
now the volunteers are clearly in harms way. My hope is that when the Education volunteers are in Almaty
later this week, you both will have the courage to implement a timely plan to remove them from Kazakhstan for
their own safety.
Sincerely Yours,
(b)(6)
CC:
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida, Chairwoman, House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times
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Bryant, Mario
From: Wallis, Mark

Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2011 4:12 PM
To: Wallis, Mark
Subject: FW:
Attachments: KAZAKHSTAN ACKNOWLEDGES THE ISSUE OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM.docx; EXPERT
ON ROLE OF U.docx

From: Cone, Robert
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 5:46 AM
To: Lowman, Helen
Cc: Burgess, David; Schwenk, Matheu; Shouba, Neil; Sink, Daryl; Wallis, Mark; Fleisig, David; Doronin, Maxim; Repchak,
Jason N
Subject:

Helen,
(b)(5)
Thanks,
Bob

BobCone
CountryDirector
(b)(6)
+77272584500(ext.200)
(b)(6)

TEXTOFARTICLE:

KAZAKHSTANACKNOWLEDGESTHEISSUEOFRELIGIOUSEXTREMISMVremya(independent,4timesaweek,
circulation25,000):PoliticalanalystDosymSatpayevbelievesthat,byallocatingalmost$90millionfromstatebudget
tofightreligiousextremismin2012,Kazakhstaniofficialsadmittedthefactthatthisissueposesaseriousproblemfor
Kazakhstan,despitenumerouspreviousstatementsthatKazakhstanisnotfacingthreatsofreligious
extremism.Satpayevdoubtsasuccessfuloutcomeifthemajorityofthemoneywillbegiventolawenforcementforces
becauseofhighlevelsofcorruption.Inhisopinion,thefightwithextremismisfeasible,providedthereisastrong
middleclasssociety.However,whenthemiddleclassconstitutesonly1520percentofthepopulation,thethreatof
thespreadofradicalismbecomesmoresignificant,saidSatpayev.
http://www.time.kz/index.php?module=news&newsid=23530

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Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 10:24 PM
To: Lowman, Helen
Cc: Burgess, David; Gross, Rebecca; Sgambati, Jacob
Subject: FW: ICASS Issue Meeting Notes, 3 Feb 12
Attachments: ICASS Representatives.xlsx; What If - ICASS Interpreter
(b)(5)

Thanks,
Bob

From: (b)(6)
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 12:12 AM
To: Schmid, George; Timm, Robert; Sexton, Jeffrey R; Kane, Jennifer; (b)(6) Laughlin,
Karen J; Hirsch, Kristin J; Jones, Kenneth V; Miller, Patricia A; Cone, (b)(6) ; Clark, Deanne;
Semykina, Tatiana; (b)(6) ; Johnston,
Matthew
Subject: ICASS Issue Meeting Notes, 3 Feb 12
<<ICASS Representatives.xlsx>> <<What If - ICASS Interpreter>>
DearICASSCouncilMembers,
This isfollowupto theICASSCouncil meeting heldonFebruary3,2012.Additional information is provided

for the 3issuesdiscussedtoday
1. PCrequestforan earlierwithdrawaldate:
FMOstatedthatanICASSCouncil voteisinappropriatetodecideonanissuethattheFAM/FAHprovidesclear
and unambiguous guidance on. TheCouncil feltitwas prematuretovoteontheissueand requestedfurther
informationfromWashington.
In responsetoourinquiry,thePCICASSWorkingGrouprepresentativestatedthat PCunderstandsthatthere
arestandardpoliciesthatareappliedtoallagenciesandforthisreasontheydonotexpectspecial
treatment.Seetheemailbelow.
2. EstablishmentofaKazakhEnglishtranslatortosatisfy the emerging requirementforDipnotestobe

writteninKazakh.
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(b)(5)
3. TheICASSCouncil representativesmatrix hasbeenupdated.BudgetCommitteemembershipguidance

isbeingstudiedtoensure properrepresentationofindependentagencies.Asimilar matrixwillalsobe
publishedthismonth.
Regards,
Paul
From: Lienhart, Catherine K

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:41 PM
To: (b)(6) ; Drabin, Michael S
Subject: RE: ICASS Withdrawal of Service
(b)(5)
PCiswithdrawingfromafewpoststhisyearforsimilarreasonsandsowhateverisdecidedmustbeappliedto
allposts.AnumberofotheragenciesarealsoabolishingpositionsorcompletelywithdrawingfromICASS
servicesatsomepostsforbudgetreasons.ThestandardguidancethattheISCisprovidingforallrequestsfor
policyguidancerelatedtohowtohandletheworkloadcountsforagencieswithdrawingfromservicesis
copiedbelow.Itisjustaboutthesameguidanceasyouforwarded.Notethatwithdrawalfromoneormore
ICASSservicesrequiresthe6monthadvancenotice.
IdidtalktoourPCIWGcontactWillPlummeranddiscussedwithdrawalofservices,thestandardpolicy,and
yourpostsituation.HedidadvisethatPCunderstandsthattherearestandardpoliciesthatareappliedtoall
agenciesandforthisreasontheydonotexpectspecialtreatment.
IfanagencyistotallywithdrawingfromICASSservices,theICASSserviceprovidermustbeprovidedwith6
monthsadvancenotice.NoticemustbereceivednolaterthanOctober1st ,2011forittobeeffectiveonApril
1st ,2012,resultinginanagencypayingfor6monthsofICASSservicesinFY12.Noticemustbegivennolater
thanApril1st ,2012forittobeeffectiveOctober1st ,2012,resultinginnoinvoiceinFY13.Iftheagencyisjust
abolishingoneormorepositions.butwillstillhaveapresenceatpostandsubscribetoICASSservicesinthe
samecostcenters,the6monthruleisnotrequired.
6 FAH-5 H-021 CUSTOMER RIGHTS
(CT:ICASS-20; 08-31-2011)
(Applies to participating ICASS agencies)
a. As partners with the service provider(s) in the administrative support platform abroad, customer agencies have the right to express views
regarding programmatic needs and the needs of service recipients belonging to that agency as well as the agencys ability to afford potential
levels of service. As a partner in a transparent, consensus-based relationship, the customer agency has the right to expect that its views will
be considered seriously in the development of a consensus although the result may not accommodate completely all the agencys expressed
desires.
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b. Cabinet level and independent agency customer representatives fulfilling the criteria in 6 FAH-5 H-222.3, have a right to a seat on the post
ICASS Council. Customer agency representatives fulfilling the criteria in 6 FAH-5 H-222.4 have the right to a seat on the post ICASS Budget
Committee (BC).
c. Customer agencies have the right to receive services at the level to which they have subscribed on a basis equal with other customer
agencies that subscribe to the service at that level.
d. Customer agency representatives have the right to suggest modified work counts, where the customer agency believes it receives, or
wishes to receive, partial services, for post ICASS BC consideration and approval.
e. Customer agency representatives have the right to receive a full budget briefing to hear about budget priorities in advance of post invoice
preparation. Customer agency representatives, as post ICASS Council members, have the right to review the budget and new ICASS
positions requested.
f. Customer agency representatives at post have the right to receive the following six ICASS reports at least 10 workdays prior to the date on
which they must sign their post ICASS bill (either initial or final):
(1) Budget Summary Worksheet;
(2) Cost Center Detail by Agency: Includes Unit Cost;
(3) Agency Invoice Summary;
(4) ICASS Data Summary;
(5) Time allocation worksheets; and
(6) Workload Summary.
Where post has nonresident customers, the service provider must agree with them in advance about the means for delivering their six
reports and ensure that nonresident customers also have 10 work days to review the reports and return signed post ICASS bills. Additional or
special reports are subject to negotiation with the service provider. In the case of disagreement between the customer agency representative
and service provider over additional requested reports, both parties must follow the established disputes procedure (see 6 FAH 5 H-462.1 and
H-462.5) in resolving the disagreement.
g. Customer agency representatives have the right to get a copy (via diskette or some other electronic medium) of the ICASS post software
for use of the agency. Customer agency representatives have the right to electronic copies, if they request, of the six ICASS reports listed in
paragraph f of this section.
h. A customer agency has the right to withdraw from an ICASS service by providing six months notice in writing, with the six-month period
commencing on the next April 1 or October 1, whichever is closer.
i. Customer agency representatives have the right to expect full service provider participation in ICASS meetings, including the reading of
materials provided in advance of the meeting.
j. Customer agency representatives have the right to receive an electronic copy of the Uniform Service Standards for the services to which
they are subscribed.
k. Clients have the right to propose for negotiation with the service provider new ways of doing business, contracting out, or analysis of
current service delivery methods for possible reinvention.
l. Customer agencies that also provide ICASS services have the right to designate the chief service provider from that agency as the agencys
representative for those cost centers where the agency is solely a customer and not a provider of service. For cost centers where the agency
is both a customer and provider of service, the agency must designate another individual as its customer agency representative.
6 FAH-5 H-333.3 Changing Workload Counts
(CT:ICASS-21; 09-01-2011)
(Applies to participating ICASS agencies)
There are limited circumstances under which changes may be made to established workload counts as outlined below. Any change in
workload count that will result in a material change in customer agency invoices must be reported to the post budget committee.
(1) Abolishment of positions: If a customer agency is abolishing (downsizing) filled position(s), that agency must notify the
service provider in writing as soon as possible, preferably giving 6 months notice of the planned reduction. The service provider
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will change the agencys count at the next possible opportunity, either at the beginning (initial budget) or end (final budget) of the
budget cycle using the pro-rata share formula outlined in 6 FAH-5 H-333.2.
NOTE 1: Agencies completely withdrawing from a service must give the service provider six months notice as outlined in 6
FAH-5 H-021, paragraph h. See 6 FAH-5 H-333.3, paragraph e, related to changing workload counts for withdrawal of services.
NOTE 2: See 6 FAH-5 H-333.2, subparagraph b (1), for changes to workload counts related to abolished positions.
(2) Error corrections: The service provider may change workload counts in the final budget to correct errors made in the initial
budget (e.g., forgetting to include a workload count for an agency, including a workload count for an agency that has left post, or
including a workload count for a cost center to which an agency has not subscribed. Error corrections are communicated to the post
budget committee as soon as discovered to ensure transparency.
(3) New agencies: Add workload for new agencies (when the partial-year invoice will not be used). Adding new customers
would redistribute costs and lower other agency invoices.
(4) New subscriber to a service: Add workload for agencies newly subscribing to an ICASS service(s) (also when the partial-
year invoice will not be used).
(5) Withdrawal from service: Adjust workload for agencies completely withdrawing from a service when 6 months notice was
given (as outlined in 6 FAH-5 H-021 paragraph h). In general, this would be communicated at the beginning of the fiscal year and
the adjusted annual workload counts would be included in the initial budget submission. Apply the pro rata formula outlined in 6
FAH-5 H-333.2, paragraph b(1) when the termination is effective on April 1.
NOTE: Changes to cost center time allocations are not authorized in the final budget (see 6 FAH-5 H-315 paragraph a(5)).
Cathy
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(b)(6) , ICASS Service Center
e-mail: l(b)(6)
NEW Telephone: ((b)(6)
OpenNet Website: HTTP://RM.M.State.sbu/sites/icass
Internet Website: WWW.ICASS.gov
ISC assistance: icassservicecenter@state.gov

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-----Original Appointment-----
From: (b)(6)
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 10:45 PM
To: Schmid, George; Timm, Robert; Sexton, Jeffrey R; Kane, Jennifer; (b)(6) ; Laughlin,
Karen J; Hirsch, Kristin J; Jones, Kenneth V; Miller, Patricia A; 'rcone@peacecorps.gov'; (b)(6) Clark,
Deanne; Semykina, Tatiana
Subject: ICASS Issue Meeting--Update
When: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:00 AM-10:30 AM (UTC+06:00) Astana.
Where: Annapolis Conference Room
<<File:PCInitialAstanaInvocieFY12.PDF>><<File:ICASSRegs.docx>><<File:PCMemoWithdrawalof
Service.pdf>><<File:2012ASPSubscription.xls>><<File:4400.0PeaceCorps.pdf>><<File:ICASSState
Subscription2012.xlsx>>
DearICASSCouncilMembers,
TheICASSCouncilChairwouldliketoconveneashortmeetingtodiscussarequestfromPeaceCorps
concerningthetimingofitswithdrawalfromICASSservices.Membersin(b)(6) mayattendviaVTCfromthe
USDAIDfacility.
SeetheUSAIDattachedmemo,ICASSregulationsthatprovidetherulesforwithdrawingfromICASSservices,
andotherrelateddocuments.PeaceCorpsrequesttomovebacktheeffectivedateofservicewithdrawal6
monthsearlierthanICASSrulespermitwouldhaveafinancialimpactacrossallagencies((b)(5)

Thoseunabletoattendmayaddtheircommentsandvoteviaemail.
Regards,
Paul
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Bryant, Mario
From: Shouba, Neil

Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:59 AM
To: Cone, Robert; Doronin, Maxim; Fleisig, David; (b)(6)
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Glaser, Nancy; Galloway, Lien

Subject: Identification of attorney for (b)(6), (b)(5)
Attachments: Request to Hire Attorney (b)(6), (b)(5) needs attorney info.docx; (b)(6)
Hello,
(b)(5), (b)(6)

Letmeknowifthereareconcernsorsuggestions.

Neil

Bishkek,KyrgyzRepublic(GMT+6)|nshouba@peacecorps.gov|+996(312)650494x127(Bishkekoffice)
(b)(6) (blackberryoutsideKyrgyzstan)+1(202)6925315(b)(6)

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Bryant, Mario
From: Shouba, Neil

Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 6:09 AM
To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13; Wallis, Mark; Fleisig, David
Subject: RE: Incident Follow up
(b)(5)

PleaseletmeknowifyouwouldlikemetohelpnavigatethismatterwiththeRSO.

Takecare,
Neil

From: Cone, Robert
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:45 PM
To: Shouba, Neil
Cc: Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David; Schwenk, Matheu
Subject: Incident Follow up

Neil,
(b)(5)
Thanks,
Bob

BobCone
CountryDirector
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(b)(6)
+77272584500(ext.200)
(b)(6)
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Bryant, Mario
From: Lowman, Helen

Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 11:15 AM
To: Hobson, Edward; Cone, Robert
Cc: Schwenk, Matheu; Wallis, Mark
Subject: Kaz Rape Case
DearBobandEd,
(b)(5)
Allthebest,
Helen

Helen A. Lowman
Peace Corps
O: 202-692-2402
BB:(b)(6)

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Bryant, Mario
From: Schwenk, Matheu

To: Lowman, Helen
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13
Subject: RE: Kaz rape Incident
Helen,

(b)(5)
Regards,
Mat

MatheuSchwenk
PeaceCorpsCentralAsiaDeskOfficer
Kazakhstan,KyrgyzRepublic,andTurkmenistan
P:202.692.2427

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From: Lowman, Helen
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 3:31 PM
To: Schwenk, Matheu
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Burgess, David

Mat,
DidBobrespondtothis?
Thanks,
Helen

Helen A. Lowman
Peace Corps
O: 202-692-2402
BB: (b)(6)


From: Burgess, David
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 12:21 PM
To: Lowman, Helen
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Schwenk, Matheu
Subject: Fw: Kaz rape Incident

(b)(5) .
DB
MessagesentviaMobileDevice
From: Hobson, Edward

Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 10:37 AM
To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Greene, Kellie; Schwenk, Matheu; Lowery, Elizabeth; Burgess, David; Fleisig, David; Shouba, Neil
Bob
(b)(5)
Regards,

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Ed

EdwardC.Hobson
AssociateDirectorforSafetyandSecurity
PeaceCorps
111120thStreetNW
Washington,DC20526
2026922572

To: Greene, Kellie
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Hobson, Edward
Subject: FW: Kaz rape Incident

Kellie,

Outofanoverabundanceofcautious,wouldyoumindhelpingCDBobCone/KAZanswerthefollowingquestion
below?Yourresponsewouldbeforwardedtopost.

Pleasecalloremailmeifyouneedmoreinformation,
Mat

MatheuSchwenk
P:202.692.2427

From: Cone, Robert
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 8:40 PM
To: Schwenk, Matheu
Cc: Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David

Mat,
(b)(5)
Thanks,
Bob

Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 7:02 PM
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To: Cone, Robert
Gladitworkedout.Theemaillookedgood.Goodtohavesomeclosure.

MatheuSchwenk
P:202.692.2427

From: Cone, Robert
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 12:26 AM
To: Schwenk, Matheu

Mat,
(b)(5)
Thanks,
Bob

From: Cone, Robert
To: Schwenk, Matheu
Cc: Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David

Mat,
(b)(5)
Thanks,
Bob

To: Burgess, David; Galloway, Lien; Sgambati, Jacob; Lowman, Helen
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Cc: Fleisig, David; Cone, Robert; Wallis, Mark; Greene, Kellie

Goodafternoon,
(b)(5)
Regards,
Mat

MatheuSchwenk
P:202.692.2427

Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:25 PM
To: Galloway, Lien; Sgambati, Jacob; Lowman, Helen
Cc: Schwenk, Matheu; Fleisig, David; Cone, Robert; Wallis, Mark

FYI.
(b)(5)

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David
dburgess@peacecorps.gov


Sent: Thu 06/16/11 13:00
To: Schwenk, Matheu
Cc: Fleisig, David; Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David; Cone, Robert; Wallis, Mark
Mattetal

(b)(5)

Ed

EdwardC.Hobson
AssociateDirectorforSafetyandSecurity
PeaceCorps
111120thStreetNW
Washington,DC20526
2026922572

From: Fleisig, David
To: Hobson, Edward
Subject: Fw: Kaz rape Incident

SinceIdon'twhatwasdiscussedyoumaywanttotakethis

To: Greene, Kellie; Fleisig, David
Cc: Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David; Cone, Robert; Wallis, Mark

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Davidand/orKellie,

(b)(5)

Pleaseletmeknowifyouhaveanyquestions,
Mat

MatheuSchwenk
P:202.692.2427

To: Fleisig, David
Cc: Schwenk, Matheu; Lowman, Helen; Greene, Kellie; Cone, Robert

Dave,
(b)(5)
David

To: Burgess, David; Greene, Kellie
Cc: Schwenk, Matheu; Lowman, Helen

(b)(5)
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To: Greene, Kellie; Fleisig, David
Cc: Schwenk, Matheu; Lowman, Helen
FYI, from Bob Cone. (b)(5) .
David
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 11:08 PM
To: Burgess, David
David,
IspokewiththeDCMElisabethMillardthismorningandexplainedthesituation.Shesaidthatshewouldwaituntilthe
endoftheweekforananswerbeforeproceeding.
Thanks,
Bob
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Bryant, Mario
From: Kenealy, Timi

Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:53 AM
To: Gross, Rebecca
Cc: Cone, Robert; Sgambati, Jacob; Galloway, Lien; Rubin, Bill
Subject: RE: Kazakhstan severance - GC OK?
Great.Imgladyouwereabletoresolveitthatway.

Timi

From: Gross, Rebecca
To: Kenealy, Timi

Timi,
(b)(5) .
Rebecca

From: Kenealy, Timi
To: Gross, Rebecca

Rebecca,

(b)(5)
Timi

To: Kenealy, Timi

Thankyou,Timi,forallyourworkonthis.Itsmuchappreciated.Bobwillmoveaheadwithnotifyingstaff.

Best,
Rebecca

From: Kenealy, Timi
To: Gross, Rebecca
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Rebecca,
(b)(5)
Letmeknowifyouneedanyotherinformation.

Thankyou,
Timi

To: Kenealy, Timi
Cc: Cone, Robert; Sgambati, Jacob
Subject: Kazakhstan severance - GC OK?

Timi,
(b)(5)
Thanks,
Rebecca

RebeccaGross
PeaceCorpsCountryDeskOfficer
CentralAsia:Kazakhstan,KyrgyzRepublic,Turkmenistan
tel.202.692.2427fax202.692.2401
rgross@peacecorps.gov

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Bryant, Mario
From: Bob Cone (b)(6) >

Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 7:38 AM
To: Gross, Rebecca
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Labour Advice Peace Corps Kazakhstan
Attachments: image001.jpg; image002.jpg; image003.gif
Rebecca,
Thanks for getting it to everyone else.
Bob
---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Gibbs, Erin <EGibbs@peacecorps.gov>
Date: Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:52 AM
Subject: Fw: Labour Advice Peace Corps Kazakhstan
To: (b)(6)
From: (b)(6)
To: Gibbs, Erin
Cc: Cone, Robert; (b)(6)
Subject: RE: Labour Advice Peace Corps Kazakhstan
Dear Erin,
Thank you for your email, please see our response below in relation to your questions which we have also set
out in this email.
Severance Payment
Is the term goodwill payment still valid, or are these payments over one month still considered severance?
When we first met with you and Robert, from the original documents provided to us and from our meetings, we
were informed that each labour/service agreement had only been entered into from the beginning of 2011 and
was valid for one year, and secondly our initial thoughts and review were that they were likely to be service
contracts and not labour contracts. If that had been the case then no severance payment would need to have been
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paid, and the employment service agreements would have come to their natural end as long as each employee
was given notice of such. You informed us however that even though no severance payment may have to be
paid, PCK wanted to pay a month salary to each employee and thus we discussed this payment being a
goodwill payment.
It later transpired due to you providing us with further information, that the agreements entered into by PCK
were in fact labour contracts and had been in existence for longer than a period of one year and thus were
deemed to be extended for an unlimited period. A full review of this was set out in our amended memo sent to
you on 29 December 2011 and the subsequent follow up questions of 30 December 2011. Since this is now the
case, and PCK is closing down its office in Kazakhstan we advised that Pursuant to Article 157 of the Labour
Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan:
1) where the employment agreement is terminated at the employers initiative in the event of
liquidation of the employer, being a legal entity;
that PCK would have to pay one months salary as a severance payment due to the liquidation of PCK in
Kazakhstan. This payment is mandatory and must be paid by PCK. Thus the term goodwill payment is not
valid since the mandatory payment to be made is severance payment.
Goodwill Payment
Under what circumstances are goodwill payments made and what is the typical amount of goodwill
payment?
PCK is not obliged under the Kazakh labour code to make any goodwill payment, and any payment that PCK
wishes to make over and above the statutory severance payment is absolutely at the discretion of PCK.
However such payments may be considered as some kind of retirement bonus from an employer to an
employee. The amount of the bonus could depend on a number of circumstances for example the employers
solvency, the employees contribution to the development of the company, amount of an employees salary etc.
please note however an employer has no obligation to make a payment. There is also no guidance as to how
much any bonus/goodwill payment should be, and again this is entirely up to PCK, we would suggest a further
months salary would be adequate, but again you may wish to reward one employee more that another.
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We personally have not come across a situation like yours in which an employer wishes to pay an amount over
and above that which it has to pay under the labour code. However companies do of course often give bonus
payments at the end of the year, again at the discretion of the Company.
We trust this is now clear.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,
(b)(6)
Associate
Michael Wilson & Partners, Ltd.
Nurly Tau Business Center, 7th Floor, Building 1A, 5 Al-Farabi Avenue
050059 Almaty, Kazakhstan
phone: + 7 727 258 4890 fax: + 7 727 258 4894
www.mwp.kz
This message is confidential and may be covered by legal professional privilege. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender immediately; you
should not retain the message or disclose its contents to anyone. If you require assistance please contact our IT helpdesk: info@mwp.kz or +7 727 258 4890. Michael Wilson &
Partners, Ltd. (MWP) may monitor e-mail communications in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
MWP is a company, with registered Branch Offices in both of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. We use the word "partner" to refer to a member of MWP, or an employee or consultant
with equivalent standing and qualifications.
Further information is available from www.mwp.kz.
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From: Gibbs, Erin [mailto:EGibbs@peacecorps.gov]
To: (b)(6)
Cc: (b)(6) ; (b)(6) ; Cone, Robert; (b)(6)
Goodmorningall
Ihaveanotherquestionthathopefullyyoucanassistwith.Thisissomethinginadditiontotheinitialmemo.Weare
workingwithourHQtofinalizetheamountofseveranceorgoodwillpaymenttheywillallowustopaytoourstaff.My
firstquestionthoughsincethePSCsareconsideredemployeesaccordingtolocallaborlaw.Isthetermgoodwill
paymentstillvalid,orarethesepaymentsoveronemonthstillconsideredseverance.

