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Brian Deyo

Brian Deyo served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Swaziland from 2010 to 2013, first as a Community HIV/AIDS Education Volunteer and then extending his service for an additional 13 months as the Swaziland Peace Corps Volunteer Leader. During his service, he implemented various community projects focused on HIV/AIDS education, technology training, and network development for organizations. Brian Deyo achieved an Advanced Low score on his Language Proficiency Exam in siSwati before completing his satisfactory service on September 29, 2013.

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ATTACHMENT B DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE Brian Deyo 100559055 Swaziland [Full official name] [Volunteer ID] [Country of service] After a competitive application process stressing applicant skills, adaptability and cross-cultural understanding, Brian Deyo was invited to serve as a volunteer with Peace Corps. Brian Deyo was assigned to be a Community HIV/AIDS Education Volunteer in Lomahasha in the Lubombo region of Swaziland. After his regular Peace Corps service was completed, Brian Deyo at the request of the Country Director extended his service for an additional 13 months as the Swaziland Peace Corps Volunteer Leader. Brian Deyo entered pre-service training on June 26, 2010 participating in an intensive 8-week homestay-based training program. Language training included 78 hours of Siswati spoken and written language. Cross Cultural training during the pre-service training included 22 hours in the history, economics and cultural norms of Swaziland. Technical pre-service training was conducted over a period of 63 hours. Medical and safety and security training lasted 87 hours and 13 hours respectively. In addition, as part of the language and cross-cultural component of the training program, Brian Deyo lived with a Swazi family in Embasheni in the Hhohho region for 8 weeks. Brian Deyo was sworn-in as a Peace Corps Volunteer on August 27th , 2010. Brian Deyo was a member of the eighth group of Peace Corps volunteers in Swaziland whose mandate, by the invitation of King Mswati III, was to help with the mitigation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Swaziland has the worlds highest adult HIV/AIDS prevalence rate at approximately 31% (persons aged 18-49 years) and one of the lowest life expectancy rates, approximately 33 years. Within the next five years, it is expected that ten percent of the child population will be orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Working in an environment such as this is extremely difficult, particularly in rural communities, such as Brian Deyos, which are characterized by poverty and inadequate health and educational services. The HIV/AIDS pandemic provided unique challenges for Peace Corps Volunteers, in a relatively new HIV/AIDS outreach program, in which roles and projects are often defined by community specific needs and generally self-directed by the Volunteer. Brian Deyos Peace Corps service was extremely valuable because it allowed him to live on a traditional homestead and work in an isolated rural community which gave him daily access to the most overlooked and vulnerable members of Swazi society. During his third year extension as Peace Corps Volunteer Leader, Brian Deyo worked closely with the United States Peace Corps Swaziland staff in an effort to build the technical capacity of the staff and volunteers serving in Swaziland. Brian Deyo developed an e-reader deployment initiative to equip the 40 incoming Peace Corps volunteers with an Amazon Kindle e-reader device. This initiative partnered Brian Deyo with the IT Specialist for Peace Corps Swaziland. Working together Brian Deyo and the IT Specialist successfully developed procedures for converting Pre-Service Training materials. This work included teaching select Peace Corps staff members on conversion procedures, and resulted in the conversion of over 65 documents, presentations, and manuals. PO Box 2797 Mbabane, H100 Swaziland Tel 268.422.0411 Fax 268.422.0415
Brian Deyo engaged in multiple activities while serving as Peace Corps Volunteer Leader: Assisted Peace Corps Pre-Service training staff during approximately 15 hours or technical training for Peace Corps Trainees. Technical topics included Water and Sanitation Hygiene, gardening, and technology. Member of second place team in South African Hack-a-Thon contest for design of phone app to manage meetings in resource poor environments Participated as an administrator for the Swaziland Computer Society association, assisted with the coordination of a free training workshop for 10 individuals on mobile app development training through Nokia Authored and distributed 60 Resource Discs containing educational material, applications, videos, and utilities to IT teachers and IT Professionals across the country Distributed over 50 Wikipedia DVDs to Peace