I am one of the nearly quarter-million Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) who is celebrating Peace Corps Week in ...

or Palau. We live in an interconnected world. What happens abroad impacts my community too. That’s why I joined the Peace Corps. Through two-years of dedicated service, Peace Corps volunteers ...

Rodney Nicholson, a career Army Air Corps test pilot ... Her love of life meant so much to every person she met. Rest in peace, Sandy. A deep love for horses and adventure Horses held a special ...

“Ukraine is not yet dead.” These were the words we translated from the Ukrainian national anthem. We were young Peace Corps ...

The Peace Corps marks its anniversary today, highlighting its impact on international development and cooperation.

March 1 marked Peace Corps Day when President Kennedy signed a 1961 executive order to establish the Peace Corps. Since 1961, more than 240,000 volunteers have served in 144 countries worldwide ...

Learn more. On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy launched a bold experiment: the Peace Corps. Since its founding, nearly 250,000 U.S. citizens, including 2,000 from the state of Maine, have served ...

Dennis Mialki enrolled in the Peace Corps in 1978 and found himself — at 22 — as the city engineer of Siguatepeque, Honduras, ...