(b)(5)
WouldyoubeabletoprovideusanyinformationregardingcommonpracticeinKazakhstan.Haveyouhadexperience
withthisinthepast?
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Anyadviceyoucanprovidethatwouldassistuswouldbegreat.
Thankyou.
ErinGibbs
TDYAdministrativeOfficer
From: (b)(6)
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 3:53 PM
To: Gibbs, Erin; (b)(6)
Cc: (b)(6) ; (b)(6) ; Cone, Robert; (b)(6)
Dear Erin,
As Ive already mentioned in the Memo pursuant to Article 157 of the Labour Code of the Republic of
Kazakhstan:
The employer shall pay compensations associated with the loss of work in the amount of average monthly
wages as follows:
1) where the employment agreement is terminated at the employers initiative in the event of liquidation of the
employer, being a legal entity; or
2) where the employment agreement is terminated at the employers initiative in the event of staff reduction.
Thus, an Employer shouldnt include any meals or transportation allowances, or other benefits or bonuses in
calculation of the mandatory severance payment.
Kind regards,
(b)(6)
Associate
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phone: + 7 727 258 4890 fax: + 7 727 258 4894
www.mwp.kz
From: Gibbs, Erin [mailto:EGibbs@peacecorps.gov]

Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 3:48 PM
To: (b)(6)
Cc: (b)(6) ; (b)(6) ; Cone, Robert
HiRichard
IhopeyouhadaniceholidayseasonandaHappyNewYear.
BobandIhadaconferencecallwithourlawyersinDCFridayevening.IthinkIwasabletoanswermostoftheir
questionsfrommycorrespondencewithValery.Thereisonefollowupquestionthoughinregardstoseverance.Is
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severancecalculatedbasedonbasesalaryandwages?Wedonothavetoincludeanymealsortransportation
allowances,orotherbenefitsinourcalculationdowe?
Thankyouforyourhelp.
Erin
From: (b)(6)
To: Gibbs, Erin;(b)(6)
Cc: (b)(6) ; Cone, Robert
Subject: Labour Advice Peace Corps Kazakhstan
Dear Erin,
Further to Valerys email to you before New Year, is everything now in order, or can we help further. Have your lawyers in
Washington got any further comments as to the memo or termination notice.
If you would like any further assistance please do not hesitate to get in touch.
I trust you had a nice Christmas and New Year.
Kind regards,
(b)(6)
Associate
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phone: + 7 727 258 4890 fax: + 7 727 258 4894
mobile: +7 701 220 55 47
www.mwp.kz
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Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 11:11 AM
To: Wallis, Mark
Subject: RE: Network - Aktobe Oct 7
Mark,
This is FYI about the situation in Aktobe Oblast.
Thanks,
Bob Cone
Hi Network
(b)(5)
Mark
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Bryant, Mario

Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 11:46 PM
To: Gross, Rebecca
Subject: Fw: Notes from call this morning (KAZ)
FYI
David
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 10:00 PM
To: Burgess, David
Subject: RE: Notes from call this morning
David,
Youcapturedeverything.Yes,certificatesforAlexeyK,MeruertandMishawouldbeappreciated.
Thanks,

BobCone
CountryDirector
+(b)(6)
+77272584500(ext.200)
(b)(6)

Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:46 PM
To: Gross, Rebecca
Cc: Cone, Robert
Subject: RE: Notes from call this morning

Rebecca,
My edits are in green.
David

Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 11:45 AM
To: Cone, Robert; Burgess, David
Subject: Notes from call this morning

BobandDavid,
(b)(5)
1
(b)(5)

Thanks,
2
Rebecca

RebeccaGross
PeaceCorpsCountryDeskOfficer
Kazakhstan,KyrgyzRepublic,Turkmenistan
tel.202.692.2427fax202.692.2401
rgross@peacecorps.gov
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Bryant, Mario
From: Shouba, Neil

Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:28 AM
To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Wallis, Mark
Subject: RE: PCV assault in Kazakhstan
HiBob,
Pleaseletmeknowhowyouviewtheissuesandpriorities,andifyouenvisionassistancefromme.Herearesomeitems
Icanthinkof(innoparticularorder):
1. ReviewTransportationPolicy/challengeswithaneyetowardreducingriskiertravel
2. Reviewsiteselection/assignmentswithaneyetowardreducingriskiertravel
3. InterfacewithindividualPCVcrimevictimstoidentifyadditionalsupportneeds
4. Conductatargetedriskassessmentaroundisolatingeventsandtransportation
5. Furtherplan(andconduct)theISTwehaddiscussedforQ2
6. WorkwithPost(Maxim,DutyOfficers,you,PCMOs)onCrimeResponseprocedures
7. WorkwithMaximoncrimeresponseactions,communicating/empathicresponseinEnglish,etc.
8. Conductinterviews/focusgroupswithPCVs(VAC?)togatherideasforreducingisolatingevents(e.g.,latenight
taxitravel)
9. LookfortechnologysolutionsforSSC/DutyPhonesuchasaphonewithloaderringer,automaticrollingofcalls
toanothernumber,etc.
PerhapsyouvealreadythoughtoneormoreofthesethroughwithRegionorothersatPost?Thanksforyourwork
supportingsomanycrimevictimsrecentlyIknowyouareverybusy,letmeknowhowIcanhelp!
Neil
Bishkek,KyrgyzRepublic(GMT+6)|nshouba@peacecorps.gov|+996(312)650494x127(office)or+1(202)6925315
x127(USVOIP)

To: Shouba, Neil; Greene, Kellie; Lowman, Helen; Sink, Daryl; Wallis, Mark
Cc: Hobson, Edward; Cone, Robert
Subject: Re: PCV assault in Kazakhstan
All:
I'vebeenontheroadagoodbit,butI'mpuzzledthattheseconversationsarealltakingplacewithouttheparticipation
oftheCountryDirector,BobCone.Isthisadeliberateoversightorsomenewprocedure?
David
From: Shouba, Neil

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To: Greene, Kellie; Lowman, Helen; Sink, Daryl; Wallis, Mark; Burgess, David
Cc: Hobson, Edward
Hello Kellie, Ed, Daryl, and Mark:

(b)(5)
I look forward to working with you to assist Post.
Neil
From: Greene, Kellie

To: Lowman, Helen; Shouba, Neil; Sink, Daryl; Wallis, Mark; Burgess, David
Cc: Hobson, Edward
Subject: Re: PCV assault in Kazakhstan
EdandHelenandIhavediscussedthisatlength.Iwouldliketoseeusallapproachthisincoordinatedfashion,therefore
weshoulddevelopaplanofactionandnextsteps.

(b)(5)

Kellie
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From: Lowman, Helen
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 04:00 PM
To: Shouba, Neil; Sink, Daryl; Wallis, Mark; Burgess, David
Cc: Hobson, Edward; Greene, Kellie
Daryl,
(b)(5)
Thanks,
Helen
Helen A. Lowman
Peace Corps
O: 202-692-2402
BB: (b)(6)
"For every young American who participates in the Peace Corpswho works in a foreign landwill
know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life which
is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace." - President John F. Kennedy
_____________________________________________
From: Shouba, Neil
To: Sink, Daryl; Wallis, Mark; Burgess, David
Cc: Lowman, Helen
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(b)(5)
Neil
PeaceCorps VolunteerSafetyandOverseasSecurity|CentralAsiaandtheCaucasus
Bishkek,KyrgyzRepublic(GMT+6)|nshouba@peacecorps.gov|+996(312)650494x127(office)or
+1(202)6925315(b)(6)
_____________________________________________
From: Sink, Daryl
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:46 AM
To: Lowman, Helen; Wallis, Mark; Burgess, David
Cc: Shouba, Neil
Subject: PCV assault in Kazakhstan
Helen,et.al.,
(b)(5)
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(b)(5)
Regards,
Daryl
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Bryant, Mario
From: Sink, Daryl

Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 3:40 PM
To: Lowman, Helen; Benjamin, Esther; Redmond, Peter; Hobson, Edward; Burgess, David -
Delete On 2015-08-13; Cone, Robert; Gross, Rebecca; Wallis, Mark
Cc: Shouba, Neil; Cullen, Kelly; Fleisig, David; Greene, Kellie
Subject: RE: Proposed Plan for Kazakhstan
Great.WilllookforwardtoBobsinput.
From: Lowman, Helen

To: Sink, Daryl; Benjamin, Esther; Redmond, Peter; Hobson, Edward; Burgess, David; Cone, Robert; Gross, Rebecca;
Wallis, Mark
Cc: Shouba, Neil; Cullen, Kelly; Fleisig, David; Greene, Kellie
Daryl,
Thisseemsfinetome,butIwouldwanttohearBobsthoughtstomakesureitwouldworkforhim.
Thanks,
Helen
Helen A. Lowman
Peace Corps
O: 202-692-2402
BB: (b)(6)

From: Sink, Daryl

To: Lowman, Helen; Benjamin, Esther; Redmond, Peter; Hobson, Edward; Burgess, David; Cone, Robert; Gross,
Rebecca; Wallis, Mark
Cc: Shouba, Neil; Cullen, Kelly; Fleisig, David
Helen,Bob,et.al.
IjustspokewithNeilaboutadjustinghiscurrenttraveltohavehimreturnto(b)(6) toassistwiththis.Heisavailable
andwilllookatthemosteffectivetimingtoreturnto(b)(6) Inaddition,aswewerediscussing,hehadafew
proposalsthatIwouldliketorelay.
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First,meetingwiththeVAConSundayshouldprovideKellyandNeilwithsomegoodinsightaboutpossibletrainingand
allowthemtohoneinonandtailoratrainingprogramthataddressessomeoftheconcernsthatemerge.However,that
wouldbedifficulttodoinanykindofaneffectivemannerforaMondaysession.Additionally,Neilproposesthatsome
ofthesecurityconsiderationswouldbebetteraddressedbyincludingalloftheVolunteersintheRegionalclustersso
thatthegroupscandevelopstrategiesforaddressingsecurityconcernsintheirregionalareas.Soforexample,
bystanderinterventionandstrategiesforaddressingtransportationwouldbemoreeffectiveandmorefocusedifthey
weredoneinregionalgroupsasopposedtocohortgroups.Thusapossiblestrategyforaddressingthiswouldbe:
PCSSOsandothersattendtheVACandlistentoconcernsthatareraisedthere.
PCSSOsspendtherestoftheweekof11/6workingwithstaffanddevelopingtailoredtrainingfortheRegional
SafetyandSecuritysessions.(includingHelensbulletpointsdandebelow)
11/12?PCSSOsandotherstraveltoregionallocationsandconductsafetyandsecurityISTswithallPCVsinthat
region.
ThisproposalwouldalsoallowthecurrentprogrammaticISTstocontinuetoaddressneededprogrammatic
considerations.Itwouldalsonotarbitrarilyforcesafetyandsecuritytrainingintoatimeframeforwhichitwasnot
designed.ThiswouldlikelyresultinamuchmoreeffectivetrainingforVolunteers.
Pleaseletmeknowyourthoughtsonthisproposal.
Regards,
Daryl
From: Lowman, Helen

To: Benjamin, Esther; Redmond, Peter; Sink, Daryl; Hobson, Edward; Burgess, David; Cone, Robert; Gross, Rebecca;
Wallis, Mark; Hessler-Radelet, Carrie; asw18; Goodman, Brenda; Lawler, Timothy
Subject: Proposed Plan for Kazakhstan
DearColleagues,
ThankyouforyourtimediscussingourmovinguptheproposedplanforKazakhstan.Pleasereviewtheinformation
belowandletmeknowifthereisanythingtowhichyoudisagreeorwishtoadd:
1. DickPyleiscurrentlyinKazakhstanandhasbeenworkingwiththepeersupportnetworkandthePCVLsto
improvethesupporttovolunteervictims.WewouldproposethatDickstaythroughtheISTtoworkwiththe
teamandthevolunteersinattendance.
2. MarkWallis,NeilShoubaandKellyCullen(pendingDarylsconfirmation)willtraveltoKazakhstantodothe
following:
a. AttendtheVACmeetingonSundayat4pm(November6)
b. AttendISTandconductsessionsonsafetyandpreventionfortheK23sinattendance(November78)
c. TraveltovarioussubregionallocationstoconductsmallsubregionalsessionsfortheK22s(November
913)
d. Conductanassessmentoftheenvironmentinthesubregionstodeterminerecommendationsin
movingforwardandkeepingvolunteerssafe.(November613)
e. WorkwithKazakhstanstafftocreateaplanforlargerprogrammaticchangestobeimplemented(similar
towhatisbeingimplementedinCentralAmerica)(November613)
Notethattheproposeddatesareapproximateandcouldbeadjustedbasedonpostsneeds.Thanksforyoursupport
andassistance.
Warmregards,
Helen
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Helen A. Lowman
Peace Corps
O: 202-692-2402
BB: (b)(6)

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Bryant, Mario
From: Shouba, Neil

To: Wallis, Mark
Subject: FW: Rape Case
Sothatyoureinonallcomms

From: Cone, Robert
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:52 PM
To: Lowman, Helen; Fleisig, David; Burgess, David; Schwenk, Matheu; Shouba, Neil
Subject: Rape Case

HelenandDavid,
(b)(5)

Thanks,
Bob

BobCone
CountryDirector
(b)(6)
+77272584500(ext.200)
(b)(6)

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Bryant, Mario

To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Wallis, Mark
Subject: FW: RAPE - Kazakhstan - UPDATE 1
Bob,
(b)(5), (b)(6)
From: Sink, Daryl

Subject: FW: RAPE - Kazakhstan - UPDATE 1

FYI

To: asw18; Benjamin, Esther; Delaune, Jules; Goodman, Brenda; Hessler-Radelet, Carrie; Montoya, Elisa; Redmond,
Peter; Sosebee, Carl
Cc: Fleisig, David; Sink, Daryl; Greene, Kellie
Subject: Re: RAPE - Kazakhstan - UPDATE 1
(b)(5)
1

To: asw18; Benjamin, Esther; Delaune, Jules; Goodman, Brenda; Hessler-Radelet, Carrie; Montoya, Elisa; Redmond,
Peter; Sosebee, Carl
Cc: Fleisig, David; Sink, Daryl; Greene, Kellie
Subject: RAPE - Kazakhstan
(b)(5)
Furtherupdateswillbeprovidedaswelearnmore.

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Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:33 AM
To: Fleisig, David
Cc: Lowman, Helen; Sink, Daryl; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13; Shouba, Neil;
Wallis, Mark; Greene, Kellie; Sgambati, Jacob; Gross, Rebecca; Hobson, Edward
Subject: RE: Request to Hire an Attorney For GS
David,
(b)(5), (b)(6)
Thanks,
Bob

BobCone
CountryDirector
(b)(6)
+77272584500(ext.200)
(b)(6)

Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 1:02 AM
To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Lowman, Helen; Sink, Daryl; Burgess, David; Shouba, Neil; Wallis, Mark; Greene, Kellie; Sgambati, Jacob; Gross,
Rebecca; Hobson, Edward
Subject: FW: Request to Hire an Attorney For GS

Bob,
(b)(5)
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(b)(5), (b)(6)

IfyouhavetimetomorroworFridayIwouldbemorethanhappytospeakwithyouregardingthis.

DavidFleisig

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Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

To: Shouba, Neil
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Doronin, Maxim; Sink, Daryl; Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David - Delete On
2015-08-13; Schwenk, Matheu; Glaser, Nancy; Sgambati, Jacob
Subject: RE: S&S ISTs
Neil,
(b)(5)
Thanks,
Bob

From: Shouba, Neil
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:43 AM
To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Doronin, Maxim; Wallis, Mark; Sink, Daryl
Subject: S&S ISTs
HelloBob,
(b)(5)
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PerhapsshortreviewofEAPandIncidentReporting
Aswediscussed,56regionalworkshopsplusan(b)(6) trainingforstaff(andperhapsaTOTforPSN
membersorPCVLs)couldbeagoodformat.Iwouldbegladtodothemajorityofthedesignworkandcome
upinFebruarytohelpfacilitate,ifyoureabletofindfundingfortheworkshops.IwouldthinkformanyPCVs
twonights'hotelwouldsuffice,thoughthosetravelingfartherwouldneedathirdnightgiventhesontentwe'd
hopetocover.
IdothinksuchaproactivetrainingcouldhavesomeimpactontheVolunteersafetyproblemsyouvebeen
addressing.IimagineMarkWalliswillbeverysupportiveofthisideatoo,leteitherofusknowhowwecan
helpifyoudecidetoproceedwiththisidea.
Neil
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Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 6:14 AM
To: Wallis, Mark
Cc: Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13
Subject: RE: Safety and Security Training
Mark,
(b)(5)
I'll keep you informed.

Thanks,
Bob
From: Wallis, Mark

To: Cone, Robert; Glaser, Nancy; Sink, Daryl; Hamilton, Jeannine
Cc: Gibson, Rachel; Sgambati, Jacob; Shouba, Neil; Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David;(b)(6)
GreetingsfromHQ,

IhaveconsultedwithbothHelenandEdHobsononthisissue,andtheprevailingnotionamongallofushereatHQis
thatMaximshouldnotbeomittedfromtheS&SToTtraining.GiventhechallengesyourPosthasbeenfacingwith
respecttothisparticularissue,itjustdoesnotmakesensetoexcludetheSSCfromanopportunitylikethisone.

(b)(5) :

CanceltheKZteamsparticipationintheAlbaniatraining,andreschedulefortheToTinPanamainDecember.Thishas
theaddedbenefitthatyournewDPT,BillPerry,willbeabletojointheKZteamforaweekinsunnyPanama.

IhavespokenwiththeS&SAdminOfficer,RachelGibson,andwhilethismayposesomedifficultiesinfunding,shefelt
thatthemechanicscouldbeworkedouttosupportthis.Giventhatyouarealreadyintheprocessofcancellingtickets
forMaxim,Iamhopingthatthiswillnotprovetoooneroustoexecute.

PleaseletmeknowifthispresentsanyparticulardifficultiesthatIcanassistwithonthisend.

Regards,

MarkWallis
EMARSA

From: Hamilton, Jeannine
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 9:08 AM
To: Glaser, Nancy; Sink, Daryl
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Gibson, Rachel
Subject: Re: Safety and Security Training

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Nancy,onceyoucanceltheoriginalobswillyouhaveenoughfundstoestablishnewobligations?

From: Glaser, Nancy
To: Sink, Daryl
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Hamilton, Jeannine; Gibson, Rachel
Subject: Safety and Security Training

Daryl,
(b)(5)
(b)(5) BobhasrequestedthattheSSCbackup,NessipJulayevaattendthesecuritytraininginMaximsplace.
lShoubatodoaoneononetrainingwithMaximDoroninlaterthismonthinBishkek.

WeusedFY11fundsforthetrainingandtravelcostsforMaximDoronin.WearerequestingfromJeanninepermissionto
useFY11fundstocoverNessipJulayevastrainingandtravelcosts.

Pleaseadvise,
Nancy

Nancy Glaser
DirectorofManagement&Operations
Office:77272584500Ext400
Cell:(b)(6)
(b)(6)

From: Wallis, Mark
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 6:52 PM
To: Glaser, Nancy
Cc: Kane, Jason; Doronin, Maxim; Cone, Robert; Sgambati, Jacob; Shouba, Neil
Subject: RE: Additional Nights in Albania

Nancy,

IamsogladwecouldmakethishappenforMaxim,andIthinkhewillenjoyit.Jasonisanincredibleresource,anda
greattrainer.

(b)(5)

TakeCare,

Mark

From: Glaser, Nancy
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 6:36 AM
To: Wallis, Mark
Cc: Cone, Robert; Doronin, Maxim
Subject: Additional Nights in Albania

Mark,
ThisisaconfirmationthatMaximDoroninwillbestayingtheadditionaltwonightsinAlbaniaasrequested.
Nancy
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Nancy Glaser
Office:77272584500Ext400
Cell:(b)(6)
(b)(6)
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From: Shouba, Neil

Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 7:48 PM
To: Wallis, Mark
Ah!Thisiswhatpostwantedtodointhefirstplace,butweretoldtherewerenoimoreTOTs.Greatsolution,mark.
From: Wallis, Mark

Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 01:52 PM
To: Cone, Robert; Glaser, Nancy; Sink, Daryl; Hamilton, Jeannine
Cc: Gibson, Rachel; Sgambati, Jacob; Shouba, Neil; Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David;(b)(6)
(b)(6)
GreetingsfromHQ,
IhaveconsultedwithbothHelenandEdHobsononthisissue,andtheprevailingnotionamongallofushereatHQis
thatMaximshouldnotbeomittedfromtheS&SToTtraining.GiventhechallengesyourPosthasbeenfacingwith
respecttothisparticularissue,itjustdoesnotmakesensetoexcludetheSSCfromanopportunitylikethisone.
(b)(5) :
CanceltheKZteamsparticipationintheAlbaniatraining,andreschedulefortheToTinPanamainDecember.Thishas
theaddedbenefitthatyournewDPT,BillPerry,willbeabletojointheKZteamforaweekinsunnyPanama.
IhavespokenwiththeS&SAdminOfficer,RachelGibson,andwhilethismayposesomedifficultiesinfunding,shefelt
thatthemechanicscouldbeworkedouttosupportthis.Giventhatyouarealreadyintheprocessofcancellingtickets
forMaxim,Iamhopingthatthiswillnotprovetoooneroustoexecute.
PleaseletmeknowifthispresentsanyparticulardifficultiesthatIcanassistwithonthisend.
Regards,
MarkWallis
EMARSA
From: Hamilton, Jeannine

To: Glaser, Nancy; Sink, Daryl
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Gibson, Rachel
Nancy,onceyoucanceltheoriginalobswillyouhaveenoughfundstoestablishnewobligations?
From: Glaser, Nancy

To: Sink, Daryl
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Hamilton, Jeannine; Gibson, Rachel
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Subject: Safety and Security Training
Daryl,
(b)(5)
(b)(5) BobhasrequestedthattheSSCbackup,NessipJulayevaattendthesecuritytraininginMaximsplace.
BobwillaskNeilShoubatodoaoneononetrainingwithMaximDoroninlaterthismonthinBishkek.

WeusedFY11fundsforthetrainingandtravelcostsforMaximDoronin.WearerequestingfromJeanninepermissionto
useFY11fundstocoverNessipJulayevastrainingandtravelcosts.

Pleaseadvise,
Nancy

Nancy Glaser
Office:77272584500Ext400
Cell:(b)(6)
(b)(6)

From: Wallis, Mark
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 6:52 PM
To: Glaser, Nancy
Cc: Kane, Jason; Doronin, Maxim; Cone, Robert; Sgambati, Jacob; Shouba, Neil
Subject: RE: Additional Nights in Albania

Nancy,

IamsogladwecouldmakethishappenforMaxim,andIthinkhewillenjoyit.Jasonisanincredibleresource,anda
greattrainer.