Corps volunteers and Swaziland Computer Society members, containing 5500 articles and 34,000 images from Wikipedia and the international NGO SOS Children's Village Co-facilitated a workshop for volunteers on how to create videos to assist their projects Created the Peace Corps Swaziland YouTube channel to host videos created by Swaziland Peace Corps Volunteers In addition to his role as Peace Corps Volunteer Leader, Brian Deyo collaborated with Good Shepherd Hospital and Good Shepherd College of Nursing to implement a computer network to enhance and modernize the capacity of these organizations. Working with minimal supervision for the duration of the project, Brian Deyo assessed the needs the hospital and college, catalogued and documented existing infrastructure, and designed a solution based on two Windows 2012 Active Directory domains. Brian Deyo configured and networked 82 computers, including user management, software installations, and security improvements. Throughout his service with Good Shepherd he configured, maintained and documented the functions of over 21 printers, 10 network switches, and 5 network routers. At the end of Brian Deyos service, he led the interview process to hire a permanent IT Administrator to manage, maintain, and further develop the modernization process. Additional contributions Brian Deyo engaged in with Good Shepherd Hospital and Good Shepherd College of Nursing: Installed and configured DansGuardian and Squid proxy server to manage Internet gateway Launched three Drupal-based websites and email services hosted by Microsoft Trained Hospital and College staff to manage and maintain websites and email hosting Created curriculum for the HSC 103 - Computing For Health Sciences course Taught 60 students for approximately 10 hours in the HSC 103 College course Participated in bringing over 600 medical books to enhance the College Library For his first two years of service, Brian Deyo engaged in multiple activities in the rural community of Lomahasha. Brian Deyo also co-founded a national computer association called the Swaziland Computer Society. This group still functions as a primary source for technical information in Swaziland. Through the Swaziland Computer Society, Brian Deyo distributed DVDs containing 5500 articles from Wikipedia and the international NGO SOS Children's Village; to 32 Peace Corps Volunteers. These volunteers installed these discs on at least 145 computers PO Box 2797 Mbabane, H100 Swaziland Tel 268.422.0411 Fax 268.422.0415
throughout 23 schools around the country. Additional activities Brian Deyo was involved in during his first two years: Provided technical training to a small business startup that offers online car advertisements. Technical training included basic HTML using both text editing and Microsoft Visual Studio. Facilitated classroom inclusion of 200 XO laptops at a local primary school. Created lesson plans sufficient for a year of curriculum and taught 200 children at a primary school using these plans. Taught introductory computer lessons at the local library to educate community members on how to use the Internet for research and communication. Co-editor of the Peace Corps Swaziland monthly newsletter for one year. This newsletter averaged 16 pages and was created using Microsoft Publisher. Provided technical support to other volunteers involving troubleshooting for both Mac and PC. Facilitated training workshops on proper use of Anti-Virus software, and other technical resources available in Swaziland. Requested by the Country Director to administer the SharePoint site for use by volunteers and staff. Duties included creation and management of document libraries, permission management, and customizing the look and feel of the SharePoint site. At the end of his service, Brian Deyo achieved a score of Advanced Low on his Language Proficiency Exam for siSwati. Pursuant to Section 5(f) of the Peace Corps Act, 22 U.S.C. 2504(f), as amended, any former Volunteer employed by the United States Government following his Peace Corps Volunteer Service is entitled to have any period of satisfactory Peace Corps service credited for purposes of retirement, seniority, reduction in force, leave, and other privileges based on length of federal government service. Peace Corps service shall not be credited toward completion of the probationary or trial period of any service requirement for career appointment. This is to certify in accordance with Executive Order 11103 of April 10, 1963, that Brian Deyo served satisfactorily as a Peace Corps Volunteer. His service ended on September 29th , 2013. He is therefore eligible to be appointed as a career-conditional employee in the competitive civil service on a non-competitive basis. This benefit under the Executive order extends for a period of one year after termination of the Volunteers, except that the employing agency may extend the period for up to three years for a former volunteer who enters military service, pursues studies at a recognized institution of higher learning, or engages in other activities that, in the view of the appointing agency, warrant extension of the period. Volunteer Group Signature Reviewed by Country Director Signature Date PO Box 2797 Mbabane, H100 Swaziland Tel 268.422.0411 Fax 268.422.0415

