Through the Decades: 2010s

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A Camp Glow event in Fiji.
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Running through the fields of Turra, in Jordan.
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A photo of the Volunteers, counterparts, and campers from Camp HERO 2019, a boy's youth development program that brought nearly 30 boys from 6 coastal departments to design sustainable community projects and learn about gender, health, and community outreach.
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PCV Russell P Harris is an Agriculture Volunteer in Paraguay. He primarily works with members of two local women’s groups as well as other interested local residents in developing and maintaining small-scale family urban gardens.
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PCV Nathan Mullen spearheads teaching English for local entrepreneurs involved in the growing tourist trade in Minca, Colombia.
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PCV Volunteer Liliana Cruz serves in the Agriculture Sector in Guatemala. She works closely with three extension agents from the local Ministry of Agriculture, promoting adult learning strategies to help connect the extension agents’ technical expertise with the communities where they work.
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A PCV in Nepal teaches good hand washing techniques to children.
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PCV Alexa Ofori is a Health Volunteer in Cambodia. She works at the Kaong Kang Health Center.
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A child in Rwanda.
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A PCV teaching in a classroom in Cameroon.
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PCV Larisa Gehmie is a maternal and child health Volunteer in Peace Corps Rwanda. She works at a health center serving 40,000 people, where she helps with weekly nutrition lessons and health checkups for babies.
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PCV Ashley Baek participates in a tree planting initiative with her community. The community and Ashley organized this initiative to combat the effects of desertification in her village.
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A PCVs counterpart carrying a roll of paper used when teaching classes to a Village Savings and Loans Association of young mothers.
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PCRV Dane Wostenberg works as a Marine Ecologist with Alligator Head Marine Labs to establish a baseline for the health of the local coral reefs.
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PCV Rick Ranalli, works with two Mexican students on transplanting plants into the garden.
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PCV John Menz is an Agriculture Volunteer in Paraguay. He partners with the Italian-funded agriculture development NGO ‘La Associazione Solidarietà e lo Sviluppo’ developing an apiculture (beekeeping) training center.
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Grassroots soccer in Cameroon.
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Actors in Acting Out Awareness, a play that is a Peace Corps VAST project. Peace Corps VAST project. Picture taken in April 2012.
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Grenada's inaugural Camp G.L.O.W. (Girls Leading Our World), where mornings began with outdoor yoga. In this photo two campers are working together to achieve a partner pose.
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A health PCV working in Cameroon.
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A PCV’s counterpart, an English teacher in Chornomorka, Ukraine at Chornomorka Comprehensive School, helping an 11th form student prep for an English class.
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A PCV in Nicaragua.
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A PCV in Armenia with traditionally-dressed young women.
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PCV Alex Shur served in the Agriculture Sector. His work was supported by the Feed the Future initiative. He and his counterpart worked to teach gardening techniques to residents of a children’s home.
2010

Peace Corps re-opens three historic programs in Colombia, Indonesia, and Sierra Leone and surpasses 200,000 Americans who have served as Peace Corps Volunteers.

2011

The Peace Corps commemorates 50 years of promoting world peace and friendship with special events in the U.S. and throughout the world.

July 2011

The Peace Corps is one of three featured programs at the free Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The curated exhibition commemorating the Peace Corps' 50th Anniversary runs from June 30 – July 11, 2011.

November 15, 2011

The Peace Corps signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that officially partners the agency with Grassroot Soccer in a consolidated effort to make a difference in local communities and combat the spread of HIV/AIDS.

July 2014

The Peace Corps receives 17,336 applications for two-year service positions in fiscal year 2014 – a 22-year high for the agency.

March 3, 2015

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama announce a powerful U.S. Government initiative aimed at expanding access to education for girls around the world through Let Girls Learn. Because the initiative reflects the mission of Peace Corps so well, the agency eventually begins a close collaboration with the First Lady to address barriers to education for girls in host communities.

October 2015

Peace Corps receives nearly 23,000 applications from Americans wanting to serve abroad. This breaks a 40-year record for the number of applications received.

June 1, 2016

The Peace Corps unveils a refreshed brand platform including an updated logo and a bold new website.

February 7, 2018

Aboard the International Space Station, Mark Vande Hei and Joe Acaba (RPCV) of NASA discuss life and research on the complex during an in-flight educational event with members of the Peace Corps gathered in Washington, D.C.