(b)(5)

TakeCare,

Mark

From: Glaser, Nancy
To: Wallis, Mark
Cc: Cone, Robert; Doronin, Maxim
Subject: Additional Nights in Albania

Mark,
ThisisaconfirmationthatMaximDoroninwillbestayingtheadditionaltwonightsinAlbaniaasrequested.
Nancy

Nancy Glaser
Office:77272584500Ext400
Cell:(b)(6)
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Bryant, Mario

Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 7:40 AM
To: Wallis, Mark
Subject: Fw: Saran case in Internet (Kaz)
Attachments: Saran case in Internet Nov 10-11 2011.docx
FYI
From: Cone, Robert

To: Lowman, Helen
Cc: Burgess, David; Gross, Rebecca; Sink, Daryl; Cullen, Kelly; Shouba, Neil
Subject: FW: Saran case in Internet
Helen,
(b)(5)

Thanks,
Bob
from: Stepanova, Elena

To: Cone, Robert
Subject: Saran case in Internet
As of today, total number of posts 72 (some of them with PC logo)

First publication Kz Information Agency Tengri News (Turkestan case is mentioned as well)
There are two slightly different versions:

a) Reference to the Head of the Information Department of Karaganda oblast Department of Internal Affairs
(Zhanatai Sembekov) . Criminal case has not been initiated yet Kz media.
b) Reference to the victim herself (no name, source - Interfax). Criminal case is initiated, and a suspect was
arrested. Russia media mostly.
Breakdown:
In English 2 (Tengri News and Interfax screen shots are attached)
Kazakhstan - 24, including
Karaganda oblast 4 (one is newspaper)
Other cities 4 (Taldykorgan, Shymkent, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Astana)
Kz Information Agencies - 14 (including Republican Center of Legal Information of the Ministry of Justice
of the RK)
Newspaper Moskowski Komsomolets in Kazakhstan
Also I was told that the same information was in evening news on Channel 7 (this channel belongs to Tengri
News)
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Russia
Information Agencies 9
Komsomolskaya Pravda , very popular newspaper, published this information in all its editions: in USA,
Egypt (in Russian), CIS, all Russia big cities 29
Not classified 5
English screen shots and all links are in attachment.
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Bryant, Mario
From: Lowman, Helen

To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Greene, Kellie; Schwenk, Matheu; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13; Fleisig, David;
Shouba, Neil; Wallis, Mark
Subject: RE: Sexual Assault in Kazakhstan
Bob,
Illbehomeabout9:30/10:00tonight.Canyoupleasecallmetodiscuss?
Thankssomuch,
Helen

Helen A. Lowman
Peace Corps
O: 202-692-2402
BB: (b)(6)


To: Cone, Robert; Wallis, Mark; Shouba, Neil; Lowman, Helen
Cc: Greene, Kellie
Subject: Sexual Assault in Kazakhstan

HiBob,

(b)(5)
Thanks,

David
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Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 4:28 AM
To: Wallis, Mark
Cc: Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13; Schwenk, Matheu; Shouba,
Neil
Subject: RE: to send
Mark,
Thanksforyouremail.Ourlocalsourcesbelievethatthiswasanisolatedincidentbyacriminalgang.However,we
arereviewingoursecurityproceduresincasethingschange.

Bob

From: Wallis, Mark
To: Cone, Robert; Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David; Schwenk, Matheu
Cc: Shouba, Neil; Doronin, Maxim
Subject: RE: to send

HelloBobandMaxim,

IamsogladtohearthatNeilistheretoday.Idontknowifyouhaveaccesstothislocally,butanumberofnewssources
haveprintedthesameparagraph:

According to local news site Tengiz News, the suicide bomber was retaliating for recent arrests in Kazakhstan of
Muslims who are followers of the fundamentalist Sunni branch of Islam known as Wahhabism. This theory, however,
has not been confirmed at an official level.
(b)(5)
TakeCare,

MarkWallis
EMARSA

From: Cone, Robert
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 8:29 AM
To: Wallis, Mark; Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David; Schwenk, Matheu
Cc: Shouba, Neil
Subject: FW: to send

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Bob

(b)(5), (b)(6)

Maxim Doronin
Safety and Security Coordinator
U.S. Peace Corps / Almaty, Kazakhstan
office: +7 727 258 45 00 ext. 203
fax: +7 727 258 23 15
cell: (b)(6)

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Bryant, Mario
From: Mann, Tabitha

Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:34 AM
To: (b)(6) ; Cone, Robert; 'bperry@Kz.peacecorps.gov'; Gross, Rebecca
Cc: Wallis, Mark; Fulton, Maura; Britcov, Victor; Rakhimov, Eldar
Subject: RE: Transition Conf. Material
IspokewiththePCMOslastnight.IwillleaveDConSaturdayandarriveMondaymorning.TheywilltakepulseofPCVs
andletmeknowifthereisanyonethey/staffwouldlikemetospeakwithpriortotheconference.Atthispointweare
thinkingitwouldbegoodtohavesmallgroupdebriefswithPCVssothatIcanlayeyesonallofthem.PCVsandother
staffwhointeractwithPCVsoneononeshouldfeelfreetoreferparticularlyconcerningPCVstomeforindividual
assessment.IllalsofollowuponeononewiththosewhohavehadinterventionswithCOUinthelast6months.
T
Tabitha R. Mann, LCSW

Special Services Officer
Office of Special Services
The U.S. Peace Corps
1111 20th Street, NW
(202)692-1478
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Bryant, Mario
From: Lowman, Helen

Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:55 PM
To: Cone, Robert; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13
Cc: Gross, Rebecca; Wallis, Mark
Subject: RE: Trial & Minister of Education
ThanksBobgoodtoknow.
Allthebest,
Helen

Helen A. Lowman
Peace Corps
O: 202-692-2402
BB:(b)(6)


From: Cone, Robert
Cc: Gross, Rebecca
Subject: Trial & Minister of Education
Helen,
(b)(5), (b)(6)
As soon as we meet with the Minister of Ed. I'll be able to plan for the next intake of EDU Volunteers.
Thanks,
Bob
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Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:12 AM
To: Greene, Kellie
Cc: Lowman, Helen; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13; Gross, Rebecca; Wallis, Mark
Subject: RE: Update
Kellie,
Itisnow9:12p.m.andshearrivealittlewhileago.
Thanks,
Bob
________________________________________
From:Greene,Kellie
Sent:Monday,October31,20118:24PM
To:Cone,Robert
Subject:RE:Update

HelloBob,

WhattimeistheVolunteerduetoarrivein(b)(6)

Thanks,
Kellie

OriginalMessage
From:Cone,Robert
Sent:Monday,October31,20112:44AM
To:Greene,Kellie
Subject:RE:Update

Kellie,
(b)(5),(b)(6)
Thanks,
Bob

OriginalMessage
From:Greene,Kellie
To:Cone,Robert
Subject:Re:Update

HelloBob

Thankyoufortheupdate.I'mreceivingconflictinginformation.Sorrytohavetobesodetailed.Wouldyoupleaseclarify
ifthisstaffmemberistravelingbyplaneorbytrain.

1
(b)(5)

Thankyou.

OriginalMessage
From:Cone,Robert
To:Greene,Kellie
Subject:RE:Update

Kellie,
(b)(5) ThePCMOiswiththe
Volunteersosheknowswhatishappening.
Thanks,
Bob

OriginalMessage
From:Greene,Kellie
To:Cone,Robert
Subject:Update
Importance:High

HelloBob,

(b)(5)
Thanks
Kellie

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Bryant, Mario
From: Cone, Robert

To: Wallis, Mark; Lowman, Helen
Cc: Shouba, Neil; Fleisig, David; Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13
Subject: Volunteer Safety Update
Mark,
(b)(5),(b)(6)
Thanks,
Bob

BobCone
CountryDirector
(b)(6)
+77272584500(ext.200)
(b)(6)

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THE DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE CORPS
WASHINGTON, D.C.
February 16, 2012
On behalf of the Peace Corps, I would like to extend my profound appreciation and
warmest regards to the men and women who have served so faithfully as Peace Corps
Volunteers and staff members in Kazakhstan over the past two decades. I am most
grateful for this opportunity to thank you for your service to the Peace Corps and to the
people of Kazakhstan.
I also must recognize the tremendous support that Peace Corps/Kazakhstan received from
our ministerial partners within the government of Kazakhstan, as well as the considerable
assistance of the U.S. Embassy staff in Astana and Almaty. Your generous efforts were
instrumental to the program's successful ability to remain relevant, vital, and involved in
community needs throughout Kazakhstan.
Since 1993, Peace Corps/Kazakhstan Volunteers and staff members have worked
successfully to build an enduring foundation of friendship and understanding between
Kazakhstan and the United States. I commend those first Volunteers and staff members,
who, in the early 1990s, set the standard for all who followed after them. Subsequent
Volunteers and staff have deepened and broadened that very special friendship. Working
alongside their Kazakhstani counterparts, Peace Corps Volunteers have had a lasting
impact on schools, clinics, NGOs, and community and youth centers throughout the
country. To all of you, I say thank you. You reflect the best of the Peace Corps' spirit of
service and should be proud of all that you have accomplished.
Beginning with the arrival of our first Peace Corps Volunteers, the Kazakhstani people
have opened their hearts and their homes to our Volunteers. I greatly appreciate the
generous hospitality that you have extended to our Volunteers over the years. You have
treated our Volunteers as family members, and the Peace Corps is forever grateful to you.
Although our Volunteers and staff will no longer be serving in Kazakhstan, I am

confident that the ties of friendship and understanding that developed between the people
of the United States and Kazakhstan over the past 20 years will continue to thrive in the
years to come.
Thank you all.
4 incerely,
Via/L,
Aaron S. Williams
Director
~ Corps
Peace
DECISION MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR
To: Aaron S. Williams, Director
Through: Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Deputy Director ~!l.t.u.tl-~

Esther Benjamin, Associate Director for Global Operations ~.;;;z:=
Edward Hobson, Associate Director for Safety and Security
Bill Rubin, General Counsel ~ /l 1 .:J~
Paul Weinberger, Director of Congressional Rel~ ~. ,
From: Helen Lowman, Regional Director, E&o~lterr~l'a&--t~RegiOn

Cc: Stacy Rhodes, Chief of Staff
Elisa Montoya, White House Liaison and Senior Advisor to the Director
Carl Sosebee, Senior Advisor to the Director
Joseph Hepp, Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Bilder, Chief Acquisition Officer
Date: January 23,2012
Subject: Decision Memorandum on Phase-Down and Closure of Peace Corps Kazakhstan
Summary:
This memorandum summarizes the actions taken between September-November 2011 with your
approval and in consultation with Global Operations, Safety and Security, General Counsel and
Congressional Relations. This memorandum outlines further actions to be taken by Peace Corps
regarding operations in Kazakhstan. These recommendations are made by the EMA Region.
Background:
Safety and Security

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There were at least six bombings and other militant attacks across Kazakhstan in 2011. While
these attacks appeared not to be directed at foreigners, they were of significant concern. These
attacks were reported to have targeted Kazakh security forces and included a car bomb detonated
near a government office, a suicide bomber near a government office, and a series of shootings
between a suspect and Kazakh government agents that led to the death of both the suspect and
several citizens and police.
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Most recently, civil unrest in the west of Kazakhstan has been raising concerns about the stability
of that region. On December 16, protesters and police clashed in the western city of Zhanoazen,
leading to the deaths of at least 15 people, possibly more. These clashes led to demonstrations in
Aktau and other cities in the region.
Host Country Support

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The Kazakh Ministry of Education requested higher levels of professional certifications for
Volunteers assigned to schools than the Agency is able to provide. Considering the Agency's
current focus on generalists, Kazakhstan's requests for teachers with specific qualifications
posed a difficult challenge. Attempts to engage with the Ministry of Education by both CD Bob
Cone and U.S. Ambassador Fairfax on this issue were unsuccessful, and PC/Kazakhstan did not
receive assurances from the Ministry that any education Volunteers would be allowed to teach in
Kazakh schools in the 2012-2013 school year. CD Bob Cone made several direct inquires about
the 2012-2013 school year, and requested consultations about the qualifications of education
Volunteers. In response, the Ministry only provided an assurance that the Volunteers already
placed in schools for the 2011-2012 academic year would be allowed to finish that year.
Finally, local education authorities continued to provide only limited support for Volunteers and
counterparts, particularly in the northern regions of the country. Issues included lack of support
for regional teacher trainings, and pressure on schools from local government security officials
not to host or request (b)(5)
.
CD Cone met with COS Stacy Rhodes, AD Esther Benjamin and RD Helen Lowman during the
September 2011 EMA CD Conference in Romania. On September 28, Global Ops and Region
made the decision to cancel the Youth Development program in Kazakhstan, and to withdraw
invitations for those Youth Development invitees scheduled to arrive in February 2012.
On November 3,2011, Ambassador Fairfax wrote to you indicating that all of his attempts to
meet with the Ministry of Education to resolve the issues outlined above were unsuccessful. The
Ambassador suggested that next steps would be to escalate these issues to the Prime Minister.
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Host Country Need
In addition to the two factors above, the EMA Region also notes that Kazakhstan's 2011 Human
Development Index rank of 68 falls in the upper half of the second quartile of countries
worldwide. Kazakhstan ranks above Ukraine, which has an HOI rank of 76. Compared to other
Peace Corps countries, Kazakhstan also has greater equality in income, health and education.
Program Suspension
On November 15, following discussions with Global Operations, Region, Safety and Security,
General Counsel and Congressional Relations you approved the decision to suspend operations
in Kazakhstan. A transition conference for all 117 currently serving Volunteers was held in
Almaty from November 24-27, 2011, with all Volunteers assigned to Kazakhstan leaving Peace
Corps service by early December 2011. Per Manual Section 284, all currently serving
Volunteers were granted early COS status.
You also approved the decision to rescind invitations for the 22 Education program invitees for
Kazakhstan scheduled to arrive in February 2012. Alternate invitations to other posts were issued
to all 22 invitees.
Peace Corps/Kazakhstan updated the Embassy on these actions. The Director's Office, Global
Operations and EMA Region briefed officials at the State Department/Washington on the
program suspensIOn.
Decision:
The EMA Region requests your approval of a complete phase-down and closure of operations in
Kazakhstan with a planned closure date of March 2012. All phase down activities will be
completed in compliance with federal regulations and Peace Corps Manual directives on post
closure. This timeline will allow for an orderly closure of the office, as well as a celebration of
the twenty years of partnership between Peace Corps and the government of Kazakhstan.
Congressional consultation regarding this decision, as required by law was completed. Peace
Corps also informed the Department of State about this decision.
Approved: v-~
Not Approved: _ _
Needs Discussion:
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Aaron S. Date
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PC/Kazakhstan Evacuation Timeline:
November 14th:
Decision made to evacuate Peace Corps Kazakhstan. RD Helen Lowman calls CD Bob Cone to
inform him. Meeting held in situation room, led by RD Lowman.
November 15th- 18th:
Situation room meetings held daily to provide updates on transition conference planning (please
see schedule with participants). Communications plan formed for informing Volunteers
(PC/Kazakhstan staff call each Volunteer), and all Volunteers are informed.
2 Kazakhstan Volunteers in the U.S. are also informed.
o (b)(5)
Safety and security at the conference venue discussed.

o (b)(5)
RD Lowman finalizes plans to travel to the conference, with Daniel Mandell from Placement,
Tabby Mann from the COU, and Laura Whittaker from OMS.
Calls placed to all 22 current invitees to Kazakhstan by CDO Rebecca Gross.
Transition conference is scheduled for the following week, the 24th- 27th, and venue is finalized.
Volunteers are informed of the dates, and instructed to purchase train tickets for arrival in
Almaty on the 24th.
o Different methods of Volunteer transport to the conference discussed. (b)(5)
.
CD Cone is advised that he is authorized to purchase air tickets for Volunteers, should
ticket availability become an issue.
November 19th
Tabby Mann departs, arrival November 20th, Almaty time.
November 20th
Original venue becomes unavailable, Kazakhstan staff locate new venue in Almaty, and inform
all Volunteers (new venue is the Intercontinental in Almaty).
November 21st
RD Lowman departs (arrival Nov 22nd, Almaty time)
November 22rd
Daniel Mandell and Laura Whittaker depart, arrival November 23rd, Almaty time.
November 24 -27
Transition conference begins. Please see collected session plans and conference materials.
November 28: Formal COS date for those Volunteers taking cash in lieu.
Talking Points and Q&A for HFAC Briefing
Peace Corps / Kazakhstan
December 15, 2011
Talking Points
On November 15, Peace Corps made the decision to suspend its Volunteer program in
Kazakhstan due to a number of operational considerations.
We have been looking at our operations in Kazakhstan for some time. Kazakhstan has a
low HDI score and is one of the more developed countries in which Peace Corps operates
[True?]. In part, thats testimony to the success of Peace Corps, which has been
committed to development in Kazakhstan since 1993. Nearly 1,120 Americans have
worked as Peace Corps Volunteers in Kazakhstan on a variety of projects focused on
education, youth development, HIV/AIDS support and community development.
(b)(5)
We promptly notified all 117 Peace Corps / Kazakhstan Volunteers directly and a
transition conference was held in Almaty from Nov. 24-27. The primary goals of this
conference were to provide Volunteers with emotional support as requested, to provide
Volunteers with information on options for Peace Corps service in another country, to
provide a medical checkup to all Volunteers, and to provide Volunteers with tools for
successful readjustment to post Peace Corps life.
In addition to group sessions, every Volunteer was offered individual counseling, a

medical checkup, and an exit interview. Staff from HQ attended, including trained
counselors for emotional/mental support and medical professionals. A placement
specialist provided advice and guidance for those Volunteers interested in Peace Corps
service in another country.
The placement office will work with those Volunteers interested in serving in another
Peace Corps country on a case by case basis.
The U.S. Ambassasdor, accompanied by a representative from the Kazakh Ministry of

Education, visited the conference to personally thank the Volunteers for their service.
Questions
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KazakhstanProgramSuspensionPlanNovember28Decmeber9
Program&Training
General work plans for the next two months done

Travel plans for the Regional Managers scheduled
Budget submission for Counterpart Meeting in one region done
Thank-you letter to host institutions and counterparts written and translated
Preliminary plans made for coordinating book donations from the IRC
90% of the Descriptions of Service completed, signed and scanned to PDF
Over half of the final PC LPI certificates done
Letters of appreciation to the RPCVs being printed to include with the DOS originals
Basic division of tasks for the collection of post records done
Copy of the Slovakia Graduation document has been sent to us
Preliminary discussion of PEPFAR close-out has taken place with USAID/PEPFAR
Administration
Met with staff and reviewed the record collection document fromValerie, explained the process
and assigned someone to be responsible for each records series. Ordered boxes
PCV terminations have been processed, all paperwork has been collected, payments made,
tickets purchased and terminations processed in VESI. PCV bank accounts have been closed.
Staff contract files have been reviewed and the amounts of severance payment (for one month)
and retirement payment calculated.
Sent information on the Kazakhstan fleet to PC Kyrgyzstan and PC Turkmenistan for possible
transfer of vehicles to replace others at the end of their lifecycle. Obtained disposal authority for
all vehicles from Tiffany Glover. For the vehicles that will not be transferred to PC Kyrgyzstan or
PC Turkmenistan, our next course of action will be transfer to the Embassy or USAID.
Inventoried assets, shared the asset list with the Kyrgyzstan post for their review.
inventoried all IT equipment and shared the list with HQ. Quotes for air shipment of the laptops
to Nepal have been obtained.
Office Lease: Met with the office landlord and negotiated an agreement that Peace Corps will not
be obligated to return the office to the original condition or perform any work on the structure.
Vouchers: completed final BVs and liquidation paperwork and sent a DHL shipment for all
payments made during the transition conference.
Medical
Inventoried and transferred all narcotics, specially dedicated medications and OVC med. to
Consulate
All medical charts sent to OMS
SafetyandSecurity
All CIRS reports reviewed and collected
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PEACE CORPS KAZAKHSTAN
THE CLOSE-OUT DOCUMENT
1993-2011
Compiled by William Perry

Director of Programming and Training
Peace Corps Kazakhstan
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................. 1
Part 1:
A Selective History of Peace Corps Kazakhstan ......................... 1
English Education and Resource Development ........................... 4
Small Business Development....................................................... 6
Environment ................................................................................. 7
Public Heath ................................................................................. 9
Part 2:
Peace Corps Kazakhstan Volunteers .......................................... 20
Part 3:
Peace Corps Kazakhstan Volunteer Stories ............................... 47
Attachments ............................................................................... 63
Introduction
This document is divided into three basic parts: 1) a selective history of the
Peace Corps post in Kazakhstan over 18 years, 2) the names and assignments of the
Volunteers who served in Kazakhstan, and 3) a glimpse of the footprint Peace Corps
Volunteers who lived and worked throughout Kazakhstan left behind. The document
is based on reports, correspondence and other communications that were found at the
post in Almaty, on information archived at our headquarters in Washington, D.C., and
most importantly on the rich stories retold by Peace Corps local staff, many of whom
dedicated themselves to supporting Volunteers throughout the history reported below.
Part 1: A Selective History of Peace Corps Kazakhstan

In the winter of 1993, the first team of Peace Corps direct-hire staff, a country
director, two program-area APCDs and an Administrative Officer, arrived in Almaty
to open the first program in Kazakhstan. Three of the four staff members were RPCVs,
two knew Russian, but none of them had worked previously as Peace Corps staff. The
first office was set up in the Hotel Kazakhstan for approximately one month. The staff
soon moved to the Academy of Science to set up the next of the four offices in Peace
Corps Kazakhstans 18-year history. Within six months, Peace Corps moved to a
permanent office in the center of the city in a building owned by a bank. They rented
an entire floor for the Kazakhstan PC operations and remained in this location until
2004 when the office moved to a location outside of the center of Almaty. Operations
in this last of the four offices were split between two buildings with primarily
administrative staff in one building and programming and training staff in the other.
In 1998 Astana was established as the new capital of Kazakhstan. As many
governmental agencies, domestic and international, moved from Almaty to Astana
over the next five years, Peace Corps was faced with the difficult decision of whether
it would retain operations in Almaty or move to Astana. Although there were several
times during the following 10 years when it appeared that Peace Corps would make
the move, it never happened.
Peace Corps worked in Kazakhstan from 1993 to 2011. During this period,
according to statistics maintained in Washington, DC, 1,176 Volunteers served in the
country in the four primary project areas that evolved over the 18 years: English
education, small business development, environment, and public health. The
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following pages provide a chronological look at the development of the Peace Corps
Kazakhstan country program highlighting key changes, obstacles and milestones.
Some Basic Facts about Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country in Central Asia. As

the ninth largest country in the world by land area, it is the world's largest landlocked
country; its territory is larger than Western Europe and is approximately four times
the size of Texas. It borders Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan,
and also a significant part of the Caspian Sea. Although Kazakhstan does not share a
border with Mongolia, its most easterly point is 24 miles from Mongolia's western tip.
The geography of Kazakhstan ranges from flatlands, steppes, taigas, rock-canyons,
hills, deltas, and snow-capped mountains to deserts. With 16.6 million people (2011
estimate) Kazakhstan has the 62nd largest population in the world, though its
population density is less than 15 people per square mile). The capital was moved in
1998 from Almaty in the south to Astana in the northeast part of the country
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan).
For most of its history, the territory of modern-day Kazakhstan has been
inhabited by nomadic tribes. By the 16th century, the Kazakhs emerged as a distinct
group. The Russians began advancing into the Kazakh steppe in the 18th century, and
by the mid-19th century all of Kazakhstan was part of the Russian Empire. Following
the 1917 Russian Revolution, and subsequent civil war, the territory of Kazakhstan
was reorganized several times before becoming the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
in 1936, a part of the USSR.
Kazakhstan declared independence on December 16, 1991, the last Soviet
republic to do so. Its communist-era leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev, became the
country's first president, a position he retains today. President Nazarbayev maintains
strict control over the country's politics. Since independence, Kazakhstan has pursued
a balanced foreign policy and worked to develop its economy, especially its
hydrocarbon industry.
Kazakhstan is ethnically and culturally diverse, in part due to mass
deportations of many ethnic groups to the country during Stalins rule. Kazakhstan
has a population of 16.6 million, with 131 ethnicities, including Kazakh, Russian,
Uyghur, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Tatar, and German. Around 63% percent of the
population is Kazakh. Kazakhstan allows freedom of religion, and many different
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beliefs are represented in the country. Islam is the religion of more than 70% of the
population, with Christianity practiced by most of the remainder. Kazakh is the state
language, while Russian is also officially used as an equal language to Kazakh in
public institutions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan).
Starting up Peace Corps in Kazakhstan
The initial Peace Corps Kazakhstan country program was based on an

