Glossary

I use a bunch of terms in the journal that meant something at the time, some of which I have forgotten.  The Peace Corps had it's own set of acronyms and abbreviations.  Here are some of them, in no particular order: 

 PT - Physical Therapist which became Physiotherapist and just "Physio" during our service. 

 non-matrixed spouse - Part of the "package" with no defined placement in country. 

 COI - Close of invitation - DRop dead date to apply and be accepted by the Peace Corps for service. 

 NAC -National Agency Check - Federal background check..very thorough,,, 

 CHP  - A consulting firm that provided training for {eace Corps volunteers 

 UWI - University of the West Indies 

 E.C. - EC- Eastern Caribbean 

 PCV - Peace Coprs Volunteer 

 COS - Close of Service 

 B'Dos - Short for Barbados 

 A.T. - Appropriate Technology 

 EC-33 - Our Peace Corps group  followed by EC-34's, 35's, 36's, 37's, and 38's (which we never met...) 

 CaDEC - Christian Action for Development in the Caribbean 

 SVG - St. Vincent and the Grenadines 

 HR - Human Resources 

 OECS - Organization of Eastern Caribbean States 

 SVGPS - St. Vincent Public Service 

 USAID - United States Agency for INternational Development (great organization...or was...) 

 CAID - Canadian Agency for International Development 

 CIDA - Canadian International Development Agency (might be the same org as above) 

 VSO - Volunterr Service Overseas - the British version of the Peace Corps 

 KGH - Kingstown General Hospital 

 ET - Early Termination 

 P.S. - Public Service 

 RC - Roman Catholic 

 MCW - Ministry of Communications and Works 

 DFS - Deputy Financial Secretary 

 CBI - Caribbean Basin Initiative - a Reagan-era program to foster business growth in the Caribbean 

 CITS - Caribbean International Travel Service (travel agent...remember those?) 

 LIAT - Leeward Island Air Transport (or Leave Island Any Time) 

 AG - Agriculture Department 

 Ministry of T&A - Ministry of Trade and Agriculture - also MTA 

 CPU - Central Planning Unit 

 ORD - Organization for Rural Development 

 PM - Prime Minister 

 MIU - Marketing Intelligence Unit 

 APCD - Associate Peace Corp Director