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Peace Corps Idea Book
Although PACA: Using Participatory Analysis for CommunityAction was written for Peace Corps Volunteers, their counterparts, and staff, the gender-sensitive participatory approach can be used by any group or organization. In fact, though Peace Corps Volunteers are sometimes referred to as the primary “development workers,” the impact of their work can have a wider impact if other community leaders, office managers, youth groups, administrators, educators, or NGOs also understand how to use a capacity-building framework to strengthen groups with whom Volunteers live and w