assessment carried out by PC Washington programming staff in 1992. The
recommendations of the assessment team were to start with the programming
template that had been developed for the New Country Entries in Central and Eastern
Europe (e.g., Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia). This template
focused on two primary programming areas: English Education (TEFL) and Small
Business Development (SBD).
The program APCDs hired program assistants immediately and began
traveling around Kazakhstan. A decision had been made to do the initial programming
with schools and small businesses in the larger cities of Kazakhstan. Ideally, English
Education and Small Business Volunteers would be clustered in these larger cities.
The TEFL Volunteers were to be placed in secondary schools and universities,
and the SBD Volunteers were to be placed in pairs in small enterprises. In the initial
site development, Volunteers were placed throughout the country from north to south
and east to west.
The following is an excerpt from a summary document written in 1994 about
the English education project. Kazakhstan and the Peace Corps of the United States
signed a country agreement on December 22, 1992 in Washington, D.C. The
Kazakhstani government invited the Peace Corps to begin working in Kazakhstan in
1993 in the areas of English language teaching and small business development. On
June 5, 1993, 43 US Peace Corps Trainees arrived in Almaty to begin their training
and two-year service in Kazakhstan.
The first PST was held in Almaty at a local university, a center-based training,
with the Trainees living in a dormitory setting. Kaz 1 bonded well because of the
center-based training and living arrangement, and after training left for sites
throughout the country. Although the communication infrastructure (telephones and
email) was at best weak, the APCDs were able to stay in contact with the Volunteers
and visited all of them in their first year at site. In general, the PCVs experience was
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very positive in this first year of the program. Safety and security problems were
minimal, especially in contrast to the Peace Corps program in Uzbekistan, which was
being developed from the same template, but under very different political and
cultural conditions.
Peace Corps Kazakhstans Programming Efforts from 1993 to 1997
The following section presents reflections on the SBD and TEFL projects, as
well as on the expectations for the first environment project (ENV) begun in 1994.
The information was excerpted from the 1997 IPBS for Kazakhstan. The last part of
this section introduces the public health project (PH), which began in 1996 as an
extension of the ENV project. The first official PH project plan was submitted in 1999
and the first PH Volunteers arrived in Kazakhstan later that year.
English Education and Resource Development
An important priority of the government of Kazakhstan was the reform and

updating of the nation's education system. The President declared that educational
reform must be a priority. The National Education Act was passed which allows local
school principals to form individual curricula, with input from parents, teachers, and
local officials. However, the government was not been able to provide the financial
support to carry out its goals in the area of education.
Traditionally, literacy and educational levels were high in Kazakhstan, but the
educational system had never focused on problem-solving skills or the decision-
making process. Teaching methods were in great need of reform. Materials for the
classroom were outdated, inadequate and generally not available in classroom
quantities. School libraries were often controlled by administrators and not available
to students. School buildings were rapidly deteriorating and often not heated in winter.
Many lacked basic sanitary facilities such as flush toilets.
School officials were seeking funds and technical assistance to modernize
teaching facilities, materials, and methodologies. With the independence of
Kazakhstan, new pressure was placed on education officials to change educational
strategies of the past in order to keep pace with change and to lead the way into the
future with the skills necessary for a modern democracy.
The government of Kazakhstan recognized that English was the most popular
and necessary foreign language in the country, and was absolutely essential to the
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country's goal of becoming a full and independent member of the international
community. Despite the importance attached to English instruction, the number of
qualified English teachers declined. Teacher training institutes continued to graduate
prospective English teachers; however, many chose not to enter the teaching
profession, and other experienced teachers chose to leave the profession. There were a
number of reasons for this decline, including low teacher salaries, significant delays
in payment of salaries, and the lure of the considerably higher salaries offered by
foreign businesses, embassies, and other employers.
Peace Corps Kazakhstan began addressing these problems in several ways.
Placement of AA172s and some AA171s in universities and teacher training
institutions helped promote the active use of English language in classes for English
teachers-in-training. A limited number of AA191s were placed with regional
education departments or continuing education institutes to introduce communicative
methodology to English teachers. The placement of AA171s in secondary schools
helped increase the competence of students and counterpart teachers. Further, all EDU
Volunteers worked with a large number of English teachers in their regions to
promote English language competency and modern language teaching methodologies.
These PCVs helped to build confidence among English teachers and allowed them to
develop real-life listening and speaking skills.
In addition to direct classroom instruction and teacher training activities,
TEFL Volunteers participated in a number of secondary and community based
projects. Among these projects were the development of English language resource
centers, English language camps, organization and coaching of sports teams,
obtaining book donations, local theater productions, and the production of English
language radio and television programs. Volunteers also assisted in the formation and
registration of local English teacher associations, facilitating the development of
democratic organizations and the sharing of training resources, information, and ideas.
Some PCVs also helped local teachers of English to develop international linkages
with organizations such as TESOL, established communication links with American
classrooms through Peace Corps' World Wise Schools program, and promoted
exchange programs and scholarships for study abroad.
It was expected that the English Education and Resource Development project
would continue to be a significant focus of the Peace Corps program in Kazakhstan
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for at least three years. This project would continue to involve approximately half of
the requested Volunteers.
Small Business Development
Kazakhstan had experienced uneven progress in its move from a centrally

planned economy to a free market system and privatization of state enterprises. In
1993, small industries and state owned service enterprises began to be auctioned and
converted to private businesses. Larger state owned enterprises began to be privatized
in 1994. The conversion was slow and plagued with numerous problems. The rate of
privatization had increased in the previous year, but was still hindered by a low level
of economic growth, a decline in general solvency and a disintegration of Soviet era
industrial connections.
The government of Kazakhstan made an initial effort to break up state farms,
but land ownership was still a problem. Without clear ownership of land, state farm
employees were reluctant to take risks associated with loans, production decisions,
and pricing policies. Further, it seemed that most state farm employees were poorly
suited to become good stewards of the land, due to a lack of technical training and
problem solving capabilities. To further compound the problem, the farm-to-market
product delivery infrastructure which was poorly conceived and developed had
disintegrated and new systems of delivery of goods to the market were developing but
not fully functioning.
At the local level, decades of centralized planning and bureaucracy resulted in
a general fear of business risk and a reluctance to independently make decisions.
Business relationships were often not trusted. People doubted their ability to
collectively and creatively solve problems. In addition to these social problems, many
local people lacked business management skills or education, access to resources, and
access to technical assistance. In this climate, production or value-added activities
were not growing quickly as areas that could employ the large numbers of
unemployed or under-employed people in Kazakhstan.
Since 1993, Peace Corps Volunteers in Kazakhstan have been advising and
consulting with new and prospective business owners and managers. Their major
successes include the implementation of a nationwide loan program which served to
meet the needs of farmers, the establishment of revolving loan funds in several
regions, and the building of linkages between local businesses and outside resources
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and other sources of information. Volunteers served as "extension agents" to promote
business education to interested individuals, developed instructional materials in two
languages, and conducted trainings and managed conferences for new entrepreneurs.
Some PCVs also taught business courses in institutions of higher education, and
others introduced Junior Achievement activities in their local communities.
Support for PCV activities in this sector was strong at the national level, but
mixed at the local level. The numerous government documents required for any new
venture left the process wide open to the temptation of corruption. Government
support for the business centers, through the Ministry of Economics, was uneven.
Some of the regional centers closed due to a lack of funding and support.
Peace Corps Kazakhstan decided to redirect the project into the area of
business education. Courses were now being offered at both the secondary and
institute levels, and as teachers trained in or who were knowledgeable of western
business subjects were in short supply, Volunteers were well received.
It was planned that this project would continue throughout the period FY '98-
'00. However, the focus was to change from business center placement of PCVs to
business education, which began with the posting of Kaz 4 Volunteers in August 1996.
All of the Kaz 4 Volunteers served in teaching institutions, were well received, felt
that they were meeting a need of the local people in the community.
Environment
The government of Kazakhstan recognized a number of well-documented

environmental problems in the country. Soviet era nuclear testing in the
Semipalatinsk Oblast, and the continuing desiccation of the Aral Sea were been
widely publicized. The less widely known rise in the level of the Caspian Sea,
industrial pollution resulting from poor planning and obsolete technologies, and the
mismanagement of park land and wilderness areas were also of great concern in
Kazakhstan.
The government had a number of ministries and agencies responsible for
monitoring these problems and coordinating solutions. Several non-governmental
organizations organized to begin promoting public awareness and action on these
issues. The working linkages between NGOs and government agencies were not
strong, however, because of the traditional suspicion of citizen organizations on the
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part of the government of Kazakhstan (GOK). These NGOs tended to vocalize the
public need for the GOK to address the various environmental problems.
With the increased need to deal with environmental problems at the national
and local levels, development of environmental education and awareness programs
became a necessity. During the period of perestroyka, general ecology courses with
scientific themes were introduced into the educational curriculum in secondary
schools and universities. A nationwide environmental education program had not
been developed yet. Several universities and secondary schools were making the
effort to develop environmental education and awareness programs locally, but a lack
of materials and informational resources halted the movement from a purely scientific
environmental education to a more practical form of education.
In 1994, Peace Corps Kazakhstan established the first environmental program
in the former Soviet Union. Since 1994, ENV Volunteers worked in the areas of NGO
development and parks and wildlife management. These Volunteers focused on
assisting the NGOs in establishing international contacts, providing technical
assistance, environmental education, fundraising, and building coalitions within local
communities. Working at the NGOs, Volunteers helped local schools and universities
to develop environmental education lessons and to conduct local environmental
activities.
In August 1995, the Parks and Wildlife Management sector of the project was
started. Volunteers were assigned to nature reserves (zapovedniks). They provided
technical assistance in areas such as long-term planning, development of tourism,
financial management, and population studies of flora and fauna. A complete lack of
support from the government made it impossible for most of the zapovediks to
conduct parks management and biodiversity projects. Parks and wildlife Volunteers
assisted zapovedniks in setting up NGOs and conducting environmental activities
within their communities. Because of the lack of support for Parks and Wildlife
Volunteers in terms of primary work assignment, and housing, this part of the project
was closed down.
In August 1996, with the support and cooperation of the Ministry of Health,
this project expanded into the area of Environmental Health. Volunteers were
assigned to Sanitary Epidemiology Stations to assist in the collection and monitoring
of environment data affecting the public health and the development of public health
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programs. From 1997, the ENV project was to continue to assist Sanitary
Epidemiology Stations and Health Committees, mainly in public health education.
Environment education advisors served in schools and institutes of higher
education. Volunteers also continued to assist local educational organizations in
developing environmental education courses and teaching materials. Volunteers
assisted in the sharing of materials among the institutions to which they were assigned.
It was planned that the ENV project would continue throughout the following
three years. The project's main focus would remain environmental education as the
primary need to be addressed in the environmental field. The activities of Kaz 3 and
Kaz 4 ENV Volunteers made the project known in the Kazakstani environmental
community, and there was growing interest from the GOK, local teaching institutions
and NGOs to develop environmental education programs throughout the country.
Public Heath
The Peace Corps Public Health project plan was submitted to Peace Corps
headquarters and introduced to the Volunteers in January of 1999. The project plan
entailed collaboration between Peace Corps and the Ministry of Health, NGOs and
International Organizations currently working on these health problems in Kazakhstan.
In Kazakhstan, women, children and youth suffered the most significant health
problems. The status of maternal health was due to poor nutrition, lack of knowledge
about prenatal care service, contraceptive choices and sexual reproductive health.
Infant mortality and child illnesses were high due to hygiene-related factors and
malnutrition. Youth and teen health issues such as HIV/AIDS and substance abuse
were related to behavior and lifestyle.
Since 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed, the economic and social
structures collapsed along with it. The transition from a centrally planned economy to
a market economy created many problems in Kazakhstan including a production crisis
and the deterioration of the social sphere. The living standard of the population
declined, material possessions were liquidated and social services, especially in public
health care, shrank. This transition was the root of the health problems of women,
children and youth today in Kazakhstan.
The need for a shift from curative health care to prevention became evident to
the Kazakhstani Ministry of Health. In response to this need, President Nursultan
Nazerbaev introduced a Healthy Lifestyles program focusing on preventative health
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care. This included health education in a variety of educational and non-educational
institutions, health training in the community, and dissemination of information to
promote healthier lifestyles among community members.
Peace Corps, unique in its grassroots community development, assisted in the
shift to preventative health care through the promotion of health-related behavioral
changes. The Volunteers were able to help achieve improvements in personal and
community health. By adhering to the three goals of Peace Corps, the Public Health
project, through human rather than material resources, worked to help deal with many
of the above-mentioned health problems of women, children and youth by increasing
the population's knowledge about health, promoting personal responsibility for health
and increasing the community's participation in improving health status.
These four projects continued until 2003 when the ENV and the PH projects
were closed to help focus the direction and impact of Peace Corps work in
Kazakhstan. However, before examining the changes in 2003, it is important to look
more closely at major changes that were taking place in Peace Corps Kazakhstans
approach to training.
Strengthening Peace Corps Training in Kazakhstan: The 1994 P&T Initiative
In 1994 the EMA region (then ECAM), undertook a major training initiative
which involved adding regional programming and training people to the headquarters
staff. Three areas were covered by the new staff (Education, Community Economic
Development and all other projects). An additional position was created to provide
direct language and cross-cultural training support to the Peace Corps posts in the
region. This support was to complement that given by OPATS (formerly OTAPS).
The major component of this regional initiative was to send one programming and
training specialist (PTS) to work typically in two countries in the region. The PTSs
selected for these jobs were highly experienced with Peace Corps and were expected
to pave the way for a shift within the region to a three-person direct-hire staffing
pattern: a country director (CD), an administrative officer (AO), and a programming
and training officer (PTO). The PTSs were expected to develop uniform training
systems at their posts and top quality language and cross-cultural materials, as well as
lead the transition to local-hire training managers (TMs) and program managers
(PMs).
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The PTS in Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan did exactly what was expected in this
initiative. He hired and trained language and cross-cultural coordinators and oversaw
the development of high quality training materials. He also hired and trained a TM.
As the tours for the direct-hire APCDs came to an end, they were replaced by locally
hired PMs. Under this training initiative, a standardized approach to evaluating local
language proficiency was also instituted. A cadre of language evaluators was trained
at each EMA post, including Kazakhstan. The Peace Corps Language Proficiency
Interview (PCLPI) was based on the widely accepted ACTFL language interview
procedure. All PCLPI evaluators were trained in a three-day course taught by certified
ACTFL trainers.
By 1997, Peace Corps Kazakhstan had most of the new systems in place with
trained local staff conducting the majority of the training and programming tasks in
the country. 1997 was also the first year that Peace Corps Kazakhstan shifted from
center-based training for the PST to community-based training (CBT). This shift was
designed to increase community integration and to improve language and cross-
cultural skills in a shorter period of time. The assumption was that CBT would better
prepare Trainees for their service.
Program Evaluation and Audit of Peace Corps Kazakhstan in 2000
From approximately 1997 to 2001, Peace Corps Kazakhstan had one CD, one
PTO and five AOs. During this period, there were numerous complaints from
Volunteers about staff support, housing and communication, and some serious
financial issues related to the operations of the post. The Office of the Inspector
General conducted a program evaluation and an audit in 2000 which subsequently
required responses to 43 specific recommendations. Below are the principal
conclusions of this IG report.
The Volunteers need more support from staff: specifically, more thorough
development and preparation of Volunteer assignments and follow-up with
supervisors; more clearly defined Volunteer roles and responsibilities; and
more effective responses from program managers regarding Volunteers
logistical, housing, and work-related issues.
The Volunteers feel relatively safe in Kazakhstan. (b)(5)
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Volunteers receive excellent medical care from the PCMOs in country, but the
medical staff need to carry out more site visits. (b)(5)
At the time of our review, current trends in programming included the

placement of Volunteers over a wider geographic area, a moderate increase in
the number of rural placements, and an increase in the number of Volunteers
in all sectors.
(from the Preliminary Report on the Program Evaluation and Audit Report of
Peace Corps/Kazakhstan Report Number: IG-00-15, 2000)
This report led to a re-evaluation of the way the Volunteer program in

Kazakhstan was being managed. Shortly after the report was issued, a new CD, a new
PTO, and a new AO joined Peace Corps Kazakhstan. In the following section, the
details of their efforts to get the Peace Corps program back on track after the IG
evaluation and audit are highlighted.
A Turning Point for Peace Corps Programming in Kazakhstan: 2002
Between 2001 and 2006, the Peace Corps senior staff in Kazakhstan made
significant changes in the organization and operation of the post, many of which
remained in place up to the suspension of the country program in 2011. The following
information was extracted from the IPBS written in 2002.
Shortly after 9/11 (Volunteers were not evacuated from Kazakhstan as they
were from some of the neighboring countries), the first new CD in five years began
working for Peace Corps Kazakhstan. In this critical time, Central Asia had assumed a
strategic geopolitical, economic and military importance that no one had foreseen.
The primary concern, an area of continuing emphasis since September 11th,
became the safety and security of Volunteers. Concurrent with Volunteer safety
support, the programmatic priority was to develop more rural sites and work with the
most needy organizations. With this shift in priorities, Volunteer housing became a
central issue because rural sites and "needy" organizations were less able to provide
housing assistance as a "host country contribution." In order to directly address this
problem, funding was requested to provide complete housing support for all
Volunteers. One way to help alleviate the housing problem was to increase in the
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number of homestays or host family living arrangements. This move could potentially
provide several benefits to both PCVs and the communities in which they serve:
PCVs would be assured of "company", personal safety, a variety of healthy foods
throughout the year, and abundant opportunities to address the second and third Peace
Corps goals.
Peace Corps Kazakhstan had been one of the most visible partners in the
development of the region since independence in 1992. To move forward required a
new focus and new methods. Peace Corps Kazakhstan needed to continue to develop
new strategies for supporting PCVs in improving their effectiveness in the field.
Placement of Volunteers in many new locations (often quite remote), with new
sponsoring organizations (often having limited resources), and in suitable housing
while ensuring to the greatest extent possible, the safety, security, and health of
Volunteers, presented challenges that the post addressed using creative approaches.
After 10 years of work in Kazakhstan, many of the parameters that drove PC
programming had changed significantly. Since local English speakers were no longer
a rarity, PC needed to shift site placements away from urban centers to ensure that
PCVs were not displacing local English teachers. A fledging NGO community was
beginning to gain momentum and would benefit from the skills of PCVs. At the same
time the government introduced legislation that could drastically curtail the number
and activities of NGOs. Against this backdrop, PC Kazakhstan was charged with
significantly increasing PCV numbers while ensuring their safety and security in a
turbulent region and time.
In order to meet these challenges, PC Kazakhstan concluded that its most
scalable program was Education (PCVs would be recruited and trained in TEFL with
sub-specialties in EE, ED and PH). While the NGO program was critical to the
development of Kazakhstan and may serve a greater need, large numbers of PCVs
could be supported at this time in Education.
The biggest ramification of increased numbers of Education PCVs in non-
urban areas was seen to be the difficulty in ensuring their support and safety/security
in a country as large and sparsely populated as Kazakhstan. This difficulty arose from
an undeveloped transportation and health care system, and a harsh climate. The
majority of PCVs would be placed in towns and villages from one to six hours
traveling distance from one of the 14 urban centers in Kazakhstan using a hub and
spoke type system. The average distance of these cities is 35 hours by train from
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Almaty and daily flight service is only offered to five of these locations. Nine of the
cities were in the north where October to April weather conditions would result in
frequent flight delays and cancellations.
Unfortunately, as more PCVs would be placed farther away from urban
centers, the problem of ground transportation would further complicate the situation.
In addition, the time spent by staff traveling to and from these locations for site
development, host family visits, and site visits would be time-consuming and
inefficient. It was felt that a new office in Almaty, two regional offices staffed with a
PCMO, a direct-hire APCD, an administrative assistant, and regional programming
staff would have been required to support this growth in PCV numbers.
The post was enthusiastic about the results of changes that had been
implemented during this period. The new mandatory 6-month host family stay policy
ensured that PCVs transitioned safely into their communities during a time in which
anti-American sentiment was rising. This policy also allowed the placement of PCVs
at sites that could not previously afford to pay for housing. There was also optimism
that the new regional programming model would result in improved PCV support,
meaningful relationships with partners, and the ability to increase PCV numbers.
According to the summary of activities for 2003, there were significant
changes in programming which included 1) the regional program model, and 2) the
two-track project design with TEFL (educators) and NGO development (NGO
workers). In addition to a required 6-month host family stay, post investigated
implementing internationally recognized Cambridge Certificate of English Teaching /
Young Learners for Education Program PCVs; developing and implementing team-
teaching strategies; teaching English at the primary education level, and adding
critical thinking skills as a major component of the EDU program as well as
incorporating technology across the two projects. In summary, the ENV project and
the PH project were closed, and at the same time, the TEFL and NGO projects were
re-focused to better meet the needs of Kazakhstan.
When the two projects were re-focused, a roundtable with community partners,
other donor organizations and government representatives was held to address the
needed changes in the overall country program. A decision was made to include
sectoral work in environment, health, and women in development as part of the ED
and NGO projects. These changes were driven by Government of Kazakhstan
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requests and the need to adequately train and prepare Volunteers for working in
Kazakhstan.
After the roundtable was held, the NGO Regional Managers and Senior Staff
worked to adapt the project to the realities that the Volunteers work in: part of the
time with a host agency (either in an NGO or in a government structure that provides
social services) and a large part of the time directly with the broader community. The
project name was subsequently changed to Organizational and Community Assistance
(OCAP) to better reflect realities in the field and to better define related training needs.
Local government officials and department offices at the Akimat level, supervisors
and counterparts provided input on project direction on a continual basis through one-
on-one meetings with staff and during conferences and training events. Their
consensus was that greatest strengths that Volunteers brought to the organizations
were staff development, capacity building, incorporation of information technologies
into daily operations, and training and support for fundraising and infrastructure
development. In addition, Volunteers working within the community extended the
one-on-one training to a broader base of community members and youth, promoted
community needs assessments, and included the community in the design and
planning of projects to meet their needs. Thus, the project was re-named OCAP.
Navigating through Troubled Waters
In July of 2007, the Office of the Inspector General conducted its second audit
of Peace Corps Kazakhstan. The report of this audit was written in a way that
revealed the troubled times that the post was facing. At that time, over 800 Volunteers
had served in Kazakhstan; PCVs were currently working in the two program areas
described above, English education, and organizational and community assistance.
The report further stated that in the period from October 1, 2005 through the time of
the audit (2007), six different individuals had served as country director, three as
programming and training officer, and four as administrative officer. This was clearly
a very difficult time for Peace Corps Kazakhstan. Of the 22 recommendations
resulting from the audit, the post and EMA concurred with 21, and with the new CD
and PTO, who had been at the post for five months, and the AO, who had been there
for a year, Peace Corps Kazakhstan addressed all of the recommendations in a
relatively short period of time with the goal of re-stabilizing the post.
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The following excerpt from the IPBS written in 2007 shows the changes that
had taken place in Kazakhstan over Peace Corps tenure in the country and also
clearly lays out the areas where Peace Corps can be of greatest support to national
efforts in Kazakhstan to reach the top 50 on the Human Development Index (HDI).
Kazakhstan is becoming a more developed country and PC/KZs shift in focus

areas from larger towns and cities to rural areas with work at the grassroots
level can aid balance the inequitable distribution of training and capacity
building opportunities and access to resources for development and economic
growth. Inflation and rising operating and volunteer support costs will strain
limited resources. Teaching English is a national educational priority and other
agencies are realizing the importance of English education and the role that
PCVs can play in enhancing English learning programs.
In three to five years, it is likely that USAID will graduate from KZ; some
programs are currently being reduced and phased out. The British volunteer
organization, VSO, is also phasing out operations and will depart Kazakhstan
in September 2007. In order to continue to provide KZ with valuable skills,
PC/KZ will primarily focus where there is the greatest need.
Working in less developed organizations and communities, including those in