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  • 1. ATTACHMENT B DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE Brian Deyo 100559055 Swaziland [Full official name] [Volunteer ID] [Country of service] After a competitive application process stressing applicant skills, adaptability and cross-cultural understanding, Brian Deyo was invited to serve as a volunteer with Peace Corps. Brian Deyo was assigned to be a Community HIV/AIDS Education Volunteer in Lomahasha in the Lubombo region of Swaziland. After his regular Peace Corps service was completed, Brian Deyo at the request of the Country Director extended his service for an additional 13 months as the Swaziland Peace Corps Volunteer Leader. Brian Deyo entered pre-service training on June 26, 2010 participating in an intensive 8-week homestay-based training program. Language training included 78 hours of Siswati spoken and written language. Cross Cultural training during the pre-service training included 22 hours in the history, economics and cultural norms of Swaziland. Technical pre-service training was conducted over a period of 63 hours. Medical and safety and security training lasted 87 hours and 13 hours respectively. In addition, as part of the language and cross-cultural component of the training program, Brian Deyo lived with a Swazi family in Embasheni in the Hhohho region for 8 weeks. Brian Deyo was sworn-in as a Peace Corps Volunteer on August 27th , 2010. Brian Deyo was a member of the eighth group of Peace Corps volunteers in Swaziland whose mandate, by the invitation of King Mswati III, was to help with the mitigation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Swaziland has the worlds highest adult HIV/AIDS prevalence rate at approximately 31% (persons aged 18-49 years) and one of the lowest life expectancy rates, approximately 33 years. Within the next five years, it is expected that ten percent of the child population will be orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Working in an environment such as this is extremely difficult, particularly in rural communities, such as Brian Deyos, which are characterized by poverty and inadequate health and educational services. The HIV/AIDS pandemic provided unique challenges for Peace Corps Volunteers, in a relatively new HIV/AIDS outreach program, in which roles and projects are often defined by community specific needs and generally self-directed by the Volunteer. Brian Deyos Peace Corps service was extremely valuable because it allowed him to live on a traditional homestead and work in an isolated rural community which gave him daily access to the most overlooked and vulnerable members of Swazi society. During his third year extension as Peace Corps Volunteer Leader, Brian Deyo worked closely with the United States Peace Corps Swaziland staff in an effort to build the technical capacity of the staff and volunteers serving in Swaziland. Brian Deyo developed an e-reader deployment initiative to equip the 40 incoming Peace Corps volunteers with an Amazon Kindle e-reader device. This initiative partnered Brian Deyo with the IT Specialist for Peace Corps Swaziland. Working together Brian Deyo and the IT Specialist successfully developed procedures for converting Pre-Service Training materials. This work included teaching select Peace Corps staff members on conversion procedures, and resulted in the conversion of over 65 documents, presentations, and manuals. PO Box 2797 Mbabane, H100 Swaziland Tel 268.422.0411 Fax 268.422.0415
  • 2. Brian Deyo engaged in multiple activities while serving as Peace Corps Volunteer Leader: Assisted Peace Corps Pre-Service training staff during approximately 15 hours or technical training for Peace Corps Trainees. Technical topics included Water and Sanitation Hygiene, gardening, and technology. Member of second place team in South African Hack-a-Thon contest for design of phone app to manage meetings in resource poor environments Participated as an administrator for the Swaziland Computer Society association, assisted with the coordination of a free training workshop for 10 individuals on mobile app development training through Nokia Authored and distributed 60 Resource Discs containing educational material, applications, videos, and utilities to IT teachers and IT Professionals across the country Distributed over 50 Wikipedia DVDs to Peace Corps volunteers and Swaziland Computer Society members, containing 5500 articles and 34,000 images from Wikipedia and the international NGO SOS Children's Village Co-facilitated a workshop for volunteers on how to create videos to assist their projects Created the Peace Corps Swaziland YouTube channel to host