By June, the first Peace Corps recruits began training for assignments in Colombia, Ghana and Tanganyika (now Tanzania). By the end of August, the first Volunteers began their Peace Corps service.

Colombia’s newly appointed defense minister says he will focus on taking back territory lost to rebel groups that have forced ...

This year marks the 64th anniversary of the Peace Corps and Peace Corps Day is celebrated annually on March 1st. Since its beginning, over[Read More...] ...

These were the words we translated from the Ukrainian national anthem. We were young Peace Corps volunteers, new to Ukraine in fall 2005, and some of us didn’t yet understand the significance of ...

Learn more. On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy launched a bold experiment: the Peace Corps. Since its founding, nearly 250,000 U.S. citizens, including 2,000 from the state of Maine, have served ...

On March 1, the Peace Corps will celebrate its 64th anniversary as an independent agency established by President John F. Kennedy. Given the recent halt of foreign aid and the gutting of U.S ...