rural areas, PCVs can assist organizations that provide community outreach
and social services learn the organizational, business and technology skills
they need to achieve their goals and to become sustainable. Teaching in rural
schools, Kazakh national schools, and at teacher training and pedagogical
institutes/colleges can reach underserved areas and train future English
instructors.
By 2009, plans were underway to replace the OCAP project with one focusing
on youth development (YD) in an effort to better meet the needs of Kazakhstan and to
better use the skills of the PCVs. Placing Volunteers in the three oblasts where Peace
Corps did not operate was seen as an excellent opportunity to grow the country
program, especially with the new emphasis on youth. It was felt that Kazakhstan
urgently needed the Peace Corps for at least the next three to five years to teach
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English, to help develop civil society through the NGO sector, and to work with the
countrys youth.
According to the IPBS from 2009, despite the tensions with some elements of
government, the overall climate was favorable at the local level where the Volunteers
worked. Most people who worked with the Volunteers valued them highly, and many
more schools wanted PCVs than could be provided. The following statement was
made in this IPBS about the future of Peace Corps in Kazakhstan. Overall, with
active work on our part to spread positive media coverage that we receive, and
diplomatic efforts to attract a statement of support from the President, the climate will
be a good one for Peace Corps over the next three years, and we can look forward to
significant growth, especially in the Education program. We will take advantage of
opportunities to gain exposure for Peace Corps and to reach the motivated students
who will be the leaders of tomorrow by teaching in special schools, such as the
Presidents Intellectual High Schools.
Efforts to Bring Peace Corps Kazakhstan Back on Course
By 2010, it was clear that local support for both programs would benefit from
a resolution of the accreditation issues and, and updated MOUs with the Ministry of
Education for both the EDU and YD projects, including letters of support addressed
to local level officials. These two primary projects responded clearly to the stated
priorities of the government: the Education Program responded directly to the
governments Trinity of Languages Program in which the President stated the goal
of 20% of the population having mastered English by 2020, while the YD project was
developed in consultation with the Ministry of Educations Youth Policy Department
to ensure its relevance to the nations state youth policy.
The EDU project was designed to help meet Kazakhstans English language
learning goals which include student and teacher fluency improvement and improved
teaching methods; however, there was a gap between Volunteer skills in English
teaching and local expectations. It was hoped that by implementing Focus In / Train
Up strategies, Peace Corps could deal with this gap in expectations. PCRVs were
requested to provide EFL instructions on the tertiary level. However, even these more
highly skilled Volunteers sometimes faced resistance on the part of teachers due to the
predominant, traditional ways of teaching and testing students. The YD project
responded to the strategic goals and objectives of the National Youth Development
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Program. This national document served as a guideline for YD activities at both local
and national levels.
Government support was also a critical area of concern. Accreditation was
revoked by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Education did not the
revised MOU to include the YD program. Peace Corps occasionally received negative
press during this period. Although the post did make efforts to generate substantively
more positive articles, the negative articles caused problems in relation to government
support, site development, and partnership engagement.
The IPBS written in 2011 presented the continued attempts to get peace Corps
Kazakhstan back on course. It was reported that the post received at least 30% more
applications for EDU Volunteers each year than could be supported. As the YD
program was new and by nature less immediately understandable by potential local
partners, potential partners were not as numerous. However the program was
developed in consultation with local partners, and as the first full group of YD PCVs
entered its fourth month at site, feedback was quite positive.
In an effort to increase Volunteer support, the PCVL program was expanded
to five Volunteers with one working in each region programmed by Peace Corps.
However, the program was limited in that the PCVLs could not visit PCVs regularly
in such large regions.
Following up on plans to use Peace Corps Response to help meet host country
expectations regarding the professional qualifications of Volunteers, the first PCRV
began teaching at the university level, and five additional PCRVs were requested for
the 2011-12 school year. If the incoming five Response Volunteers worked well, post
wanted to consider an expansion to 10-12 Volunteers in the following year.
Peace Corps Kazakhstan expanded its HIV-related program directions for
PCVs and partners thanks to PEPFAR funds allocation. The PCVs and their
counterparts were exposed to the information and skills needed for effective
implementation of culturally appropriate interventions to address the spread of HIV at
the community level. The post conducted trainings for interested PCVs and
counterparts providing them with correct information and opportunities to develop
new skills. The trained PCVs and their counterparts were to share their knowledge
and build capacity among people in schools, universities and NGOs. The HIV/AIDS
component of the Peace Corps mission in Kazakhstan was significantly expanded
with the implementation of the new program and the hiring of a new program
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manager. The new cross-cutting program aimed to support all PCV activities on
HIV/AIDS prevention.
18 Years Later: The End
On November 28, 2011, the Peace Corps program in Kazakhstan was

suspended. A Transition/COS conference was held in Almaty for the Volunteers at
which they had an opportunity to close out their service and see their fellow PCVs
before departure to the US.
The following statement appeared on the Peace Corps website in relation to
the suspension of the program in Kazakhstan.
All administrative operations at Peace Corps Kazakhstan will be closed by the

beginning of March 2012.
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Part 2: Peace Corps Kazakhstan Volunteers
Group Year Programs # of PCVs
Kaz 1 1993 TEFL, SBD 35
Kaz 2 1994 TEFL, SBD & EE 39
Kaz 3 1995 TEFL, CED & EE 42
Kaz 4 1996 TEFL, CED & EE 38
Kaz 5 1997 TEFL, CED, EE & PH 41
Kaz 9 2000 TEFL, EE & PH 20
Kaz 10 2001 TEFL, CED 36
Kaz 12 2002 TEFL, PH & EE 37
Kaz 14 2004 NGO 20
Kaz 15 2004 EDU 35
Kaz 16 2005 OCAP 10
Kaz 17 2005 EDU 31
Kaz 18 2006 OCAP & EDU 42
Kaz 21 2009 OCAP, YD & EDU 86
Kaz 22 2010 YD & EDU 110
Kaz 23 2011 EDU 73
PCR 2011 EDU 4
TOTAL 1,044
TEFL -- Teaching English as a Foreign Language (English Education)

SBD -- Small Business Development
CED -- Community Economic Development
EE -- Environmental Education
PH -- Public Health
NGO Community Development and Small Business Development
OCAP Organizational and Community Assistance
YD Youth Development
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Kaz 1 -- 1993
Volunteer Name Site/Project Volunteer Name Site/Project
Anderson, Joel (b)(6) Johnson, Laura (b)(6)

Anderson, Keith Kendro. Maria
Arensberg, Cornelius Klier, Robert
Benjamin, Joel Kwiecien, Kellie
Borovay, David Laswell, Angela
Briles, Christina Laurie, Ellen
Buckman, Daniel Lemieux, Margery
Burnham, Stacia Livesay, Jackie
Chambers, Tracy Lloyd, David
Chatterton, Christopher Lockette, Kenneth
Daniel, J L Matthews, Valorie
Deschler, Eric Meng, Raymond
DePalma, Wendelyn Ostrander, Michelle
Elferdink, Joyce Roberts, Jennifer
Francia, Fermina Seibel, Ronald
Francomano, Douglas Sollie, Elizabeth
Gallagher, Susan Stackpole, George
Gallagher, Roslyn Swezy, Shanta
Goble, Jennifer Viker, Joseph
Gullett, Diane Yerkes, Willett
Halstead, Kregg
Harrison, Natalie
Hatami, Haleh
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Kaz 2 -- 1994
Avery, Michelle (b)(6) Homan, Ellen (b)(6)

Baker, Susan Ibelli, Stephen
Baker, Scott Ingram, Marianne
Barrett, Jim Lakhdhir, Karim
Bicknell, Vance Lowell, Irving
Bodekor, James Lowell, Joann
Brady, Michael Lashbrook,
Tamara
Brody, Davya Manning, John
Brown, Catherine McIsaac, Candace
Brown, Joshua Miller, Beverley

Carman, Douglas Moss, Marianne
Carnell, Leah OConnar,
Timothy
Chabot, Philippe Pope, Laura
Goldman, Barry Silver, John

Davis, Jack Stokes, Erin
Dewhirst, Emily Streeter, Kevin
Eggerling, Lara Strouthes, Mark
Freeman, Jamie Swanson, Marla
Gibbs, Barclay Thiele, John
Giles, Eric VanSickle, John
Hammond, Brooke Vendetti, Renee
Harrington, Kerri Wagner, Carl
Hatheway, Margie White, Eric
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Kaz 3 -- 1995
Anders, Matt (b)(6) Jevelyan (b)(6)

Ball, Cynthia Kuske, Daniel
Bender, Chris Madden, Kat
Boserup, McCormack, Peggy
Christopher
Burgess, Joel Nguyen, Niem
Chen, Jeremy Partin, Kelli
Choi, Regina Reed, David
Cooper, Lyndsay Rinker, Jeremy
Costa, Joe Riordan, Megan
Curtis, Donna Rivers, Mary Angela
Daly, Kate Schuh, Peter
Egnew, Douglas Seeley, Andrea
Erdahl, Kate Simon, Dixie
Finn, Jamie Talley, Richard
Finn, Lyndsay Triplett, Heather
Fox, Jennifer Walker, Michael
Gaspard, Laurie Werth, Christina
Gruber, Petra Wu, Jennie
Haas, John Wyman, John
Henderson, Amiee Wymbs, Elizabeth
Hume, Roger Young, Hardin
Jaggers, Margie
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Kaz 4 -- 1996
Abrams, Josh (b)(6) Meka, Julie (b)(6)

Ali, Ahmad Miller, Mary
Ballard, Lawrence Murphy, Justin
Becker, PJ Nivens, Stephania
Chambers, Elizabeth O'Donovan, Rob
Compy, Jason Pelton, Matt
Cullen, Mark Pierce, V

Eastman, Dave Randall, Brian
Faustini, Thomas Reyes, Jeremy
Gable, Jennifer Sherman, Rob

Herz, Katie Stephens, Nora
Heywood, Woody Storey, Victoria
Jones,Tim Townsend, Aaron
Kellett, Bob Truden, Len
Komives, Rita Turner, Colleen

Kuykendall, Santosha Vincent, Cheri
Leas, Jessica Weber, Julie
Leo, Alison Woods, Chris
LoBue, Elise Wu, Sara
Meadows, Jay
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Kaz 5 -- 1997
Adams, Amanda (b)(6) Kim, Sun (b)(6)

Ahn, Michael Laufenberg, Scott
Armstrong, Todd Laurinaitis, Tracie
Bailey, Joan Manthy, Mark
Bailey, Richards Mellnick, Keith
Baligad, Leo Miller, Ian
Baxter lll, Louie Miller, Jr. Kevin
Bonner, Joe Moss, Ruth
Brooks, Christopher Peeters, Benjamin
Carroll, Anu Penterman, Jason
Cormier, Kelley Ray, Lynette
Courts, Kathleen Richardson, William
Crouch, JSD Sheehy, Beth
Denham, Koni Scopec, Chris
Duffy, Peter Spungin, Meredith
Fernandez, Gerardo Tse, Catherine
Ford, Monique Tyvand, Jim
Gullickson, Joel Urbom, Scott
Ifkovic, Denise Varrieur, Bryan
Kaplan, Paul Wallace, Jenny
Kelly, Brendan Wallace, David
Khan, /Tracy Workman, Kenneth
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Kaz 6 -- 1998
Abizaid, Dana TEFL Kowalski, Kimberly TEFL

Amin, Minal TEFL Kronland, William EE
Barber, Patrick CED Kronthal, Howard EE
Beiling, ShanAnn CED Landis, Christopher TEFL
Bender, Shera EE Leighty, Heide EE
Beutel, William TEFL Lock, Jami CED
Colborn, Rose PH Maddrell, William PH
Combs, Les CED Malarcher, Shawn PH
Cutonilli, Doreen TEFL McCaulley, Erica TEFL
Davis, Paige TEFL Morgan, Kirsty TEFL
De Caro, Rachel TEFL Norris, Angela TEFL
Dougherty, Monica EE Olson, Andrew TEFL
Erlich, Jeffrey TEFL Partin, Jennifer CED
Frazier, Kevin CED Pease, Marjorie CED
Fu, Angela EE Rawal, Jyoti TEFL
Fu, Dean CED Rearick, Kyle EE
Garcia, Susanna TEFL Shumway, Lance CED
Goldenbaum, Mark TEFL Spencer, Donald CED
Grover, Bruce CED Stratton, Aimee CED
Hays, Nathan TEFL Toomey, Andrea CED
Heintz, Andrea PH Trowbridge, Dustin TEFL
Hoffman, Katherine EE Webster, Steven TEFL
Hunt, Martha TEFL Whitney, Kristoffer EE
Hurley, Bruce CED Wright, Anita CED
Johnson, Eric TEFL Young, Margaret TEFL
Kebede, Simret PH
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Kaz 7 -- 1999
Volunteer Name Project Volunteer Name Project Volunteer Name Project
Arcuino, Cathy Lee TEFL Enright, Timothy TEFL Parham, Brian TEFL
Baldwin, Vanessa TEFL Flores-Cruz, Sophia EE Pearson, Anja EE
Beiting, Kevin TEFL Gerring, Judith TEFL Perry, Margaret TEFL
Brown, Angela TEFL Green, Rebecca TEFL Petree, Rhonda TEFL
Buchanan, Sara TEFL Grube, Heidi TEFL Ryan, Tom EE
Bunning, Jaylyn PH Hanlin, Janifer TEFL Robbins, Roslin TEFL
Burger, Arianne TEFL Harting, John EE Rusczyk, John TEFL
Carpenter, Lindsey TEFL Hunter, David TEFL Scheider, Aimee TEFL
Chapman, Benjamin TEFL Keller, Paula PH Shimberg, Roger PH
Chemsak, Stephen EE Kelley, Stephen TEFL Silhanek, David TEFL
Chyung, Howard TEFL Kinder, Brad EE Story, Hugh TEFL
Cooper, Michael TEFL Lawrence, Kelly EE Striblen, Cassie TEFL
Curreri, Janice TEFL Leberknight, Jon TEFL Suding, Ruth EE
Currier, Stanley TEFL Lee, Do EE Szigety, Tivan TEFL
Dalton, Jason TEFL Lee, Patrick TEFL Tatham, Lucas TEFL
Davidof, Elen TEFL Leibee, Judson TEFL Thompson, Kelly TEFL
Dorosz, Adam TEFL Livelsberger, Brian TEFL Thornton, Cody TEFL
Dorosz, Michaela TEFL Lowe, Michael PH Wagner, Rowan PH
Dotterweich, Daniel TEFL Lowe, Rachel TEFL Wyatt, George TEFL
Drummond, Carrie TEFL Mocarsky, Rob EE
Drury , Bradley TEFL Martin, Nicholas EE
Duggan, Brigit TEFL Maurer, Jeremiah EE
Dunne, Dana TEFL Merschat, Chad TEFL
Eleades, Peter TEFL Newenhouse, Kelly TEFL
Emmert, Jason EE Palamara, Anthony TEFL
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Kaz 8 -- 2000
Volunteer Name Project Volunteer Name Project Volunteer Name Project
Adler, Shelley PH Hoover, Matthew CED Steel, William CED

Allman, Andrew TEFL Hudgens, Jonathan TEFL Stinson, Wendy TEFL
Antwine, Stephen EE Ing, Cynthia TEFL Strand, Weijean ED
Baron, Keith CED Jones, Gwyneth EE Sturr, Micah TEFL
Bird, Brian PH Kaptain, Robert CED Szarapski, StephanieCED
Birdson, Robin TEFL Kary, Lucas CED Taylor, Morgan PH
Birdson, William PH Katen, Thomas EE Ulmer, Jessie PH
Brennan, Jim CED Kempf, Glenn CED Walston, Shelly TEFL
Brodkorb, Wade TEFL Kent, Christine TEFL Woodall, Erica EE
Bryant, Miranda PH Lee, Cheng-Nan CED
Bushey, Rebekah TEFL Lopez, Marie PH
Chandler, Wells PH Lyons, Jennifer EE
Cohen, Matthew TEFL Maioli, Chris CED
Copeland, David CED Martin, Katherine TEFL
Crews, Jesse EE McNemar, Heather TEFL
Elliott, Craig CED Merritt, Jenny EE
Evans, Paula EE Moliga, Loi TEFL
Fleischer, Nancy EE Owen, Sarah EE
Flory, Ryan CED Peterson, Craig CED
Gardent, Benjamin CED Pries, Nicole PH
Greiner, Phillip CED Rabuffetti, Franc PH
Habinowski, Matthew CED Redmer, Jackie PH
Hall, Sarah EE Roddy, Tara CED
Hamory, Jordan ED Rom, Nicole EE
Hansotte, Douglas CED Sabella, Joey PH
Hatcher, Kyle CED Skogen, Mark CED
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Kaz 9 -- 2000
Altimus, Dan PH Nightingale, Katherine EE

Barber, Heather PH Opper, Jessica EE
Barr, Jennifer PH Perez-Gonzalez, Jose PH
Beyer, Lynda PH Pyati, Ajith EE
Burke, Megan PH Qian, Haoyu EE
Dantzer, Emily PH Rice, Jeffrey EE
Eden, Aimee PH Sarnoff, Philip EE
Fellner, Christine PH Silvestri, Regan EE
Greene, Meredith PH Stabach, Kasia PH
Hetzler, Janeen EE Tang, TakLung PH
Holden, John EE Target, Dianna ED
Kaufman, Eric EE Todd, Brian PH
Linenberger, Steven PH Tracy,Tyron EE
Meeks, Robin EE Vassar, Michael EE
Morris, Ryan EE Wuerffel, Elizabeth EE
Mutel, Christopher EE Zeugner, Emily EE
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Kaz 10 -- 2001
Amos, Jennifer (b)(6) Klimowicz, (b)(6)

Rebecca
Andrews, Benjamin Klingler, Coleen
Beer, Jeremy Knuffman, Erin
Berinbaum, Matt Krajewski, Laura
Brady, Matt Kriz, Brian
Burton, Julie Majuk, Richard
Cooper, Zak Marrone, Jill
Decamp, Brian Masian, Nicole
DiFranko, Debra Mattingly, Kate
Doyle, Neil Morgan, Christy
Du Bord, Damon Oberwetter, Rea
Du Bord, Jen Perez, Sira
Engstrom, Craig Phillips, Edward
Fisher, Jennifer Phillips, Sherri
Freeman, Brent Platkowski,
Jeffrey
Ganaway, Rebecca Salazar, Michael
Gray, Sara Sampson, Cary
Hilsman, Eric Solomon, Robin
Johnson, Troy Terr, Jeremy

Keninger, Samual Town, James
Kennedy, Susan
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Kaz 11 -- 2002
Bassak, Robert CED Lewton, Matthew TEFL

Baxter, Shauna TEFL Lottman, Annelies TEFL
Bigelow, Patricia CED Lusvardi, Anthony TEFL
Bradshaw, Steven CED Marousek, Kevin TEFL
Brouhard, Katherine CED Martin, Charles TEFL
Brush, Ryan CED McCarthy, Michael TEFL
Chaivre, Peter TEFL Moran, Carolyn TEFL
Choe, Michael CED Noonan, Kristen TEFL
Clayton, Patricia TEFL Olsen, Joanna TEFL
Clayton, Todd CED Polensky, Warren TEFL
Coyle, Neal-David TEFL Roberts, David CED
Delsman, Chris CED See, Rebecca CED
Dubyn, Jeffrey CED Shearer, Jan TEFL
Fearnside, Jeffrey TEFL Smith, Mary CED
Finneron, Michael TEFL Spear, Richard TEFL
Fowler, Todd CED Teigen, Shawn TEFL
Goodwin, Linda CED Tiller, Lara TEFL
Gunton, Bradley TEFL Tiller, Tyler CED
Hays-Magan, Cora TEFL Vargas, Carolina TEFL

Kelly, Andrew CED Voratanitkitkul, Savika TEFL
Lamb, Joshua TEFL Yoon, Linda CED
Lawrence, Mary CED Zepernick, Bill TEFL
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Kaz 12 -- 2002
Aljets, Diana EE LaFranchi, Toni EE

Borsody, Dan EE Leiseca, Mike EE
Burtov, Mike TEFL Marra, Anne-Marie TEFL
Carpenter, Jesse EE McConaughey, Leah EE
Casella, Dan TEFL McPhetres, Bonnie TEFL
Cook, Alison EE McSparron, Jackie EE
Cuscaden, Joshua TEFL Parrish, Brad EE
Durant, Steven TEFL Roberts, David EE
Dutta, Niki EE Russell, Paul EE
Fisher, Tom TEFL Schramm, Michael EE
Ganzkow-Wold, Ben EE Shank, Jonathan EE
Gartner, Travis TEFL Somerset-Griffie, Carol TEFL
Holmes, Andy EE Triche, Rebecca EE
Howe, Paul EE Watts, Lindsay EE
Ivans, Erica EE Wendle, John TEFL
Jones, Andy EE Winiarz, Kevin EE
Karsakow, Carla EE Zalansky, Debra EE
Kuiper, Kaili TEFL Zalansky, Jim EE
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Kaz 13 -- 2003
Anderson, Erin TEFL Schulte, Megan TEFL

Landingham, Marlene TEFL Sidwell, Joshua TEFL
Martin, Rebekah TEFL Srikantiah, Sanjay TEFL
Blair, John TEFL Timmens, Megan TEFL
Burgess, Megan TEFL Tunnell, Christine TEFL
Cook, Jonathan TEFL Watchous, Nathan TEFL
Dalton, Ella TEFL Garner, Patrick TEFL
Dogar, Sabreen TEFL Hale, Deborah TEFL
Flores, Vanessa TEFL Williams, Samuel TEFL
Gehrke, Matthew TEFL Burns, Scott CED
Hussain, Arshia TEFL Cortiella, Karif CED
Johnson, Patrick TEFL Eble, Amanda CED
Kim, Mina TEFL Flynn, Mark CED
Lawler, Myles TEFL Fontela, Samuel CED
Leathers, John TEFL Frame, Jeffrey CED
Levin, Arthur TEFL Mannillo, Daryl CED
Linville, Elizabeth TEFL Norton, Matthew CED
Luce, Wendy TEFL Pranke, Kristen CED
Marks, Michael TEFL Radtke, Roxanne CED

McCormick, Shannon TEFL Song, Sojin CED
Minnick, Joseph TEFL Leddicotte, George CED
Pelletti, Nicole TEFL Lesniowski, Mark CED
Peura, Angela TEFL Lingley, Owen CED
Pierce, Terra TEFL Rabover, Peter CED
Place, Kasey TEFL Siddiqui, Mohammed CED
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Kaz 14 -- 2004
Carlin, Eric NGO Pope, Martha NGO

Collins, Jeane NGO Rabon, James NGO
Dalcher, Thomas NGO Rogers, Joseph NGO
Davis, Angela NGO Rogers, Ryder NGO
Donaldson, Sheree NGO Shields, Ingrid NGO
Fox, Stephanie NGO Sholten, Susanne NGO
Glendinning, Jim NGO Ventreska, Alicia NGO
Griffie,/Tanya NGO Vogelheim, Eric NGO
Kirk, John NGO Weldon, Brian NGO
Largess, Mark NGO Wilson, Ian NGO
McIntosh, Jason NGO Wunder, George NGO
Murphy, Heather NGO Yamamoto, Ada NGO
Young, Terry NGO
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Kaz 15 -- 2004
Jessen, Kory EDU Smith, Loren EDU

Behdad, Yasameen EDU Reimer, Dawn EDU
Parmer, Teresa EDU Ward, Robert EDU
Ach, Daniel EDU Young Jr., Rodney EDU
Butler, Amanda EDU VanOeveren, Jon EDU
Dickinson, Timothy EDU Maes, Ivy EDU
Seck, Bryan EDU Stringfellow, Sandra EDU
Lennartz, Alexander EDU McFarland, Jennifer EDU
Black, Jonathan EDU Weatherbee, Shan EDU
Echols, William EDU Otten, Jennifer EDU
Enna, Nicholas EDU Pasek, Sean EDU
Jenkins, Andrew EDU Stouffer, Jon EDU
McCormick, Sara EDU Carroll, Paul EDU
Mickelson, Elizabeth EDU Mavergeorge, Christopher EDU
Weiss, Amber EDU Kangas, Jonathon EDU
Wunderink, Susan EDU Kirby, Tim EDU
Bacon, Jennifer EDU Mickelson, Nolan Rett EDU
Giordano, Ryan EDU Neal, Karen EDU
Kell, Andrew EDU Schmidt, Rachel EDU

