The Peace Corps Prep certificate program requires you to take preparatory classes and participate in a cross-cultural, service-oriented experience to build intercultural competency, develop an ...

There is something striking – and sobering – about celebrating Peace Corps Week while, just this past Friday night, President Trump launched a war with Iran. On March 1, 1961, President John F.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy, in his inaugural speech, said “the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans” and he appealed to us to “ask not what your country can do for you, ask ...

The U.S. Peace Corps was established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. Returned volunteers often bring valuable skills back to their communities in the U.S. The agency has adapted over time to ...

Madeline Schwarz of Mission Viejo has been accepted into the Peace Corps. Schwarz has left for Ecuador to begin training as a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) teacher. Schwarz is a ...

Ever dream of seeing a foreign country intimately close, immersing yourself in the culture, and living as its people do; while performing service for humanity? For more than 240,000 people who have ...

The Peace Corps turns 65 this year, and it is not ready to retire. The agency, founded by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, has spent the last 65 years fulfilling its mission of sending men and women ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. Since its establishment, over 240,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps volunteers.

WASHINGTON — If you like to spend the holiday season giving back, you're not alone. A new ranking from the Peace Corps ranks D.C., Maryland and Virginia among the top states that produce volunteers. D ...

Jeremy Storch and Whitney Hadley-Salay will embark today on a two-year adventure in Thailand. The local couple are flying to their Peace Corps placement in the southeast Asian country, where the food ...

Thirty new cohorts of the United States Peace Corps Volunteers were sworn in yesterday to officially start volunteer service in health, education and agriculture ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Norman Sherman's essay "Please Leave the Peace Corps Alone" captures the ignorance and insanity of the ...