Miscellaneous

Abbreviations:

Ag-Fo = Agro-Forestry

APCD = Associate Peace Corps Director

AO = Administrative Officer

CD = Country Director

CHWS = Community Health and Water Sanitation

COS = Completion of Service / Close of Service

EE = Environmental Education

ET = Early Termination

ETR = Early Term Reconnect

HCN = Host Country National

IST = In-Service Training

Lycee = French word for High School (but the Lycee in Kaedi is where Stage is held)

MRE = Meals Ready to Eat

MTR = Mid Term Reconnect

Nktt / Nkt = Nouakchott

PCV = Peace Corps Volunteer (post training, once you have been sworn-in)

PCT = Peace Corps Trainee (prospective Peace Corps Volunteer before being sworn-in)

PST = Pre-Service Training (10 week training period in country before being sworn-in)

RIM = République Islamique de Mauretanie

RPCV = Returned Peace Corps Volunteer

SPA = Small Project Assistance (grant)

Stage (said "stajh," a French word) = training

SED = Small Enterprise Development

WAIST = West Africa Invitational Softball Tournament
 

Andrew's Resume:  in PDF format.

The day Andrew left Harrisonburg, VA, the Daily News-Record, the local newspaper, ran an article in the paper.  To read the article, click here.

  A ‘Natural’ Peacemaker  (Below photo and caption from the DNR)

With only days until his departure, Andrew Medley, 23, packs essentials for a two-year Peace Corps assignment in the Northwestern African country of Mauritania. The Harrisonburg resident has volunteered for health and water sanitation projects.

Photo By Allen Litten