Mathis, Adam EDU Starkweather, Charles EDU
Pettit, Shane EDU Givens, Janet EDU
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Kaz 16 -- 2005
Bustinza, Erica OCAP Murphy, Hilary OCAP

Costanza, Gregory OCAP Norris, Christopher OCAP
Danyluk, Emilie OCAP Pankratov, Dimitri OCAP
Elwood, Thomas OCAP Pikulik, Kenneth OCAP
Faquery, Susan OCAP Pikulik, Rebecca OCAP
Fisher, Jessica OCAP Robertson, Jessica OCAP
Haase, Amanda OCAP Roepcke, Fay OCAP
Heger, Andrew OCAP Ruger, Kristin OCAP
Long, Becky OCAP Sharpe, Jennifer OCAP
McKinney, Janet OCAP Wienecke, Daniel OCAP
McKinney, Kent OCAP Wild, Beth OCAP
Miceli, Merril OCAP Woodword, Ian OCAP
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Kaz 17 -- 2005
Bowerman, Frieda EDU Jackson, Sara EDU

Devor, Morgan EDU McGee, Meghan EDU
Moeder, Michael EDU McMunn, Chase EDU
Panzeri, Shain EDU Mitchell, Lauren EDU
Austin, Nathaniel EDU Pena, Charlene EDU
Briggs, Alexander EDU Rengers, Josiah EDU
Brunk, Amanda EDU Sears, Morgan EDU
Burke, Margaret EDU Seidel, Dorothy EDU
Chen, Jay EDU Simms, Amy EDU
Cioffi, Jennifer EDU Simms, Jack EDU
Dechert, Tom EDU Stivaletta, Nicole EDU
Dewall, Anna EDU Todd, Ann EDU
Diaz, Leslie EDU Turner, Lauren EDU
Donaher, Luke EDU Weber, Amanda EDU
Drake, Dena EDU Zane, Tyrus EDU
Elder, Erin EDU Adams, Owen EDU
Flores, Antonio EDU Novoseller, Jared EDU
Foldvari, Santiago EDU Schnittman, Aaron EDU
Friley, Christin EDU Mallett, Derek EDU

Gold. Ashli EDU Schmidt, Abigail EDU
Goodman, Patrick EDU Schnittman, Katherine EDU
Graham, Adam EDU Tinajero, Sara EDU
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Kaz 18 2006
Ackles, Devin EDU Mowatt, Matthew EDU

Arent, Valerie OCAP Munro, Kate EDU
Augustine, Jamie OCAP Neidermeier, Jose EDU
Baltz, Justin OCAP Nelson, Daniel EDU
Barbeau, Aimee EDU Niermann, Noah EDU
Battjes, Ehren EDU O'Brien, Kerry OCAP
Baumes, Alison EDU O'Connor, David EDU
Caster, Cassandra OCAP Pappas, Nicholas OCAP
Cunningham, Elizabeth EDU Pelster, Philip OCAP
Davis, Joella EDU Pena, Elizabeth EDU
Deignan, Ann OCAP Peros, Melissa OCAP
Dunbar, Forrest EDU Po, Sandra Franc EDU
Farnsworth, Rayna OCAP Reynolds, Katherine EDU
Flanagan, Colin OCAP Robinson, Matthew EDU
Forlivio, Leah EDU Robinson, Samuel EDU
Ginley, Arthur EDU Robles, Robert OCAP
Griffin, Meghan OCAP Romano-Meade, Aaron EDU
Henricksen, Adam EDU Sayles, Elizabeth EDU
Hinson, Lenore EDU Sharp, Anthony OCAP
Hogenson, Dustin EDU Stafford, Sven EDU
Holets, Andrew OCAP Stoian, Bethany EDU
Holmes, Melissa EDU Terry, Jennifer EDU
Houck, Patricia EDU Turner, Matthew EDU
Jermain, Janice OCAP Van Fossen, Christopher EDU
Jones, Brianne OCAP Vassau, Clarence EDU
Klos, Heather EDU Williams, Nora EDU
Lee, In-Jee EDU Wolczacki, Anna EDU
Lemons, Micah EDU Yasuo, Mika OCAP
Macias, Luis EDU
Mazur, Alisa EDU
McGee, Meghan EDU
Mclellan, Anson EDU
Mcwhirter, Mary EDU
Mercer, Krystal EDU
Montague, Micah EDU
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Kaz 19 -- 2007
Allen, Jason EDU Mesquita, Michael EDU

Angalet, Kimberly EDU Meyering, Casey EDU
Brandt, Christopher EDU Midwinter, Marianne EDU
Brewer, Robert EDU Montgomery, David EDU
Bystryn, Alexander EDU Quinn, Michael EDU
Callaway, Lindsey OCAP Reed-Waddell, Christopher EDU
Carlson, Jessica OCAP Reinhold, Herman OCAP
Carroll, Susan EDU Rider, Kelly OCAP
Chaplin, Christopher EDU Riggs, James OCAP
Clark, McKenzie EDU Roders, Catherine OCAP
Couri, Mary EDU Sacomani, Dante EDU
Curtis, Erin EDU Sato, Kimi EDU
DeGroff, Jodi OCAP Scheid, Zachary OCAP
Deignan, Francis OCAP Schutz, Rambo EDU
Escriva, Vicente OCAP Sherif, Maher OCAP
Fledderjohann, Matthew EDU Simmons, Donald OCAP
Graber, Matthew EDU Sternman, Arielle EDU
Guthe, Grace EDU Stinson, Andrew EDU
Hannon, David OCAP Suchsland, Timothy EDU
Hueth, Aaron OCAP Taylor, Ashley EDU
Hyde, Althea EDU Teicher, Perry OCAP
Jarvis, Jennifer OCAP Urfer, Jessica EDU
Kaczynski, Nathan EDU Vander Ploeg, Daniel OCAP
Kennedy, Megan EDU Wallhagen, Lisa EDU
Kent, Christopher OCAP Weaver, Chelsea EDU
Kim, Yoo Min OCAP Westfall, Sterling EDU
Kimmons-Gilbert, Justin OCAP Whitehill, Jeffrey EDU
LaBerge, Jacqueline EDU Williamson, Brady OCAP
Ling, Cho-Yau OCAP Wright, John EDU
Marshall, Sung In EDU Yandl, Gregory OCAP
Martin, Susannah EDU
Mason, Jeffrey OCAP
Mayorga, Victor EDU
McKenna-Foster, Daniel EDU
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Kaz 20 2008
Baechle, Jennifer EDU Mogollon-Lee, Laura EDU

Baldarelli, Christina EDU Monteith, Kathryn EDU
Balla, Kenneth EDU Monteith, Seth EDU
Boggs, Andrew EDU Morris, Jamie EDU
Buck, Jacob OCAP Nelson, Tobin EDU
Burgeson, Katherine OCAP O'Donoghue, Niall EDU
Butler, Michael EDU Opsahl, Jennifer EDU
Charles, Kyle OCAP Owens, Christina OCAP
Cory, Meriah OCAP Park, Andrew EDU
Dewey, Tyler EDU Powers, Jessie EDU
Engle, Leah EDU Reardon, Brendan EDU
Fitzpatrick, Katy EDU Reibert, Sean OCAP
Garrett, Megan OCAP Reynoso, Kimberly EDU
Gillespie, Brian EDU Romero, Richard OCAP
Gondalia, Sagar EDU Ruiz, Klarissa EDU
Hayes, Eliza EDU Seyoum, Addisu EDU
Higgins, Ashley EDU Siler, Melanie OCAP
Hill, James OCAP Smith, Andrew OCAP
Hotard, Michael YD Speyer, Jennifer EDU
Huber, Corinne EDU Sweeney, Ryan EDU
Huber, Nicholas EDU Tabeek, Melissa EDU
Imel, Velva OCAP Teijeiro, Jaime EDU
Jenkins, Brittany OCAP Walker-Richards, Megan EDU
Kissee, Laura EDU Westropp, Kevin EDU
Kolb, Jessica OCAP Whitsett, David OCAP
Kulvinskas, Claudia EDU Williams, Kristin EDU
Ladd, Megan EDU Winters, Aaron OCAP
Levanduski, Megan EDU Winters, Nadia OCAP
Lopez, Lani EDU Wolkowicz, Jane EDU
Lucas, Jill EDU Xiong, Mai OCAP
Maeckelbergh, Emily EDU Yurko, Marissa EDU
Mizener, Joseph OCAP
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Kaz 21 2009
Augustine, Elena YD Long, Christina EDU

Bean, Aaron YD Marshall, Laura EDU
Bean, Dawn EDU McCampbell, Mark EDU
Belhorn, Chris EDU McMahon, Erica EDU
Bergquist, Echo EDU Morrison, Holly EDU
Bihani, Sipra YD Mukerji, Sid EDU
Burkhardt, Lauren EDU Napoli, John EDU
Buswell, Audrey EDU Neilitz, Scott EDU
Carpenter, Tes YD Novak, Marissa EDU
Clark, Sam EDU Nyffeler, Denise EDU
Cooper, Matthew Patullo, Nick EDU
Crowell, Trenton EDU Prudente, Sam EDU
Devaraj, Roshan EDU Rawsthorne, Patrick EDU
Dillon, Josh EDU Reinhart, Paul OCAP
Dimagiba, James Richards, Lou EDU
Dowdy, Hilary OCAP Riedel, Jon EDU
Duckett, Katharine EDU Rodgers, Anna EDU
Engle, Charlie EDU Sandlin, Molly EDU
Fish, Myles EDU Schmidt, Gisela EDU
Fogarty, Pat EDU Sieling, Hannah YD
Foster, Gambrill EDU Sumner, Susan OCAP
Gay, Cindy EDU Takahashi, Hiromi
Gong, Becca OCAP Thomas, Christopher EDU
Hains, Phillip EDU Thompson, John OCA
Hilbert, Laura EDU Toegel, Alex EDU
Hixson, Brandon YD Tordiff, Ford YD
Ho, Courtney EDU Tuttle, Sue OCAP
Howard, Jessica YD Wetherby, Janelle EDU
Huett, Shannon OCAP Yacko, Tom EDU
Janeski, Sarah EDU Youm, Athena OCAP
Johnson, Brittany EDU Zalar, Noelle EDU
Johnson, Rebecca YD
Lewis, Andrew EDU
Lewis, Jonny YD
Lewis-Ebling, Bree YD
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Kaz 22 -- 2010
Proje
Volunteer Name Project Volunteer Name Project Volunteer Name
ct
Adams, James EDU Kibbe,Justine EDU Slayton, Alexandra EDU

Anson, Stephen EDU Kinney, Alisha EDU Steddum, Michael YD
Avis, Melissa EDU Koegel, Lakrista EDU Stiles, Matthew EDU
Bakker, Cody EDU Krause, Karla EDU Swearingen, Robin YD
Barry, John EDU Maskill, Marly YD Vader, Jennie EDU
Blau, Michelle YD McColloch, Caitlin EDU Vaillancourt,Julie EDU
Burback, Sara EDU Meinershagen, Clara EDU Van Etten, Sarah EDU
Burke, Kevin YD Melo, Erin EDU Wacker, David EDU
Cannon, William YD Menter, Abby EDU White, Alexander EDU
Cardenas, Valentina YD Miller, Katie EDU Whitmore, Katherine YD
Cervantes, Jesse EDU Miller, Rachel EDU Wong, Michael EDU
Cibart, Cody EDU Mitchell, Garret EDU Worley, Rachel YD
Clark, Carolyn EDU Molina, Cynthia YD
Cook-Dailey,Bailey EDU Mothorpe, Kelly YD
Cousins, Collin EDU Murphy, Melissa EDU
Ellingson, Kaysie EDU Murray, Lisa YD
Filipiak, Trevor EDU Neiderworder, Schanell EDU
Finke, Anneliese EDU O'Brien-Carelli, Caitlin YD
Flaker, Anne EDU O'Neill, Steven EDU
Folta, Bradley EDU Owens, Marcy EDU
Frederickson, Desiree EDU Palizza, Rebecca EDU
Gormanly, Colleen EDU Parsley, Jacob EDU
Halpern, Jonathan EDU Pfizenmaier, Katherine EDU
Hansen, Christopher YD Phelps, Jennifer EDU
Hebert, Kathryn EDU Pitner,Kathyleen YD
Henry, Brodie YD Plassmeyer,Rachel EDU
Jack, Jennifer YD Ramirez, Salvador EDU
Jamieson, Anna EDU Reed, Jenny YD
Jones, Emily EDU Rego, Sonia EDU
Jung,Hanju EDU Schroeder, Bethany EDU
Khotsevitch, Yelena EDU Secreast,Anna EDU
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Kaz 23 -- 2011
Babis, Erin EDU Kohn, Jason EDU

Beaumont, Matthew EDU Lawson, Jamie EDU
Blomberg, Jeremy EDU Mctiernan, Joshua EDU
Blunt, Martha EDU Michel, Casey EDU
Bocci, Adrienne EDU Molleno, Catherine EDU
Braaksma, Elizabeth EDU Moskal, Ryan
Braaksma, John EDU Myers, Julie EDU
Bui, Tommy EDU Newcomb, Elizabeth EDU
Buterbaugh, Darren EDU O'Roark, William EDU
Campbell, Heather EDU Quick, Aaron EDU
Chavez, Ramses Richardson, Emory EDU
Chung, Yunmi EDU Roach, Owen EDU
Coburn, Justin EDU Rosso, Kathleen EDU
Dix, Katrina EDU Servais, Maggie EDU
Dougherty, Rebecca EDU Sherman, Signy EDU
Ebiasah, Susanna EDU Silliman, Benjamin EDU
Eisenbrown, Brett EDU Smith, David EDU
Ferry, Diane EDU Swanson, Catherine EDU
Ford, Peter EDU Vitagliano, Crystal EDU
Fullerton, Elizabeth EDU Vogt, Andrew EDU
Gessner, Caroline EDU Wang, Arthur EDU
Goldstein, Michelle EDU Wasserstrom, William EDU
Hack, Cody EDU
Henry, Devon EDU
Hensley, Megan EDU
Higgins, Brian EDU
Hockett, Michele EDU
Howell, Courtney EDU
Jacobs, Sonya EDU
Johnson, Emily EDU
Kahn, Richard EDU
Kelley, Brittany EDU
Kochakji, Steven EDU
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PCR Volunteers
Volunteer Name Project

Anderson, Erin EDU
Cook, Alison EDU
Kuitems, Christopher EDU
McMullen, Owen EDU
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General Outline of Peace Corps Direct Hire Staffing in Kazakhstan: 1993-2011
Notes on Significant Programming and Training Milestones
Year CD PTO/DPT AO/DMO APCD Notes
1993 Burnore Riordan Metcalf (SBD) SBD and EDU (TEFL) start-up
Perry (TEFL)
1994 Hitter (TEFL) ENV introduced

Krebs (ENV)
1995 Holt Armstrong Ermattinger Stewart (SBD) SBD to CED

(PTS) 1st Training Officer
PCLPI introduced
1997 Williams Trebes Bloom CBT introduced (shift from center-based)

Welchateralk (TDY) Public Health project plan written
Pannell
Kidd (TDY)
Kingsley
1998 Local hires for TEFL plan revised shift to teacher associations and then
PMs resource building
Astana established as capital of Kazakhstan
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Year CD PTO/DPT AO/DMO APCD Notes
2001 Besch Anderson Homestays introduced/PCV housing paid

Funston Rural site development
Schmitz Gregory CED to NGO DEV
Vik RMs by sector
Team teaching introduced
2 TMs (sectors)
2003 ENV and Public Health projects closed
EDU project revised
OCAP project replaced NGO DEV
All-Vol conference 2003
Peace Corps makes plans to move to Astana
2006 Elawadi About 800 PCVs
Burgess (TDY) Drotos
Olsen (TDY) Ramsey
2008 Sasser Butki McLaughlin RMs by geographical region
1 TM for each of the two sectors
Decision made to keep office in Almaty
2010 OCAP to Youth Development
2011 Cone Glaser About 1,176 PCVs total served in Kaz

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Part 3: Peace Corps Kazakhstan Volunteer Stories
Over the 18 years that Peace Corps Volunteers served in Kazakhstan, they
were involved in secondary projects ranging from after-school English language clubs
and the creation of English teacher organizations to developing materials that allowed
hearing impaired children to communicate with own parents for the first time in their
lives. Many of the stories are typical of Volunteer experiences around the world, but
many have also contributed to make the Peace Corps Kazakhstan footprint unique.
Below is a sampling of Volunteer stories from the 18-year history.
From 1993-1996
Emily Dewhirst (Kaz 2) taught English in a small city in southern Kazakstan.

