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WASHINGTON (AP) Three Peace Corps volunteers raped while serving overseas, plus the mother of a fourth who was murdered in Benin, complained to US lawmakers Wednesday about one of the government's most revered agencies. Their theme was similar: The. Oregon, with its deep spirit of volunteerism, has a long and special relationship with the Peace Corps. That's why it's especially upsetting here to learn that the Peace Corps has consistently failed to properly respond to rapes of women volunteers,. After he leaves Georgia Southern University, Michael Braz is joining the Peace Corps. But he's not a graduating student, he's a GSU music instructor with a Ph.D. who is retiring. Before he goes, Braz is extending his goodbyes in the. PERTH AMBOY Learn about the Peace Corps and celebrate the organization's 50th anniversary at an event to be held in the second floor community room at the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center, 275 Hobart Street, Perth Amboy. On May 12, from 4-6 pm,. Today, Ms. Smochek is among a growing group of former Peace Corps volunteers who are speaking out about their sexual assaults, prompting scrutiny from Congress and a pledge from the agency for reform. In going public, they are exposing an ugly sliver. Karestan Koenen, a former Peace Corps volunteer who was raped while serving in the African country of Niger in the 1990s, says the Peace Corps' treatment of her in the aftermath \"was like being raped all over again.. Salina Journal When Peace Corps volunteers finish their overseas assignments, they come home with photographs, souvenirs and lifetime memories. Peace Corps veteran Josh Coup returned recently to his Salina hometown with all those things and with. The Times's Sheryl Gay Stolberg writes about a group of former Peace Corps members who are speaking out about being sexually assaulted while on assignment overseas and about being treated indifferently by the Peace Corps when they reported the crimes.. Puracal, 33, a former Tacoma honor student and Peace Corps volunteer, was arrested along with 10 Nicaraguan nationals and charged with drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime. Scarleth Flores Puracal, left, and her son Jabu, 4,. I went through a lot of different experiences from the time I decided to join the Peace Corps until I got to Botswana. After being in Botswana I was eager to instantly become a volunteer and get to a village, but the Peace Corps requires a 2-3 month.