videos created by Swaziland Peace Corps Volunteers In addition to his role as Peace Corps Volunteer Leader, Brian Deyo collaborated with Good Shepherd Hospital and Good Shepherd College of Nursing to implement a computer network to enhance and modernize the capacity of these organizations. Working with minimal supervision for the duration of the project, Brian Deyo assessed the needs the hospital and college, catalogued and documented existing infrastructure, and designed a solution based on two Windows 2012 Active Directory domains. Brian Deyo configured and networked 82 computers, including user management, software installations, and security improvements. Throughout his service with Good Shepherd he configured, maintained and documented the functions of over 21 printers, 10 network switches, and 5 network routers. At the end of Brian Deyos service, he led the interview process to hire a permanent IT Administrator to manage, maintain, and further develop the modernization process. Additional contributions Brian Deyo engaged in with Good Shepherd Hospital and Good Shepherd College of Nursing: Installed and configured DansGuardian and Squid proxy server to manage Internet gateway Launched three Drupal-based websites and email services hosted by Microsoft Trained Hospital and College staff to manage and maintain websites and email hosting Created curriculum for the HSC 103 - Computing For Health Sciences course Taught 60 students for approximately 10 hours in the HSC 103 College course Participated in bringing over 600 medical books to enhance the College Library For his first two years of service, Brian Deyo engaged in multiple activities in the rural community of Lomahasha. Brian Deyo also co-founded a national computer association called the Swaziland Computer Society. This group still functions as a primary source for technical information in Swaziland. Through the Swaziland Computer Society, Brian Deyo distributed DVDs containing 5500 articles from Wikipedia and the international NGO SOS Children's Village; to 32 Peace Corps Volunteers. These volunteers installed these discs on at least 145 computers PO Box 2797 Mbabane, H100 Swaziland Tel 268.422.0411 Fax 268.422.0415
  • 3. throughout 23 schools around the country. Additional activities Brian Deyo was involved in during his first two years: Provided technical training to a small business startup that offers online car advertisements. Technical training included basic HTML using both text editing and Microsoft Visual Studio. Facilitated classroom inclusion of 200 XO laptops at a local primary school. Created lesson plans sufficient for a year of curriculum and taught 200 children at a primary school using these plans. Taught introductory computer lessons at the local library to educate community members on how to use the Internet for research and communication. Co-editor of the Peace Corps Swaziland monthly newsletter for one year. This newsletter averaged 16 pages and was created using Microsoft Publisher. Provided technical support to other volunteers involving troubleshooting for both Mac and PC. Facilitated training workshops on proper use of Anti-Virus software, and other technical resources available in Swaziland. Requested by the Country Director to administer the SharePoint site for use by volunteers and staff. Duties included creation and management of document libraries, permission management, and customizing the look and feel of the SharePoint site. At the end of his service, Brian Deyo achieved a score of Advanced Low on his Language Proficiency Exam for siSwati. Pursuant to Section 5(f) of the Peace Corps Act, 22 U.S.C. 2504(f), as amended, any former Volunteer employed by the United States Government following his Peace Corps Volunteer Service is entitled to have any period of satisfactory Peace Corps service credited for purposes of retirement, seniority, reduction in force, leave, and other privileges based on length of federal government service. Peace Corps service shall not be credited toward completion of the probationary or trial period of any service requirement for career appointment. This is to certify in accordance with Executive Order 11103 of April 10, 1963, that Brian Deyo served satisfactorily as a Peace Corps Volunteer. His service ended on September 29th , 2013. He is therefore eligible to be appointed as a career-conditional employee in the competitive civil service on a non-competitive basis. This benefit under the Executive order extends for a period of one year after termination of the Volunteers, except that the employing agency may extend the period for up to three years for a former volunteer who enters military service, pursues studies at a recognized institution of higher learning, or engages in other activities that, in the view of the appointing agency, warrant extension of the period. Volunteer Group Signature Reviewed by Country Director Signature Date PO Box 2797 Mbabane, H100 Swaziland Tel 268.422.0411 Fax 268.422.0415