Saturday, March 1, marked the 64th year since launch of the Peace Corps. Its unwavering mission of promoting cross-cultural understanding and grass-roots development profoundly changed me. Returning ...

The Peace Corps turns 65 this year, but is not ready to retire. The agency, established via executive order by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, has spent 65 years fulfilling its mission of sending ...

For a 21-year-old, Wailuku resident Renae "Bella" Lallo has already seen more places than most would in a lifetime, traveling to Zambia and Iraq for medical missions, living with a host family in ...

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Brian Lewandowski hasn't started packing for ...

In July 1968, seventy-two young Americans volunteered for a rigorous training program at the University of Washington (UW), preparing them to serve as Volunteers in the US Peace Corps mission to Chile ...

The Peace Corps’ mission has blurred with age. It is time for a new prescription. The agency’s foe and foil were clear in 1961. To counter the spread of communism in newly independent states, it ...

24/7 Insights The U.S. Peace Corps uses emergency response and work in developming countreis to improve the perception of the U.S. It is entirely run by volunteers ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — In early 2020, Brent and Deeporn Beardsley were planning their third mission trip with the Peace Corps. And then COVID-19 took over. The Peace Corps had to evacuate over 7,000 ...

It was not what I expected, but just what I needed. John Sheetz, who is a consultant in behavioral health and leadership and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Ukraine, came to speak to ...

Shanta Adeeb of Accokeek majored in science in college but spent the last two years in Botswana helping expand an art center.“This is the kind of thing you would expect from Shanta, knowing her ...