Volunteers who have served in Zambia consider it to be the “quintessential Peace Corps” experience.
The Rural Aquaculture Promotion project is focused primarily on the principles and practices of rural-based, small-scale, integrated agriculture technologies. Volunteers work in close collaboration with Zambia’s Department of Fisheries with the goal of improving rural livelihoods through fish farming.
Step into a Peace Corps Volunteer’s shoes with this 360˚ video from Zambia and experience what life in service is like. Former volunteer Chuck Cascio returns for the first time to the village where he lived and served for over two years.
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“Welcome to a rural village in Zambia located in the northwest corner of the country. Before leaving the village, my family requested I paint the door to my hut with the Peace Corps logo so they could always remember me and the help Peace Corps provided. Now I carry this photo with me everywhere I go so I can remember them and everyone that inspired me in Peace Corps.” – RPCV Jack Hawley
Volunteers in Zambia work with their communities on projects in education, community economic development, the environment, agriculture and health. During their service in Zambia, volunteers learn to speak local languages, including: Bemba, Kaonde, Lunda, Mambwe, Nyanya, Tonga and Tumbuka. More than 1,660 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Zambia since the program was established in 1994. Other facts include:
Zambia is slightly larger than the state of Texas.
The nearest ocean is 600 miles away.
Zambia’s name comes from the Zambezi River. Zambezi is from a local word yambezhi “heart of all”.
There are 7 local semi-official languages: Bemba, Kaonde, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, and Tonga.
Victoria Falls is known to Africans as “Musi-o-Tunyi” or “The Smoke That Thunders”.
Copper is still the key resource of Zambia; Zambia is the worlds fifth-largest producer.
