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Stories From Colombia

Every Peace Corps Volunteer has a story to tell. Read stories from Volunteers about what it's like to live and work in Colombia.

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A young woman takes a selfie eating at window countertop.
Virtual service enables online cultural exchange
By Peace Corps
June 27, 2025
Allen S headshot
Teachers in Bogota engage with native English speakers online
By Peace Corps
March 20, 2025
Participants of Camp GLOW in Colombia in 2023.
Girls in Colombia are GLOWing
By Peace Corps
December 18, 2023
Kevin at an asu event
This Volunteer’s disability identity is an asset in service and building community
By Peace Corps
April 18, 2023
Serving As A Volunteer
Girls with Club GLOW
A club designed to give young women & girls the confidence & abilities to pursue their dreams
By Peace Corps
October 11, 2022
Serving As A Volunteer
Sharon Torkelson
The right fit at the right time
By Sharon Torkelson
September 30, 2022
Serving As A Volunteer
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Students, teachers in Colombia show unprecedented resilience in the face of COVID-19
By Ivonne Aguirre and Brighid Carey
January 7, 2021
Serving As A Volunteer
A group of people in Colombia stand outside smiling in front of a yellow wall.
Corps to Career: a returned Volunteer prepares for a foreign service career with USAID
By Angell Kim
September 10, 2020
After Service
Laura Zoellner
Nourishing Bodies and Minds in Barrio La Paz: School Cafeteria SPA Grant Project
By Laura Zoellner
February 19, 2019
Peace Corps Perspectives
Larry Bratke
English in the courtyard
By Larry Bratke
February 13, 2019
Serving As A Volunteer
Construye tus Sueños
Construye tus Sueños (Build your Dreams)
By Erin Griffard
June 6, 2018
Serving As A Volunteer
VIDEO: Highlighting home in Colombia
VIDEO: Highlighting home in Colombia
By Peace Corps
February 20, 2018
Serving As A Volunteer
Brandon Keith is a Peace Corps Volunteer in Indonesia.
How 4 Volunteers share their hometown culture with their host country community
By Peace Corps
December 15, 2017
Serving As A Volunteer
Initiating the Community Savings Group after a hard days work on the crops.
Business consulting for Colombia’s displaced citizen population
By Yadezi Abreu
December 7, 2017
Serving As A Volunteer
Mountains
Stars: A Letter to Myself Six Months Ago
By Cutter Uhlhorn
September 1, 2017
SENA
My classrooms are filled with women
By Paul LaMancusa Jr.
July 14, 2017
Serving As A Volunteer
Carson Twiss, Guatemala
6 reasons you should put your Spanish skills to use in the Peace Corps
By Peace Corps
June 15, 2017
Becoming A Volunteer
Selfie with a friend
My dear friend, Leticia
By Mixie McConnell
May 26, 2017
Serving As A Volunteer
PCV Brianna with her English students
Measuring Success
By Brianna Thompson
May 4, 2017
Serving As A Volunteer
Cacao
“Cacao for Peace”: A new project focus in Colombia’s Community Economic Development Program
By Karen Richards
January 30, 2017
Serving As A Volunteer