The National Peace Corps Association has disqualified one of the winners of the 'My piece of the Peace Corps' YouTube contest. The entry 'The Peace Corps Effect,' featuring a Moldovan teenager, had won first place, but the judges ruled that the song used in the video was actually under copyright and violated contest rules.
First place: Carrie Pavlik of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will receive a US$2,500 cash prize for her video, "My piece of the Peace Corps." Second place: John Garvey, a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Burkina Faso who is from Chicago, Illinois, will receive a US$1,000 cash prize for his light-hearted video, "A Peace Corps song."Third place: Matthew Hardwick, a Peace Corps volunteer serving in Vanuata who is from Lakeland, Florida, will receive a US$500 cash prize for his video, "Leaving home (Vanuatu)."