She was the first American in her city; when she arrived, the English teachers at her
school had their first chance to talk to a native-speaker of the language which they
had been studying and teaching for years. On a site visit at the beginning of Emily's
second school year, the APCD asked the principal and staff what changes they had
noticed since Emily began working at their school. The principal said that she heard
teachers using English in conversations with each other outside of their classrooms.
Emily, her counterpart, and another English teacher have begun team teaching an
American Studies class. The two Kazakhstani teachers said they were afraid of what
might happen in such a "strange" classroom situation, but after just one month were
excited to see how motivated their students were and how much the three teachers
were learning from each other. Emily reported a small but symbolically important
change: other teachers in the school were following her lead and unbolting the
classroom furniture from the floor to make it easier to use small group activities in
class.
Tim OConnor (Kaz 2) in (b)(6) put a lot of effort into accomplishing the
second and third Peace Corps goals. He involved his students, his fellow teachers, and
others from the community in a series of meetings and discussion sessions to plan an
exchange of books and materials between the public libraries of (b)(6) and Kansas
City, Missouri. Tim made the initial contact between the libraries and answered
questions from the (b)(6) library staff, but nearly all of the real work of carrying
out the exchange was done by the library staff and one English teacher. (b)(6) took
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the lead and sent the first shipment of books to the U.S. this past summer; books from
Kansas City should arrive soon, and motivation to continue the exchange is high.
Summer English camps have become common secondary projects for
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) teachers world-wide; in Kazakhstan,
many summer camps are descendants of the Young Pioneer Camps which were a
staple of the Communist regime. Doug Carman (Kaz 2) worked at a Pioneer Camp in
northern Kazakstan this past summer; one of his accomplishments was to introduce
baseball, to Siberia: "We played with a real baseball bat (donated by Little League
baseball) and a tennis ball. The boys were frantically, almost desperately, excited to
play. Every time a group got its turn to play, the boys would let out a cheer and crowd
around me. Baseball is more complicated than it looks, and they were patient with me
describing the rules and nature of the game. I would direct them through a practice
game, explaining the rules while they played. After about an hour, the concept was
fairly clear to them, and the next time we met they were ready to play!"
Joan and Irving Lowell (Kaz 2) have been very successful in assisting a quilt
manufacturer to apply for and receive funds for expansion. This will allow her to
increase production and provide employment to approximately 15 women. They have
also advised the woman on business plan creation and marketing and feel she is well
on her way to self management of her business.
Renee Vendetti (Kaz 2) has been instrumental in the formation of a revolving
loan fund which is operating nationwide. This revolving fund has made loans to
farmers which has allowed them to plant their crops and survive through the difficult
times. The revolving fund has a total amount loaned out at present of $1,000,000.
This fund will be administered by a local board of directors from the community. At a
Peace Corps training event in July, all of the business center managers were involved
in a full day seminar on revolving loan fund operations, credit management, and loan
appraisal. They are confident that they will be able to manage the revolving fund by
themselves in a short period of time.
As Peace Corps gradually became known in Kazakhstan, stories like the
following became more and more common. The director of the university in
Petropovlovsk, a city located 1800 kilometers from the capital, Almaty, asked upon
reassignment from a school which had a PCV Where is the Peace Corps Volunteer?
When told that they didnt have one, he became adamant about making a request for
one. The director of a school in Leninagorsk located 1000 kilometers from the capital,
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Almaty, came to the Peace Corps office to request a TEFL Volunteer for the school in
her village. She had heard of and seen the work that other PCVs had done in other
towns and felt that the children of her town were being denied the training they
needed to survive in the new economic climate.
From 1997-2000
It was time for the TEFL Project to renew the agreement with the Ministry of
Education, but a government shake-up had again changed the cast of characters at the
Ministry of Education. Things went really slowly because of the restructuring of the
system. A new and very young staff member at the Department of International
Relations managed to speed things up. It turned out that he had worked with Peace
Corps Volunteers in the past. The high respect he felt towards the Peace Corps
mission made him step in immediately and help the TEFL Project sign the agreement
with the Ministry of Education.
Another event showing Peace Corps impact on English teaching in
Kazakhstan was the first organizational conference of National Association of
Teachers of English of Kazakhstan sponsored by SOROS, USIS and the British
Council. Participants were able to communicate information in English due to the
investment of the Peace Corps Volunteers into English language teaching. Six
teachers out of ten who were given awards for Excellence in Teaching English and
American Studies were either Peace Corps Volunteers' counterparts or worked with
the PCVs on a regular basis.
Jason Compy (Kaz 4) developed a 900 word English/Russian Business
dictionary for the use of PCVs in Kazakhstan. This dictionary was much needed and
was used in the PST language program of FY97. This English/Russian business
dictionary has been forwarded to ICE for inclusion in the materials available for other
programs.
Colleen Turner (Kaz 4) serves in a small mining town in the south of
Kazakhstan where people often neglect their responsibility to keep their town clean.
After being introduced to the CCBI concept at IST, Colleen decided to apply this
approach while teaching an environmental unit in 1997. Two local holidays happened
around this time. Colleen noticed that people gathered in the park and created a mess.
Colleen and her students thought about ways to prevent this problem. They came up
with the idea to make signs in Russian, Kazakh and English directing people to dump
their garbage in the trash bins. Students reported there was a noticeable decrease in
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the amount of trash on the ground. Now students understand that such small actions
can modify people's behavior and might serve as a remedy to the situation.
Summer camps remain the most popular community projects. They bring a lot
of good for the youth of the country in terms of providing summer activities and
developing life skills. But the ecological summer camp designed and implemented by
Rita Komives (Kaz 4) was unique in many ways. First, it involved the members of
two ecological clubs from two different sites, located within twenty-five kilometers of
each other. Second, it was mobile and changed its site three times, moving from (b)(6)
(b)(6) . Kids experienced home stay
exchanges living in each other's families. This was definitely something new and
challenging for them. The focus of the camp was on teaching Environment through
English and students were encouraged to take the responsibilities for their
environment. All activities designed by staff were both educational and amusing.
Children enjoyed every moment of the summer camp and wrote in their evaluations
that they had not been so happy for a long time. But the most important aspect of the
camp was the high involvement of local teachers in all stages of planning and
implementing. This was clear evidence of skills transfer and what makes such projects
sustainable and replicable.
Simret Kebedi (Kaz 6) serving in a Taldy Korgan Health NGO started a
project called "Prevention and Rehabilitation on Cardiovascular Disease" with her
supervisor (b)(6) . The program offers health education for the community in a
form of three-day seminars and rehabilitation for patients who have had heart
problems. Together with the (b)(6) they selected the team members who can be
acting as health educators and physical activity instructors. This team has already
started promoting their program on a local TV station. They are planning to cover not
only Taldy Korgan city, but also surrounding regions.
Nathan Hays (Kaz 6) served in a tiny industrial town in the north of the
country in the middle of nowhere. Local resources were really limited, and life was
tough. One of his first accomplishments was to teach kids on the street how to greet
him appropriately at different times of day. Nathan didn't intend to bring in ideas and
activities that are not sustainable when he lives, but his simply "being there" increased
the feeling of self-worth and self-respect among local people. Nathan's presence
meant that changes were underway. He was an instrument of hope and expectations.
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From 2001-2006
Tara Roddy (Kaz 8) and Michael Cooper (Kaz 7) took over an informal
soup kitchen project started by Ellen Homan (Kaz 2). They took an active part in
fundraising activities as well as in preparing and serving meals. They and seven local
volunteers were the core group that kept the project working every week. The soup
kitchen served about 100 to 120 poor people a week. Tara and Michael took two
crucial steps in ensuring sustainability of this project: they trained local personnel to
take over the project after they left and registered the soup kitchen as a nonprofit
NGO. The last step also opens new opportunities for the soup kitchen as they became
eligible to create partnerships with domestic and international donor groups.
The NGO was later called Project Hope Petropavlovsk, a community outreach
program to help serve disadvantaged and underprivileged people of Petropavlovsk.
The Volunteers wrote the business plan for this NGO, held weekly organizational
meetings, planned and participated in fundraising activities, were responsible for
marketing, recruited local volunteers, organized clothing and food drives, and
communicated with other community outreach programs. Local volunteers were
recruited (mainly students from schools, colleges, universities) demonstrating to them
the effect of joint common efforts and volunteerism.
Charles Martin and Warren Polensky (Kaz 11) conducted weekly English-
language radio shows, "The American Hour" on Talap Radio 100.6 FM in Uralsk, and
Erin Anderson (Kaz 13) did a similar show in Ust-Kamenogorsk. The shows
consisted of English-language music, talk, and taking phone calls from locals and
were extremely well received by the communities as both a form of entertainment and
a means for improving English language skills. Target audiences were high school
students and young professionals, but according to an informal poll, many adults have
enjoyed it also.
Benjamin Andrews (Kaz 10) and Richard Majuk (Kaz 10) initiated the
creation of the Career Development Center at KIEM. This idea was supported by the
Vice Rector of KIEM and implemented with the assistance of seven students. The
center became a student-run organization where student volunteers attended weekly
meetings and helped organize events. The Center had a well developed mission
statement and brochure in which their main goals, tasks, functions and services are
described. The Centers mission could be expressed in three words: Development,
Possibility and Society. The first two were aimed to help students prepare for future
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work and training and to extend their career opportunities. The third word means to
meet the needs of the community in and out of Kokshetau.
Benjamin P. Gardents (Kaz 8) secondary project was connected with
agricultural business development. He assisted a local agricultural business (Zhenis
Company) in supplying high quality farm products from Western Europe. In 2001 the
Zhenis Company became interested in acquiring turkey hatching eggs for its
incubators, but did not have the means to develop the contacts with the necessary
providers. Benjamin conducted some research and successfully located a supplier in
England. As a result of his research, the Zhenis Company acquired 2,000 turkey
hatching eggs in October 2001 and another supply of hatching eggs in April 2002.
Zhenis is now the first local seller of turkey meat in northern Kazakhstan. This project
is a good example of how the assistance of the Volunteer can lead to very concrete
business results.
Robert G. Kaptain (Kaz 8) helped to improve the level of economic
education in Kazakhstan. In addition to his ordinary teaching activity, Robert, whose
professional background was portfolio manager for international banks, designed
textbooks and helped develop a university library. He was responsible for the receipt
of over 400 books and magazines for the school library. Through friends and family,
he almost doubled the number of English language textbooks and was instrumental in
creating an emphasis on the need for academic material. As a result of his
determination, there is now a greater emphasis on budgeting and the acquisition of
textbooks.
Jeremy Beer (Kaz 10) along with local health workers commemorated World
AIDS Day with a weeklong awareness campaign, titled Week against AIDS and
Drugs. Funding for this event come from the Lisakovsk city administration, a local
television station and a local private clinic. The activities for the week included
lectures delivered to 5th- 8th grade students by drug specialists from the oblast
Narcology Center, a televised documentary depicting the life of drug addicts in
Temirtau, a televised interview/debate about the comparative methods used to combat
drug abuse, and a concert/disco where free condoms were distributed.
Brian Todd (Kaz 9) devoted two years of his service to work with physically
disabled children (with the dysfunction of the loco-motor system). At current time,
there are few legislative measures that have been taken to protect the rights of the
disabled community in Kazakhstan. In addition, there are no special education
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programs offered to those who might wish to pursue a career. The PCV, who was
placed at the experimental boarding school for physically disabled children,
conducted trainings for these children and their parents on adaptive physical
education. He also assisted in implementation of a new craft project (macram,
bracelets, inexpensive jewelry, etc.,) that was developed for therapy, with the
possibility of becoming a future income-generation program.
Wendy Stinson (Kaz 8) worked as an English teacher in a middle-sized
industrial city (b)(6) which is located in the northern part of Kazakhstan. She was
the second Volunteer at her school, which is always more challenging. But her
impact on students and teachers is invaluable. Wendy Stinson helped local teachers
recognize opportunities that are available to them now. She encouraged them not to
be afraid to take a chance. Thats the message she was bringing: you never know what
you are capable of unless you take a chance. Her female counterpart admitted that
Wendys example clearly demonstrated that changes are possible. This young
American girl without any previous teaching experience managed to turn into a
competent teacher due to her commitment, industriousness and determination. Wendy
set a great example of success to local teachers. Her counterpart finally decided to
apply for Excellence in Teaching English and American Studies program and hopes
to be among finalists. She thinks that without Wendys influence she would never
dare to change anything in her life.
Jeremy Terr (Kaz 10) started with the Almaty Chamber of Artisans two
weeks after the organization was formed and assisted the group in building a name for
itself in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. During the last 12 months of Jeremys service,
this group conducted several craft fairs and expanded their membership to include the
majority of the local artisan population. Jeremy and his local counterparts won a grant
to broadcast a national television program highlighting the connection of local
economies to the preservation of traditional craft making and were selected to
represent Kazakhstan in the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.
Julie Burton (Kaz 10) As a teacher in the US, I had used internet extensively.
Its an incredible resource! So, it was my dream to teach internet to teachers in
Kazakhstan. At the beginning of my second year, IREX (International Research and
Exchanges Board) opened a computer center in my city and I negotiated with
management to allow me two hours per week to give classes. I announced my classes
at the English teachers organization and received an overwhelming response. I
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invited one teacher per computer and put the others on a waiting list. The first class
was very memorable. I didnt anticipate teaching them how to use a mouse and
clicking. It required a lot of patience. But it was very rewarding in the end. After one
series of classes a teacher told me, I used to be afraid of computers but Im not
anymore. I could sense that this same teacher wanted to continue learning about
computers so I asked her to become my assistant. I didnt really expect to get that
much help from her but I wanted to give her an opportunity to be around computers.
She became very instrumental in our classes; she contacted teachers regarding classes,
translated for me, and in time, was able to assist the incoming students on the
computers. And she became a good friend of mine. As I prepared to leave Kazakhstan,
she told me that someone once asked her how much she got paid to assist me and she
responded that she didnt get paid, she did it simply for the pleasure of working with
me. She is now eagerly waiting to assist another Volunteer teach internet classes. In
the meantime she has arranged with the center to keep open a time for teachers to use
the center each week. This was the one of the most rewarding projects during my
Peace Corps service. I made a lot of good friends and opened up a new world for the
teachers. The funny part about all of this is that Im far from being a computer expert
and my friends at home would double over in laughter at the prospect of me teaching
a computer class. But a little knowledge can go a long way.
In addition to teaching economics and entrepreneurship at the university level,
Todd Clayton (Kaz 11) was advisor to a Business English Club and the resulting
student company Spirit. One of the development goals of KZ is to diversify its
economy by encouraging the development of small businesses. Todd developed
materials and instructional case studies for market research, promotion, finance,
accounting and budgeting, business planning and manufacturing illustrating how new
businesses can successfully compete in a market driven economy. Students began an
extensive market research project to determine if there was sufficient demand for
school spirit products such as t-shirts with a university name. Over 1000 individuals
were surveyed and the data became available for teachers to use to illustrate the
capabilities of market research. The IT department at the university created a database
as well as management reports so students and teachers can discuss and evaluate
results. The research showed that there was a viable market. After extensive
discussion on products, price points, colors, and languages, t-shirt proto-types were
made and tested on focus groups and final decisions were made. With a SPA grant,
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the student company Spirit was formed to design, produce, and sell t-shirts and
other products. Students became officers of the company - they operate Spirit and
make decisions about the future direction of the company and product offerings. Spirit
has being approached by other universities in the area who also wish to have products
with their name on them. Profits from the company will be used to fund other student
companies. Spirit offers real world business experience to students and provides a
forum for the practical application of skills learned in classes. In addition, students are
able to include their Spirit business experience on their resumes. Todd Clayton left in
June but due to his vision, Spirit is expected to grow.
The route to Andy Holmes (Kaz 12) site is not scenic; theres a flat steppe
around, and it seems to last forever. But then completely out of the blue, mountains,
hills and greenish rocks emerge as if from nowhere. What a beautiful view! What a
great lake! Thats where the village (b)(6) is located and where Andy works as a
Peace Corps English teacher. He is a lucky guy to live there despite severe long
winters and a 4-hour bus ride to the province center. If you asked him if he made a big
difference in his village, if he raised the standards of their living he would say No.
But he had an impact on many lives there, and the people of (b)(6) will never
forget him. He simply lived on the same level as local people and had the same (b)(6)
(b)(6) life: growing carrots and tomatoes in his garden, going to work, heating his
wood-burn stove, visiting his neighbors and friends, and simply hanging around. Like
many PCVs, he taught English and ecology to local kids making education for them
more interesting and sparking their interest in many things. He still remembers how
his Russian tutors daughter strongly disliked English and hardly opened her mouth
when he tried to speak English with her. The more he was around, the more interest
and motivation she had to learn English. When Andy together with local teachers and
other PCVs, organized an English summer camp in his second year, she was one of
the most enthusiastic and active participants. Its a small thing, but thats what the
Peace Corps is about changing attitudes and planting the seeds of hope for the future.
Alga is a small town in the western part of Kazakhstan that is in a deep
recession. Theres a large orphanage in (b)(6) which is a home for many kids from the
surrounding area. Rebekah Martin (Kaz 13) works there as an English teacher and
substitute mom. Her second role is far more important than just being an English
teacher. The orphans are deprived and suffering kids; they lack families and the
feeling that they are special. They crave love and attention. Thats what they get from
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Rebekah who lives on the premises of the orphanage and whose door is always open
welcoming kids to stop by and to share their feelings. The younger kids simply cling
to her skirt, the older ask for advice and encouragement. Rebekah is the third
Volunteer in (b)(6) When she asked her students to make their personal timelines with
the most important events of their lives, all of them wrote the names and deeds of the
Volunteers who had worked there: Rebakah doesnt want any official recognition; the
main reward for her is the happy eyes of the kids and their successes. Two of her
students made it to the second round of ACCELS competition to go to America. We
hope they will go. One who may have visited the orphanage four years ago would
have been appalled at the lack of hope in the childrens eyes. Now, if you happen to
be there you would be moved by the change in their behavior and attitude. Today
their dreams are alive.
Charles Chaz Martin (Kaz 11) was assigned to a small village in the
Western Kazakhstan (b)(6) Chaz taught English to 7-9th grades in a boarding school
serving students from rural areas who otherwise would have few educational
opportunities. When Chaz arrived, the level of English at this school was extremely
low. He organized an English Club and taught students English songs and poems. By
the first holiday, his students were able to perform songs in English for a concert.
Chaz then decided to have the students put on a play in English. They decided to stage
Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, but to change the scene of the story to the Kazakh
steppe and perform it in Kazakh costumes. At the traditional spring theater festival,
the school won the first prize. Chaz was the first Volunteer at his site and in two years
his students demonstrated an excellent knowledge of English in the City Olympiads.
Two students won the ACCELS Program awards and are currently studying in the US
for one year. Chazs counterpart is recognized as one of the best English teachers in
Kazakhstan. She won the ACCELS program and participated in a seven-week
professional training for English teachers in the States. Chaz did an amazing job. His
school and community will miss and him and never forget the wonderful Mr. Chaz.
Jon N. VanOeveren (Kaz 15) I have been a TEFL Volunteer in (b)(6)
Kazakhstan for 16 months. My primary assignment is as a TEFL methodologist at the
(b)(6) Regional Retraining Center for Public Administration and Professional
Development. I have also worked with various secondary projects and Peace Corps
programs. I am proud to be a part of the Peace Corps programs in Kazakhstan.
English is highly demanded and Volunteers are valuable resources. I will continue my
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efforts to reach more people in areas with the least access to English instruction and
methodology, rural regions. Last year we were able to train 600 teachers, and we are
striving to repeat this success this coming year in order to provide a further
foundation for English education and cross-cultural exchange.
The Kazakhstan Ministry of Education wanted to start teaching its primary
school technical subjects (math, physics, biology, and computer science) in English,
as is done many non-English speaking countries. To this end, they started an
experimental program under which seventh and eighth grade classes selected for
English ability from experimental schools throughout Kazakhstan were given lessons
only in English. I, Ryan Giordano (Kaz 15), am participating in this program,
teaching math in English to seventh and eighth graders. I used to sit in on the Kazakh
language math classes to improve my Kazakh, observe local teaching methods, and
help my students. As I was helping one of the slower students, I suspected they didnt
understand what I was saying in English, so I switched into my half-baked Kazakh.
The student looked at me, rolled his eyes, and answered my question in English. I
never felt more like a success.
George Wunder (Kaz 14). Last week Peace Corps staff came to my city to
hold a conference in support of local development, and to showcase Peace Corps
accomplishments and Volunteers. While this was a great opportunity to talk about our
successes, mine were validated not by myself, but rather by two of my volunteers. At
one point, participants were asked to form small groups and plan the logistics of
working with an American who would help them start an ecological camp. The two
representatives from my organization, 20-year-olds named (b)(6) , formed
their own group and volunteered to present first. For the next five minutes, they stood
up and gave an unrehearsed, professional presentation with an action plan that floored
just about everyone. Peace Corps trainers were shooting me glances like what did
you DO to them? While they were finishing, another woman sitting near me
commented in Russian to her group-mate, well of course its excellent, they have a
Peace Corps Volunteer already. All this from two self-described girls who barely
spoke a year ago and were afraid to take the initiative to speak in groups or assert
themselves. I never felt so proud as I did in that moment. Every day there are little
victories. I feel very lucky to have had this opportunity to serve and am proud of my
country for continuing to provide this sort of outreach to the world. While the work is
by no means easy, it is a valuable service to humanity and to foreign relations.
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Terry Young and Sue Scholten (Kaz 14). When Sue and I arrived in (b)(6)
in the spring of 2004, we knew we would be spending the majority of our time
working with our NGOs to help business leaders, but we also knew that we wanted to
focus our secondary projects on helping the kids at the local orphanages. We had no
idea how our internal desire to help the kids would turn into such a comprehensive
series of programs and touch our own hearts in so many ways. So here is the story as
we saw it or at least how we would tell it on this day. It all started during our first few
weeks in (b)(6) when Sue arrived at her new organization Business Association of
Women. During the first meeting the director talked about a new project that they had
started a month prior and told Sue that they needed the help of an American to work
with the children. We realized that this could be the starting point for accomplishing
our goals of working with the orphanage in (b)(6)
The program is similar to the foster care system in America. During the first
year there were 14 families with 20 children, seven of these families were somehow
related to the child, but did not have money to house, feed, or clothe the children for
the entire year. The second year 18 families participated along with 25 children. The
Womens Union of Hope, paid each family a small amount of money to ensure that
relatives could stay together during the summer, and to help the families who only
wanted to give a child a family setting, but did not have the monetary means. Both
years the program consisted of taking the students to the movie theater, to cafs, out
for ice cream, and to picnics in the park. The end of the year finale was held in the
main park where the families, students, sponsors, and Union of Women played games
and picnicked, leaving the children looking forward to the next year when they would
have another chance at living the life of a family.
From 2007-2011
I came into the Peace Corps Kazakhstan dreaming of building a bridge
somewhere. Im not quite sure where I got this idea, perhaps some old television
advertisement, or it might have even been a certain old movie starring Tom Hanks.
Nevertheless, I came to the country determined to leave a physical legacy behind that
bore my hard labor that people could point to and say Look, Peace Corps Volunteer
Jay Chen (Kaz 17) built this for us.
Gradually word started getting out about my classes, presentations, and an
incomprehensible willingness to assist anybody that asked. Requests for help began to
flood in, leading to my director posting a sign that I was the Department of Foreign
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Languages Volunteer, and could not be shared with other people, even those from
other departments from our own university. This is when I realized that the Peace
Corps IS about building things not physical objects, but relationships. By offering to
help in areas that I had talent in, rather than focusing on my own desires and notions
of what is helpful and useful, I became an extremely valued member of the teaching
staff and community at large.
Having been the editor of my high school newspaper, I used the skills that I
had learned first-hand to guide one of the initial projects: the establishment of the
universitys English newspaper, The Sun. The Sun started off as a small affair,
printing in limited runs of 50 through a copy machine. Emphasis was placed on the
fact that the newspaper was to be entirely student-written, with students responsible
for every aspect of the newspaper, from writing and editing articles to photography to
final layout and print.
Certainly, the determination of what a successful Peace Corps Volunteer is
highly subjective I came in thinking that I had to leave behind something physical,
something that I had built with my own hands to be successful. But now having
worked here for two years and extended for a third, I know now that the success of a
Peace Corps Volunteer is defined by how the host country nationals needs were met
and their memory of the Volunteer, not his or her own preconceived notions of
success. Now it is clear to me that my biggest success was getting over my own desire
to leave a legacy, and instead focusing all of my energy on the work and service itself.
My name is Amanda Weber (Kaz 17), and for the past two years I have
served as an Education Volunteer in (b)(6) , a rural town in northern Kazakhstan. I
had the opportunity to work at two schools, one Kazakh National School and the other
a Russian Gymnasium. A secondary project that was very close to my heart was Art
Club that I held once a week. My students were mostly 4th, 5th, and 6th formers who
literally begged me to have it more often. We did basic crafts like Christmas cards
and hand puppets as well as more involved projects like piatas and African beads. It
was a great time to get to know my students in a relaxed atmosphere and a great
opportunity to teach about other cultures. Having done such work in the States before
I came, I noticed a large discrepancy in the spatial abilities as well as problem solving
skills of my Kazakhstani students. I was glad to be able to nurture these skills in my
budding artists.
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Mika Yasuo (Kaz 18). In July 2007, my site mate, Kerry OBrien (Kaz 18),
and I were invited to assist with two sections of a summer camp with twenty disabled
people. This was our first time working directly with disabled people, and an
opportunity for all us to exchange ideas and thoughts regarding self-perception and
other topics within communities. The PCVs discussed their perspectives on
handicapped people and their rights within the United States, and the participants
shared their experiences of life in Kazakhstan as disabled people. We discovered that
there are marked social differences, such as treatment of disabled people, stereotypes,
discrimination and alienation of disabled people in Kazakhstan.
The summer camp was held for two weeks and in different sections of several
days for youth, disabled families, and young leaders, and was a success because PCVs
were able teach English language, healthy lifestyles, sustainability and environment,
society in the United States; conversely, PCVs were able to learn about their host
culture and how to effectively assist disabled people, which is an underrepresented
group within Kazakhstan. Furthermore, PCVs had a wonderful time when they were
invited to a Kurdish wedding at the next campsite, acting in skits with participants,
playing with children of disabled families in the river, and singing songs around the
campfire each night.
Melissa Avis (Kaz 22). At (b) (6) in (b) (6)
(b) (6) , I work with students specializing in foreign languages. The course of
study is intended to prepare the students to become language teachers. Many of my
overwhelmingly female students do not wish to be teachers, however, and have
chosen this degree program only because it offers government funded scholarships
not extended to other language-intensive programs (such as interpreting). As these
students are expected to simply get a job at a school, they are ill-prepared to seek out
other career or educational opportunities.
After discussing this issue with the students, including the kinds of skills they
would like to acquire, I developed a one-week career development and leadership
skills camp. We had four main goals for the camp we wanted students to leave with
a written resume, a completed statement of purpose appropriate for an application to a
study abroad program, face-to-face interview experience, and hands-on leadership and
teambuilding training. I collaborated with two local partners who were both interested
in the goals of the camp and in learning how to organize such an event on their own.
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We attended a Peace Corps sponsored Project Development and Management training
together and applied for and received a SPA grant for our camp.
Students applied to the camp via an essay, the purpose of which was to gauge
their willingness to actually put forth effort during the camp itself. Eighteen students
were selected and attended the camp along with one EKSU instructor and five Peace
Corps Volunteers. Volunteers were recruited based on their experience in career
development, teambuilding or teaching writing.
Overall, the camp was a resounding success. The students walked away with
concrete evidence of their training resumes, personal statements, etc. The instructors
at the university, including my department head were very enthusiastic about the
project and everyone has asked that it be repeated for years to come.
Bradley Folta (Kaz 22). Through my observations and those of other PCVs in
the (b)(6) area, we noticed that a lot of young men were lacking positive male
role models. Many of the older generation drink heavily, smoke and do not exercise;
the gender gap is also an alarming issue. All of these needs led to the targeting of
young men aged 14-20 in hopes of providing advice on leading a healthy lifestyle,
using the power of masculinity in society in a constructive way, and finally to provide
alternative, positive, healthy male role models in the form of our four PCV's and two
local teachers who were counselors during the week. Every day we had "life
sessions," including: Critical Thinking, Leadership, Substance Abuse, HIV/STI
Awareness, Healthy Relationships, Gender Equality, and Healthy Living.
The results of the camp were that the kids enjoyed themselves and hopefully
learned some valuable information. The kids wrote letters expressing thanks to our
grant-provider and had positive things to say about the language practice, and the fun
that they had. We felt confident that behavior would change in some of the areas that
we targeted in the life sessions.
Aaron Bean (Kaz 21). For the last six months I've been working with the deaf
community in (b)(6) During the summer we decided to offer an English club that
taught English as well as Russian Sign Language (RSL). Parents and friends of deaf
children often don't know Russian sign language, and the local society for the deaf
has practically no resources to help parents and friends learn RSL. We created a dual
English/RSL club which met for one and a half hours each week. For the first 45
minutes we taught RSL to the parents and friends of the deaf children who studied at
the local school, and for the second 45 minutes, we taught English to the entire group
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of deaf children AND parents/friends. We discovered one surprising fact early on --
the deaf children themselves were sometimes deficient in sign language. We learned
that the local school for the deaf focuses more on lip reading and much less on
acquiring RSL. One byproduct of our club was that several of the deaf children also
learned the correct way to pronounce the signs in their native language. This was by
far the most rewarding experience I had as a Peace Corps Volunteer. The following
moment stands out in my mind:
It was during the first few club sessions that I noticed one woman and young
girl regularly sat near each other although their interaction was minimal. The
young girl was a deaf student, and I assumed that the woman was a teacher at
the local school. I remember helping the woman with an activity - learning
how to say her name in RSL. She was paired with the young girl, and I asked
her how they knew each other. She replied, "She is my daughter." I realized
that we were helping a mother learn how to say her name correctly to her own
daughter. It was at this moment that I realized the importance of this project.
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Attachments
Peace Corps Staff at the Time of the Suspension
Annual Report 2010
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Peace Corps Staff at the Time of the Suspension
EXECUTIVE UNIT
Country Director
Bob Cone
Doronin, Maxim Nessip |Julayeva
Safety & Security CD assistant
Coordinator
MEDICAL UNIT
Victor Britcov
Medical Officer
Aliya Aidnalieva
Eldar Rakhimov
Medical Assistant
Medical Officer
ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT
Nancy Glaser
Director of
Management and
Operations
Gulzhan Isaeva Mikhail Torkin

Financial Assistant Cashier
Yermek Meruert
Jerembayev Kereikulova
Volunteer Support Budget &
Assistant Financial Specialist
Maxim Tyan Yerkin Toiganbaev Alexey Kulabuhov
Transportation Document IT Specialist
Coordinator Coordinator
Alexey Agafonov
Maintenance
Assistant
Pavel Berestovoi
Lead Driver
Andrei Ivanyuk Sergey Perhailo

Sergey Chekhovich
Driver Driver
Driver
PROGRAMMING & TRAINING UNIT
Bill Perry
Director of Programming and Training
Natalya Kotova
Olessya Voblikova Ekaterina
Regional Manager
Regional Manager Matyunina
Training Manager
Symbat Berikova Ufilmalik Alma

