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The pandemic may have inspired Peace Corps’ Virtual Service, but the pilot’s benefits and expanded opportunities suggest virtual collaboration won’t be disappearing any time soon.

Del Mar resident Peter Hollen is among the first Peace Corps Response volunteers to return to overseas service since the agency’s unprecedented global evacuation in March 2020, according to a news release.

The Peace Corps is a good thing, but the world has significantly changed.

Teaching teachers amplifies impact April 9, 2021 I wanted to do more than teach students — I wanted to train teachers who would continue to reach students after I left. During my first Peace Corps service. I was a science teacher at a rural school Tanzania, and it was truly satisfying to watch my students gain confidence and learn to think critically. Yet, something always bothered me. I knew that I could only reach a limited number of students during my time in Tanzania. I wa...

Peace Corps to Aid Vaccine Efforts in 2nd-Ever Domestic Deployment By Rachel Tillman Nationwide SHARE The Peace Corps is partnering with FEMA to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts across the country, only the second time in the organization’s 60-year history that it has deployed volunteers domestically.  What You Need To Know The Peace Corps and FEMA announced on Wednesday they are partnering...