The problem is, though, @gearmom, in some ways (as much as I truly love the Pearce Corps) most volunteers really are dumped to a degree. And often very earnest, perfectionistic, give-it-your-all idealists with few seat-of-your-pants practical skills (except the one they are trained in by Peace Corps) find themselves very distressed when they find themselves in a place where no one actually WANTS to keep bees, (you find out two years later it was someone’s political decision to send a beekeeper.) Or where it is possible to keep bees. Or where it is possible to make the best honey in the world but nowhere to sell it. Or there are some kind of cultural roadblocks to being successful bt no one tells you what it is. Many people who want nothing more than to save the world and to make a contribution find road-block after road-block. That’s where estreme adaptability and a lack of fear of making mistakes and being able to shift gears critical. I was not trying to criticize your motive for making the suggestion, but in my experience of Peace Corps (and having been a volunteer trainer/coordinator of new volunteers in the field) someone with OCDs/anxiety/perfectionism is not likely the right temperament match for Peace Corps, no matter how wonderful, hard-working and earnest this young man is. Having done it for seven years on two continents, I feel it would be a disservice for me to not add my perspective.