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 ...

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

Eight Returned Peace Corps volunteers visited the Topeka Collegiate School on Friday.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Whiteside joins the 346 California residents currently serving in the Peace Corps. More than 31,243 California residents have ...

The Peace Corps turns 65 this year. The agency, founded by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, has spent the last 65 years fulfilling the mission of sending women and men of the United States in ...

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.

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 ...