Evaluation of Peace Corps/Rwanda

We recommend that the director of programming and training, the training manager, and the program managers improve how the post selects and supervises Volunteer assistant trainers for and during pre-service or other Volunteer trainings.

We recommend that the director of programming and training work with the safety and security manager, the training manager, and others as needed to tailor SARRR training sessions to address more fully the safety and security risks, and related risk reduction strategies, specific to Rwanda.

We recommend that the country director increases messaging to trainees and Volunteers throughout their service regarding the importance of being in service to their Rwandan communities and spending enough time in their communities to integrate.

We recommend that the country director reinforces with Volunteers the importance of adopting lifestyles consistent with Rwandan cultural norms, and clarifies and enforces the consequences for Volunteers whose failure to adopt a culturally appropriate lifestyle jeopardizes his or her health and safety or the reputation of the Peace Corps.

We recommend that the country director work with the Volunteer advisory committee and other Volunteer committees to clarify guidelines for Volunteer involvement in committees with the goal of minimizing Volunteers’ time out of site for committee work.