I've heard some horror stories. An American volunteer impregnated a Mongolian girl, and then went back to the United States, completely avoiding and neglecting the situation. Peace Corps Volunteers have called for women, and local people bring these women to pleasure the volunteers.
What?? That's sad to hear if people are behaving that way. Peace Corps has a pretty strict policy regarding pregnancy. I don't have the handbook in front of me, but if you're a male volunteer and get a local woman pregnant, the organization will force him to take responsibility for her health care and support for the child. It's kind of a double standard though, because one of my friends got pregnant by her local boyfriend and they told her that the only way she could stay in was to have an abortion (which she'd have to pay for herself). Since she was getting close to 40 and had always wanted to be a mother, she quit and is still living there w/her son and boyfriend.
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Date: 2003-06-24 10:37 am (UTC)What?? That's sad to hear if people are behaving that way. Peace Corps has a pretty strict policy regarding pregnancy. I don't have the handbook in front of me, but if you're a male volunteer and get a local woman pregnant, the organization will force him to take responsibility for her health care and support for the child. It's kind of a double standard though, because one of my friends got pregnant by her local boyfriend and they told her that the only way she could stay in was to have an abortion (which she'd have to pay for herself). Since she was getting close to 40 and had always wanted to be a mother, she quit and is still living there w/her son and boyfriend.