What is Peer Support?

As most of you know I did not get a Peer Support position, but I felt that because so many of you asked about it I should write up a little summary of what it is.
Actually, as I type this up all of the Peer Supporter’s are meeting in Ashgabat for their annual meeting that will be beginning in about 4 hours.
Peer Support is a system of current Peace Corps Volunteers that are spread evenly throughout the country. They have several main jobs responsibilities: they are confidential sounding posts, someone to go to if there are issues and problems, they are responsible for keeping in contact with volunteers around them to ensure everyone is emotionally healthy and to address any situations they encounter where volunteers are not emotionally healthy, they also serve as a greeting committee for incoming volunteers and are a great source of information for volunteers both before and after they join our Peace Corps community here in Turkmenistan.