In ‘This Week in History,’ Kennedy challenged college students to take their professional skills to nations in need in the ...

The Friends of Korea (FoK), primarily composed of former U.S. Peace Corps volunteers who served in Korea, received the 10th ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peace Corps volunteers pose with the U.S. flag after they are sworn in during a 2002 event in Burkina Faso. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via ...

Thirty-four new U.S. Peace Corps Trainee Volunteers arrived in Sri Lanka this week, beginning their journey toward two years of service. The Americans will first complete intensive training in Sinhala ...

The United States government established the Peace Corps in 1961 as a civilian army to provide aid to underdeveloped countries. Since its creation, more than 215,000 volunteers have served in 139 ...

As Congress comes back in session after its August recess, the future success of Peace Corps rests in their hands as they review the Appropriations Bill. In his Jan. 20, 1961, inaugural address, ...

The Peace Corps has announced UW–Madison as No. 1 on the agency’s list for number of volunteers produced during fiscal year 2023. Since the founding of the Peace Corps in 1961, 2,766 Badgers have ...

On March 15th, Jody Olsen, the Director of the Peace Corps, posted a historic, and to some people surprising, letter on the Peace Corps website. For the first time in the history of the Peace Corps, ...

Berkeley was quick out the gate when former President John F. Kennedy called for students to promote peace by volunteering in developing countries. The message ricocheted across college campuses, and ...

WASHINGTON – The Peace Corps has a growing problem with drug use by its volunteers that has caused 152 to be removed from their posts over the past three years, according to a new report by the corps’ ...