Regional Manager Turguzhanova Sholpankulova
Regional Manager Regional Manager
Lena Stepanova Galina Petrova
Language & Cross Resource Center
Cultural Coordinator Coordinator
Madina Akhmetova
TatyanaLetyaikina PEPFAR Program
Education Program Manager
Manager
Tuimebekova Ainur
Erlan Rakhatov Shakirzhanov Refat
Program Assistant
Program Assistant Program Assistant
GUARDS
Andrey Uporov
Lead Guard
Kanat Baltyshev Alexandr Solovyev Sayat Kumashev

Guard Guard Guard
US Peace Corps
Kazakhstan
Annual Report 2010
50th anniversary in 2011

PEACE CORPS The Peace Corps will commemorate
50 years of promoting peace and
1961-2011 friendship around the world and 18
ANNIVERSARY y e a r s o f Pa r t n e r s h i p w i t h
Kazakhstan in 2011. Peace Corps
Vo l u n t e e r s w i l l s h a r e t h i s
celebration with local friends and partners by conducting events in communities around the country.
Since 1993, more than 1,000 Americans have served in Kazakhstan with the Peace Corps.
US Peace Corps and the Government of Kazakhstan

On February 3, 2010 Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams met with the Kazakhstan Secretary of
State - Minister of Foreign Affairs Kanat Saudabayev in Washington DC. The two discussed
opportunities for Peace Corps and Kazakhstan to expand their partnership. Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Mr. Saudabayev lauded impact of Peace Corps and PCVs' work for the development of Kazakhstan.
Mr. Saudabayev confirmed the Government's request to enhance volunteerism development in
Kazakhstan through PCVs service on a local level.
EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACTS 2010
Education Program:
Peace Corps' Education Program in Kazakhstan is designed to enhance English language
learning and communicative competence of Kazakhstani students and teachers as well
as assist in incorporating interactive teaching techniques into English classrooms. The
Education Program includes three goals, the first is directed at English fluency
development with students; the second is focused on both English fluency and
communicative teaching methods development with teachers; and the third involves
leadership and critical thinking skills improvement on the basis of community projects.
Project Advisory Committee

A meeting of the Education Project Advisory Committee meeting was
held on December 20th in Almaty. Along with Peace Corps staff there
were 7 partners including School Principals, EFL Methodologists of
Pedagogical Development Institutions, Counterparts from secondary
schools and university, and PCVs. The meeting was targeted at
Education Project Framework purpose, goals, objectives revision and
modification. Participants were introduced to the results of the project
review process. Working groups revised goals and objectives and
developed indicators to monitoring and evaluation the program. Our
partners' ideas and perspectives were invaluable to the review of the
program.
Visit to the Ministry of Education and Science

A meeting between the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Peace Corps was held on
August 19, 2010. Deputy Minister, Mr. Serik Irsaliev and 5 representatives of Secondary Education, Youth Policy
Departments, and Office of International Collaboration attended on behalf of the Ministry.
Peace Corps presented the results

of an impact and satisfaction survey
that was carried out with partner
teachers and directors. Across 10
categories over 90% of teac-
hers were always or often satisfied
with Volunteer's performance.
The Vice-minister and his team

demonstrated positive attitudes and
support of Peace Corps Volunteers'
work in communities across the
country and expressed their support
of the work of the Peace Corps at all
levels of the Republic.
US Peace Corps Kazakhstan Annual Report 2010 1

8 English Language Resource Centers were opened this year across the country. Few schools or students have English
dictionaries, and many schools do not have materials that are appropriate for students' language levels. There aren't
additional resources in English to assign projects, develop writing or reading skills, or to teach important topics such as the
environment or business.
The resource centers are equipped with American and British published books, most of which are accompanied with
computers and audio materials. They help students and teacher to develop listening and pronunciation skills. The centers
are also used for English clubs and teacher-training workshops. Centers continue to be filled with books by teachers,
students and other donors.
These resource centers have been made possible by Peace Corps Partnership and Small Project Assistance grants, donations
from the US, and monetary and in-kind contributions from local communities.
Facts and Numbers

2010 Facts and Numbers
12,938 secondary school students were taught formal English lessons by PCVs.
PCVs also helped secondary students improve English language proficiency in informal settings. For example, PCVs
conducted English Clubs at schools and orphanages and, initiated school newspapers and email exchange among their
students and students from American schools
3,705 College and University students were taught formal English lessons
by PCVs.
PCVs and counterparts also:

organized and carried out: English language Olympiads and competitions
conducted in-depth courses in Literature and American studies for Post-
graduate students
ran seminars for students on how to write a proposal and purpose of
statements for their projects and grants
aided many students applied to UGRAD and other programs run by the
American Embassy and IREX
worked with students to collect stories and publish a comic book
developed a Website for Home Reading Curriculum that enhanced writing
and critical thinking skills.
PCVs team-taught with 496 teachers, providing a collaborative environment

for teachers to design lessons employing critical thinking skills, and drawing on
a range of student-centered, participatory methods.
534 teachers attended PCV organized seminars on interactive and

participatory methods of English teaching. Two teachers won the Embassy
Teacher Awards competition and went to study in the United States for 7 weeks. One teacher won a region-wide competition
for 'novice teachers'.
155 trainings were conducted for teachers and students focused on participatory teaching methods. Among the most
popular with teachers was the use of Drama techniques in classes to enhance informal learning and motivation in the
language learning environment. Thanks to these trainings Drama festivals were arranged in two regions which involved
about 50 teachers and 300 students.
Community Projects
Eduation Vlunteers carry out community projects together
with local partners, some examples from 2010 include:
Science clubs and summer camps dedicated to the environment and health topics. Through experiments students
enhance their motivation to learn English and develop their critical thinking skills.
PCVs organized and conducted Girl's and Women's clubs and camps both at secondary and university levels, where they
discussed issues raised by the results of surveys conducted among potential participants.
As the result these projects many students gained "live interpreting" experience taking part in seminars, conferences on
health-related topics.
GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) handbook was compiled which covers session plans on topics such as, HIV/AIDS, self-
esteem, goal setting, decision-making, assertiveness in relationships, etc.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
PROGRAM
FACTS 2010
Youth Development Initiative Program:

Peace Corps launched its
stand-alone Youth Develop-
ment Initiatives Program in
2010. In consultation with
youth, Volunteers, NGOs,
state sponsored youth
centers, and the Ministry of
Education, the program's
focus was determined to be
the three pillars of Healthy
Lifestyles, Pre-Professional
Development, and Leader-
ship/Volunteerism and three levels of working with youth, youth service providers, and communities. Peace Corps actively
participates in developing volunteerism in Kazakhstan through events such as ZhasCamp in Almaty and Volunteerism Camp in
Borovoe. PCVs are actively working with partners on re-issuing the Volunteerism Development Handbook developed
especially for Kazakhstan together with Civic Alliance and UNV. At request of Chairwoman of Child Protection Committee, the
Peace Corps YDIP manager together with Director of Volunteerism Department of Civic Alliance conducted a session on
Volunteerism development for Deputy Akims and Heads of Oblast Departments of Child Protection Committees.
YDIP Volunteer Projects

YD Volunteers organize developmental clubs for youth throughout
Kazakhstan. These include English and Non-English Clubs like Volunteerism
Club, Leadership Club, Women's Club, Movie Club, Drama Club, Art Club,
Cooking Club, and others.
YD PCVs have also initiated and participated in a large number of projects
dedicated to Kazakhstani Youth Development. These include; Baseball
Summer Camp in Zhambyl Oblast, Baseball Tournament in Kostanai,
Summer Camp for orphans in Taldykorgan; English Camps, Leadership
Camp in Shymkent, Volunteerism Camps and so on.
Our Local Partners

Peace Corps' YDIP's primary national partner is The Department of Youth Policy
at Ministry of Education and Science. The YDIP program is developed and
offered to Youth Organizations to support them in achieving The National Youth
Policy objectives. YDIP partners were invited to a Program Advisory Committee
(PAC) meeting conducted in May 2010 where they gave feedback and
incorporated the interests and priorities of Kazakhstan youth. The members of
YDIP PAC are NGOs, Volunteers, PCVs counterparts and supervisors and
Department of Youth Development Policy at Ministry of Education and Science.
There are currently 27 YDIP PCVs working with youth in cooperation with their
local partners in the 12 Oblasts of Kazakhstan.

ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:
FACTS 2010
The goal of the OCAP program is to increase the capacity of local organizations to
provide quality services to their clients, with particular attention to the critical
sectors of youth development, environmental protection, women and economic
growth, support to the disabled, and the prevention of HIV/AIDS.
A major focus is also on the development and promotion of local volunteerism

efforts so that Kazakhstanis can continue to lead sustainable development in
their home communities.
In 2010 22 Organizational Development Volunteers worked with NGOs in

the areas of projects design and development for communities.
OCAP projects:
Physical and Occupational Therapy for Disabled Children was conducted by PCV
and its counterpart. A team of
Program Trainers, working with
"Operation Mercy" came to Aktobe and spent a week providing one-on-one
therapy to 10 disabled children. The PT/OT team also conducted trainings for
local volunteers and families on physical and occupational therapy
techniques to conduct at home.
86 organizations showed improvement in their organizational

administration and management.
12 organizations incorporated IT technologies into everyday
administrative operations with the help of PCVs
NEWS:
New PEPFAR program
NEWS: Peace Corps USA in Kazakhstan has expanded its PEPFAR program opportunities for PCVs and partners. In September
a new PEPFAR Program Manager joined Peace Corps in Kazakhstan to enhance the program support and training for PCVs.
The PEPFAR program supports PCV activities addressed to HIV/AIDS prevention.
ABOUT PEPFAR: The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
(PEPFAR) is a U.S. Government initiative designed to help prevent the
spread of HIV/AIDS and save the lives of those suffering from
HIV/AIDS around the world. This historic commitment is the largest
by any nation to combat a single disease internationally. PEPFAR
investments also help alleviate suffering from other diseases across
the global health spectrum. PEPFAR is driven by a shared
responsibility among donor and partner nations and others to make
smart investments to save lives.

Major Peace Corps Achievements of 2010:
Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams met with the Kazakhstan Secretary of State - Minister of Foreign
Affairs Kanat Saudabayev
Peace Corps Kazakhstan successfully launched the new Youth Development Initiatives Program
The largest number of Peace Corps Volunteers ever served in Kazakhstan
The most Volunteers ever were taught Kazakh language during their pre-service training
There are 127 Volunteers serving in Kazakhstan
OUR STAFF:
Bob Cone Country Director
Paul Butki Program and Training Director
Nancy Glasser Director of Management & Operations Overseas
Symbat Berikova Aktobe and Kostanay Regional Manager
Natalya Kotova Akmola and North Kazakhstan Regional Manager
Alma Sholpankulova Kyzylorda, Zhambyl and South Kazakhstan Regional Manager
Ufilmalik Turguzhanova Almaty and East Kazakhstan Regional Manager
Olessya Voblikova Karaganda and Pavlodar Regional Manager
Ainura Absemetova Absemetova, YDIP Program Manager
Madina Akhmetova PEPFAR/HIV/AIDS Program Manager
Tatyana Letyaikina Education Program Manager
Contact Information:
Office address:
257, Kablukova Street, Almaty, 050060 Kazakhstan
Mail address:
PO Box 257, Almaty, 050022
e-mail: info@kz.peacecorps.gov
Tel: (8-727) 258 45 00
Fax: (8-727) 258 23 15

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call/PCHQ revisions/Attended medical office Staff Christmas Party/CD school directors school directors education officials Final visits/phone directors/CPs/
USAID Job Faire with residence /CPs/host families /CPs/host families school directors calls to officials host families
Contacted U.S. Agencies staff. Brief Erin Gibbs /CPs/host families who we were
to promote hiring of PC Coordinate container unable to contact
Staff Follow up with U.S. Meet with Kaz 22 Vs shipment of medical Plan farewell for staff
Agencies to promote who traveled to Nepal and other supplies, leaving at end of
hiring of PC Staff electronic equipment month
Arrange health and furniture to
insurance Nepal
Met with group of Kaz presentation re:
23 Vs who traveled to terminated staff
Caspian Sea.
Composed Volunteer Compose Volunteer Composed Volunteer Composed Volunteer Compose Volunteer Compose Volunteer
recommendations recommendations recommendations recommendations recommendations recommendations
Medical Inventoried and All PCV medical charts Start processing non- PCMO Victor Britcov on PCMO Victor Britcov on PCMO Victor Britcov Eldar TDY to Sierra Eldar TDY to Sierra Eldar TDY to Sierra Eldar TDY to Eldar TDY to Eldar TDY to
transferred all narcotics. sent to OMS durable medical leave Dec 16 till Jan 9th leave Dec 16 till Jan 9th on leave Dec 16 till Leone until the Week Leone until the Leone until the Sierra Leone until Sierra Leone until Sierra Leone until
Specially dedicated supplies (20 boxes Jan 9th of Feb 20th Week of Feb 20th Week of Feb 20th the Week of Feb the Week of Feb the Week of Feb
medications and OVC approx) Dec 22-23 - transfer of Preparation and 20th 20th 20th
meds to Consulate medical supplies to KG transferring medical Preparing a list of Victor prepares non- Letters of gratitude
Eldar is in Moscow Medical Office supplies to Turkmenistan reference and Volunteer Medical to (b)(6)
(VISA related trip for Post. Efforts coordinated education materials files to be sent to the (b)(6)
TDY) with Embassies in for OMS OMS (b)(6) Almaty
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan by Victor (3 days
and PC Office each place)
Admin Reviewed the Record Began closing PCV bank Close PCV Bank Close PCV Bank accounts Final PCV Bank accounts Determine end-of- Notify vendors of Provide 30-day Send 30-day lease Begin reducing Reduce IMPREST Reduce IMPREST Liquidate Close USDO Transfer Finalize
Collection document from accounts accounts closed contract dates for all post suspension. notices to Service termination IMPREST funds funds funds IMPREST funds account remaining suspension
Valerie. Explained the Organize PCV files staff Request submission Providers phones, notification for AO Send 30-day lease inventory to USG of Post
process and assigned Sent RFPs for legal Organize PCV files Send PCV files to PCHQ of all outstanding Internet, cell and DPT Prepare Meet with ICASS termination Provide Disable warehouse activities
someone to be advice Re: staff Finalize PCV Grant Files Calculate US bills phones, DHL, apartments workstation Service Provider notification for CD remaining terminated
responsible for each contracts/termination Organize PCV Grant Sign new employee 1 or 2 Retirement Plan, cleaning, gas, etc. computers, as to arrange for apartment and vendors with employee user Send PSC files to Send final
record series notices Files Send DOSes to PCHQ month contracts. Prepare severance pay, USG Agencies view Conduct auction of they are no final payment of office address for final accounts (IT) US Embassy server back-
and distribute 30-day unused Annual Leave inventory Send 30-day lease excess inventory longer needed, all outstanding bill submission up to PCHQ
Processed PCV Processed PCV Gather DOSes for Close unneeded 2011 notices. hours, and prorated termination for transfer to PC Peace Corps bills Transfer unsold Disable
terminations terminations sending to PCHQ Open Obligations 13-month bonus for Prepare for auction notification for Nepal or USG inventory to USG Transfer unsold terminated
Process and ship unneeded employees. of excess inventory PCMO apartment Agencies Notify Ministry of warehouse inventory to employee user
Inventoried assets. Shared asset list with PC Review 2011 Open Receive legal opinion items to PC KG Internal Affairs, USG warehouse accounts (IT)
KG and PC Turkmenistan Obligations memo. Submit memo to Prepare severance Process and ship Disable Ministry of
Transition Conference Lien Galloway for review. Process 13-month bonus and retirements unneeded terminated Justice, Migration Cancel 2 FSNs
vouchers/completed final Reviewed staff contract Meet with legal firms Based on legal opinion for all local staff payments for inventory items to employee user Police and centrally billed
BVs and liquidation files for severance and regarding employee determine how to terminated staff USG Agencies accounts (IT) Customs Office in Purchase and
paperwork retirement contracts/severance proceed with employee Start process of packing all Astana and Travel cards
pay/estimates pay contracts. Prepare new financial and admin records Almaty, President
Sent DHL shipment for all contracts to be signed this will be ongoing of Astana and ALA Disable Peace
payments made during Inventoried IT Obtain minimum of next week Airports, Corps KZ website
Transition Conference equipment and shared three proposals Re: Kazakhstani Tax
list with PCHQ for employee Officially notify US Police, Ministry of
Prepared 16 laptops for transfer to PC Nepal termination/severance Embassy that Peace Corps Labor, that Peace
shipment to PC Nepal pay. Engage one firm. Program will be Corps KZ will
Received quotes for air suspended as of March suspend all
shipment of 16 Confirm employee list 16th operations in
laptops/safe to Nepal with Rebecca Gross for Kazakhstan
employee certificates Finalize shipment of safe
Met with office of appreciation & 16 laptops to Nepal Prepare
landlord. Negotiated severance and
agreement that PC is Finalize PCV Travel Notify ICASS of retirements
not obligated to return Vouchers termination of services payments for
office to original terminated staff
condition Finalize shipment of Send 30-day lease
PCVs belongings termination notification
Sent vehicle fleet for PCMC apartment
inventory to PC KG and Begin inventory
Turkmenistan. disposal plan Sign two-month lease
Obtained disposal option for PCMO
authority for all vehicles Final modifications of apartment
from Tiffany Glover Hotel Contract for the
Transition Conference PC KG staff views
Began to collect and inventory
organize all post Provide new tax IDs to
financial and admin staff per local law Notified MFA of PC
records. Program Suspension and
Confirm EOD for staff to cancel PCV visas
P&T Scheduled travel plans for Finalized travel plans for Compose graduate Compose Letters of Compose letters thanking Regional Managers Regional Managers Regional Managers Regional Managers Organize and Organize and Organize and Ship all training Finalize
RMs RMs school Appreciation for Host organizations that applied visit Schools, YD visit Schools, YD visit Schools, YD visit Schools, YD categorize categorize categorize files, reports, suspension of
reference/recommend Agencies for Kaz-24 Volunteers Organizations and Organizations and Organizations and Organizations and training files, training files, training files, pamphlets to Post activities
Reviewed the Record Finalized general work ation letters for Host Families Host Families Host Families Host Families reports, reports, reports, PCHQ (approx.
Collection document from plan for next three Volunteers Finalize EDU and PEPFAR Rearrange 350 media pamphlets for pamphlets for pamphlets for 50 boxes)
Valerie. Explained the months closing program reports reports per year Rearrange 350 media Rearrange 350 media Distribute Resource Distribute PC shipment to shipment to shipment to
process and assigned Prepare EDU and reports per year reports per year Center materials Lounge 300 library PCHQ PCHQ PCHQ
someone to be Cancelled counterpart PEPFAR closing Prepare Resource Center Prepare Resource Center 5,000 books, books to Host
responsible for each meeting in one Oblast program reports materials 5,000 books, materials 5,000 books, Distribute Resource Distribute Resource pamphlets, CDs, Agencies Destroy PCV LPI
record series pamphlets, CDs, video pamphlets, CDs, video Center materials Center materials video tapes and audiotapes (500)
Collected and organized Prepare certificates tapes and magazines for tapes and magazines for 5,000 books, 5,000 books, magazines to
Devised general work all post P&T records (English, Russian and distribution to 50 partner distribution to 50 partner pamphlets, CDs, pamphlets, CDs, partner
plan for next three including for PCRV, Kazakh) for RMs visits organizations and training organizations and training video tapes and video tapes and organizations
months PCVLs and PSNs in January sites sites magazines - to magazines to
partner partner Distribute PC
Submitted budget for Complete Description Scan and send Training Manager visits organizations organizations Lounge library
counterpart meeting in of Service for 116 Descriptions of Service to Training Villages books for
one Oblast Volunteers 116 Volunteers Prepare PC Lounge Complete PCPP and distribution to Host
Start process of packing all library books (300) SPA records Agencies
Met with USAID to Finalize YD closing P&T records this will be for distribution to
discuss PEPFAR Program program report ongoing Host Agencies
closure
S+S Reviewed the Record Contacted attorney Organize and Organize and categorize Incorporate S+S electronic Visit (b)(6) Compose and deliver
Collection document from regarding two PCV categorize S+S records S+S records and Manuals files in to Training Manual (b)(6) to thank thank you letters to
Valerie. Explained the assault cases. Finalized and Manuals (CIRS (CIRS Reports, EAP files Police for successful emergency
process and assigned process of organizing Reports, EAP Manual, Manual, MS 240, Sexual investigation of a responders (airlines,
someone to be previous SSCs files MS 240, Sexual Assault Assault Guidelines) Organize and categorize crime against a PCV policies, Ministry of
responsible for each Guidelines) PCV police case histories Emergencies)
record series
Bryant, Mario

Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:37 AM
To: Cone, Robert
Cc: Wallis, Mark
Subject: Re: Explosion [KAZ]
Bob,
Thanks.You'recertainlykeepingbusythere.Ifthepatternholds,therewillbeatleast2differentreportsforawhile.
David
From: Cone, Robert

Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 05:50 AM
To: Lowman, Helen
Cc: Burgess, David; Gross, Rebecca; Shouba, Neil; Sink, Daryl
Subject: Explosion
A Volunteer called the SSC at 2:38 p.m. today and said that there was an explosion this morning in Taraz, Zhambul
Oblast, in Southern Kazakhstan. The SSC called the police and got two unofficial reports. One, criminals robbed a
hunting store and there was a shootout with police. Two, it was a suicide bomber who was near the local government
building. The SSC notified all all wardens who are now informing Volunteers all over the country. Many of the 23s are on
trains returning from the IST. Two Volunteers live in Taraz and have been told to stay inside until further notice.
The SSC is monitoring reports including Twitter/Russian and has contacted the RSO.

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From: Cone, Robert

From: Wallis, Mark

From: Cone, Robert

From: Wallis, Mark

From: Doronin, Maxim

From: Shouba, Neil

From: Wallis, Mark

From: Shouba, Neil

From: Lowman, Helen

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

From: Burgess, David - Delete On 2015-08-13

From: Cone, Robert

From: Sink, Daryl

From: Cone, Robert

Follow Up Flag: Follow up

October 30, 2011

From: Wallis, Mark

From: Cone, Robert

<<ICASS Representatives.xlsx>> <<What If - ICASS Interpreter>>

This isfollowupto theICASSCouncil meeting heldonFebruary3,2012.Additional information is provided

2. EstablishmentofaKazakhEnglishtranslatortosatisfy the emerging requirementforDipnotestobe

3. TheICASSCouncil representativesmatrix hasbeenupdated.BudgetCommitteemembershipguidance

From: Lienhart, Catherine K

6 FAH-5 H-021 CUSTOMER RIGHTS

(1) Budget Summary Worksheet;

(2) Cost Center Detail by Agency: Includes Unit Cost;

(3) Agency Invoice Summary;

(4) ICASS Data Summary;

(5) Time allocation worksheets; and

(6) Workload Summary.

6 FAH-5 H-333.3 Changing Workload Counts

Internet Website: WWW.ICASS.gov

ISC assistance: icassservicecenter@state.gov

From: Shouba, Neil

Cc: Wallis, Mark; Glaser, Nancy; Galloway, Lien

From: Shouba, Neil

From: Lowman, Helen

From: Schwenk, Matheu

From: Hobson, Edward

From: Schwenk, Matheu

From: Hobson, Edward

FYI, from Bob Cone. (b)(5) .

From: Cone, Robert

From: Kenealy, Timi

From: Bob Cone (b)(6) >

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Subject: RE: Labour Advice Peace Corps Kazakhstan

We trust this is now clear.

Michael Wilson & Partners, Ltd.

050059 Almaty, Kazakhstan

phone: + 7 727 258 4890 fax: + 7 727 258 4894

Further information is available from www.mwp.kz.

050059 Almaty, Kazakhstan

phone: + 7 727 258 4890 fax: + 7 727 258 4894

Further information is available from www.mwp.kz.

From: Gibbs, Erin [mailto:EGibbs@peacecorps.gov]

I trust you had a nice Christmas and New Year.

050059 Almaty, Kazakhstan

phone: + 7 727 258 4890 fax: + 7 727 258 4894

mobile: +7 701 220 55 47

Further information is available from www.mwp.kz.

From: Cone, Robert

From: Burgess, David