Encore is a 501 ( c ) 3 nonprofit organization that specializes in developing, managing and measuring social impact projects around the world. Former Peace Corps volunteers and staff members are deployed on short-term assignments in their areas of professional expertise.

TYPES OF PROJECTS (SELECTED LIST)

• Training programs for teachers or health care personnel
• Business development programs for indigenous entrepreneurs
• AIDS/HIV education programs
• Affordable housing construction projects
• Organizational development programs for non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
• Computer training courses for previously unskilled workers
• Agricultural demonstration projects
• Legal aid services for refugees

PRIMARY PARTNERS

• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with programs in developing nations
• Foundations with an international focus
• Corporations with a presence in developing countries
• International multi-lateral organizations
• Public sector organizations throughout the developing world

WHY NOW?

Social needs continue to expand, and dedicated people with specific expertise are always in short supply. Former Peace Corps volunteers and staff members collectively possess a wide variety of skills and experience: During the years following their Peace Corps service, they have become doctors, nurses, lawyers, teachers, accountants, entrepreneurs, engineers, architects, computer technicians, social workers and experts in many other fields. These men and women still want to make a difference - and are searching for practical ways to do so.

PROJECT HISTORY

2004-05 – Start-up funding from The W.K. Kellogg and UPS Foundations supports Encore projects in:

• Peru, with the Association Promoting Education and Conservation in Amazonia;
• Armenia, with Warm Hearth; and
• Southern India and Indonesia, with United Way International on long-term tsunami relief 

2006-07 – Encore provides assistance for projects in Northern India, Kenya, Swaziland and Zambia.

2008-09 – Encore is awarded grants and/or contracts from:

• Johnson & Johnson to send substitute faculty and trainers to nursing schools in Kenya and Ghana; 
• Abbott Fund to deploy micro-finance experts to the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare’s patient-run micro-business, in Kenya, and organizational development experts to the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire and India; and
• The International Livestock Research Institute for communications experts, United Way International, for organizational development/strategic-planning Volunteers and CNFA for agricultural experts.