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“My students are reaching for the stars everyday.” 🌟
- Community Youth Development Volunteer McCall in Peace Corps Fiji
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A chance meeting leads to intercontinental friendship fostered through letters
“I am truly grateful for the day fate brought Cate into my life on that long Spanish country road. I can only hope to become like Cate when I can help another new Volunteer remember what it is they want to do with their one wild and precious life.”
-Volunteer Kelsi in Tonga
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“Learning to husk coconuts like a pro.”
- Micronesia Volunteer Devin
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Using music therapy techniques to teach holistic wellness classes in Fiji
“I owe my incredible experience, success in the classroom and cultural integration in the Peace Corps to the training I received as a music therapist,“ says Peace Corps Fiji Volunteer
Kelli Maddock.
“Paradise found”
Santo, Vanuatu
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This happens in only 20 minutes every night and it takes my breath away every time.“ - Peace Corps Fiji Volunteer Sunny. There are 77 Volunteers in Fiji working with their communities on projects in health and youth development. During their service in Fiji, Volunteers learn to speak local languages, including Fijian and Hindi. More than 2,420 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Fiji since the program was established in 1968. http://bit.ly/2aXVbSX
Wow, what a sunset! (The Republic of Palau)
Peace Corps Fiji Volunteers and staff at the end of their Close of Service conference in Pacific Harbour.
(Photo: US Embassy Suva / Luigi Zeccardo)
Swimming in Jellyfish Lake in Palau. Jellyfish Lake is a natural phenomenon, since the jellies have no natural predators they have no sting and therefore visitors flock to this lake to swim among the jellies. Great photo by Peace Corps Volunteer Natalie. http://bit.ly/1onPJhR
Volunteers in Vanuatu work with their communities on projects in education and health. During their service in Vanuatu, Volunteers learn to speak local languages, including Bislama and French. More than 705 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Vanuatu since the program was established in 1990. Thanks to Peace Corps staff member Soletia for sharing this great image! http://bit.ly/1KIZkcO
Samoa is in the heart of Polynesia. Reefs fringe the shores and there are mountains in the center of each of the two main islands.
More than 1,805 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Samoa since the program was established in 1967 (including current Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet!).
Are you ready to join that legacy?
“In the village in Samoa, a group of students helped organize their new school library over the holiday break. Here, a few of the boys admire their hard work as they browse the shelves.”