Many of us former Nepal Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) would agree that our time in Nepal changed in significant but very different ways our perspectives on life if not the future paths we chose to ...

From the front porches of the U.S., the view of the Peace Corps is beautiful. The image is that of a battalion of cheery, ...

Since March 1, 1961, when President John F. Kennedy signed the executive order to establish the Peace Corps, more than 240,000 Americans have served in 141 countries. Now sixty years later, the Peace ...

The Peace Corps, founded in 1961, is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. Nearly 250,000 Americans have volunteered in over 60 countries since the program's inception. The agency has adapted ...

As our nation prepares to celebrate 250 years since its founding, the nearly quarter-million people who have served in the Peace Corps are marking a milestone launched 65 years ago, on Oct. 14, 1960.