Posts tagged Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
Life is calling. How far will you go?
Being in the Peace Corps was one of the best things I could have done to prepare for becoming an entrepreneur, especially a social entrepreneur. Successful Volunteers are, in many ways, entrepreneurs: You learn how to do a lot with few resources, how to jump into a vague situation and create change, how to recognize opportunities, and how to build something out of nothing. I learned firsthand how powerful business can be in creating social change for women.
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Pretty Boss Shows: Why I Love PBS Reason # 16: Peace Corps
In September 2006, I left my home of Tucson, Arizona for what would be the most important two years of my life. After 3 days in Philadelphia, I was on a plane to Banjul, The Gambia, a country I had never heard of 10 weeks ago.
I joined the United States Peace Corps with this vague…
Some of the great food-related photos shared with us in our of today’s Peace Corps Week theme, Invite the World to Your Table!
Tomorrow’s theme is Foster Global Citizenship.
Happy National Peace Corps Week!
Remembering my days living in northeastern Kenya as a volunteer in the 1970s. It was an amazing experience that taught me so much about the developing world — and about myself.
This is a great week to learn more about the Peace Corps mission. It might change the course of your life.
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WARNING: This video of two Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who found love after they served is too cute. Proceed with caution!
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone in the Peace Corps family!
Join the global celebration of Peace Corps service!
Peace Corps Week celebrates how Peace Corps Volunteers make a difference in host countries around the world and in the United States, commemorating the date President John F. Kennedy signed the executive order to establish the Peace Corps—March 1, 1961.
Don’t miss your chance to support world peace and friendship by furthering the Peace Corps Third Goal of helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans! Learn more @ www.peacecorps.gov/pcweek
Happy National Peanut Butter Day! In honor of the tasty, buttery spread, do some miles for Feeding America and the World Food Programme today! #EveryMealMatters
…especially those with peanut butter.
We hear from Volunteers all the time that peanut butter is a must-have during service! Did you eat a lot of it when YOU served?
How does Peace Corps help Volunteers develop professionally?
