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    Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Central America and Mexico, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, North Africa and the Middle East, Pacific Islands, South America

    Africa

    Benin
    1968-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Health Health President's Malaria Initiative President's Malaria Initiative
    Botswana
    1966-1997, 2003-present
    Projects: Health Health Education Education President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
    Cameroon
    1962-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Health Health Feed the Future Feed the Future President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Malaria Initiative President's Malaria Initiative
    Comoros
    1988-1995, 2014-present
    Projects: Education Education
    Eswatini
    1969-1996, 2003-present
    Projects: Health Health Youth in Development Youth in Development President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
    Ethiopia
    1962-1977, 1995-1999, 2007-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Health Health
    Ghana
    1961-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Health Health
    Guinea
    1963-1966, 1969-1971, 1985-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Health Health
    Kenya
    1964-2014, 2019-Present
    Lesotho
    1967-present
    Projects: Education Education Health Health
    Liberia
    1962-1990, 2008-present
    Projects: Education Education Health Health
    Madagascar
    1993-2009, 2009-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Health Health
    Malawi
    1963-1976, 1978-present
    Projects: Education Education Environment Environment Health Health
    Mali
    1971-2012, 2014-2015
    Suspended
    Mozambique
    1998-present
    Projects: Education Education Health Health President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Malaria Initiative President's Malaria Initiative
    Namibia
    1990-present
    Projects: Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Education Education President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
    Niger
    1962-2011
    Suspended
    Rwanda
    1975-1993, 2008-present
    Projects: Health Health Education Education
    Senegal
    1963-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Health Health Feed the Future Feed the Future President's Malaria Initiative President's Malaria Initiative
    Sierra Leone
    1962-1994, 2010-present
    Projects: Education Education Health Health
    South Africa
    1997-present
    Projects: Education Education Health Health President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
    Tanzania
    1961-1969, 1979-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Health Health Feed the Future Feed the Future President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Malaria Initiative President's Malaria Initiative
    The Gambia
    1967-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Health Health Feed the Future Feed the Future
    Togo
    1962-present
    Projects: Education Education Environment Environment Health Health
    Uganda
    1964-1972, 1991-1999, 2001-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Health Health President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Malaria Initiative President's Malaria Initiative
    Zambia
    1994-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Environment Environment Health Health President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief President's Malaria Initiative President's Malaria Initiative Feed the Future Feed the Future
    Past Countries
    Burkina Faso
    1967-1987, 1995-2017
    2,159 Volunteers Served
    Burundi
    1983-1993
    148 Volunteers Served
    Cape Verde
    1988-2013
    527 Volunteers Served
    Central African Republic
    1972-1996
    903 Volunteers Served
    Chad
    1966-1979, 1987-1990, 1990-1998, 2003-2006
    723 Volunteers Served
    Congo, Republic of
    1991-1997
    137 Volunteers Served
    Cote d'Ivoire
    1962-1981, 1990-2003
    1,528 Volunteers Served
    Equatorial Guinea
    1988-1993
    61 Volunteers Served
    Eritrea
    1995-1998
    86 Volunteers Served
    Gabon
    1963-1968, 1973-2005
    1,457 Volunteers Served
    Guinea-Bissau
    1988-1998
    176 Volunteers Served
    Mauritania
    1966-1967, 1971-2011
    1,256 Volunteers Served
    Mauritius
    1969-1976
    48 Volunteers Served
    Nigeria
    1961-1976, 1992-1995
    2,092 Volunteers Served
    Sao Tome and Principe
    1990-1996
    61 Volunteers Served
    Seychelles
    1974-1995
    108 Volunteers Served
    Somalia
    1962-1970
    355 Volunteers Served
    Sudan
    1984-1986
    5 Volunteers Served
    Zaire
    1970-1991
    2,517 Volunteers Served
    Zimbabwe
    1991-2001
    365 Volunteers Served

    Asia

    Cambodia
    2007-present
    Projects: Education Education
    China
    1993-present
    Projects: Education Education
    Indonesia
    1963-1965, 2010-present
    Projects: Education Education
    Mongolia
    1991-present
    Projects: Education Education
    Myanmar
    2016-Present
    Projects: Education Education
    Nepal
    1962-2004, 2012-present
    Projects: Education Education Agriculture Agriculture
    Philippines
    1961-1990, 1992-present
    Sri Lanka
    1962-1964, 1967-1970, 1983-1998, 2018-Present
    Projects: Education Education
    Thailand
    1962-present
    Projects: Education Education Youth in Development Youth in Development
    Timor-Leste
    2002-2006, 2015-present
    Projects: Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Education Education
    Viet Nam
    Opening 2022
    Projects: Education Education
    Past Countries
    Afghanistan
    1962-1979
    1,645 Volunteers Served
    Bangladesh
    1998-2006
    278 Volunteers Served
    India
    1961-1976
    4,308 Volunteers Served
    Malaysia
    1962-1983
    4,046 Volunteers Served
    Pakistan
    1961-1967, 1988-1991
    521 Volunteers Served
    South Korea
    1966-1981
    2,060 Volunteers Served

    Caribbean

    Dominican Republic
    1962-present
    Projects: Education Education Youth in Development Youth in Development Community Economic Development Community Economic Development
    Eastern Caribbean
    1961-present
    Projects: Education Education
    Jamaica
    1962-present
    Projects: Education Education Environment Environment
    Past Countries
    Haiti
    1982-1987, 1990-1991, 1996-2005
    503 Volunteers Served

    Central America and Mexico

    Belize
    1962-present
    Projects: Health Health
    Costa Rica
    1963-present
    Projects: Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Education Education Youth in Development Youth in Development
    Guatemala
    1963-present
    Projects: Health Health Youth in Development Youth in Development Agriculture Agriculture Community Economic Development Community Economic Development
    Mexico
    2004-present
    Projects: Environment Environment Education Education
    Panama
    1963-1971, 1990-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Education Education Environment Environment Health Health
    Past Countries
    El Salvador
    1962-1980, 1993-2016
    2,305 Volunteers Served
    Honduras
    1962-2012
    5,726 Volunteers Served
    Nicaragua
    1968-1979, 1991-2019
    2,648 Volunteers Served

    Eastern Europe and Central Asia

    Albania
    1992-1997, 2003-present
    Projects: Health Health Education Education Community Economic Development Community Economic Development
    Armenia
    1992-present
    Projects: Education Education Youth in Development Youth in Development
    Georgia
    2001-present
    Projects: Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Education Education
    Kosovo
    2014-present
    Projects: Education Education Community Economic Development Community Economic Development
    Kyrgyz Republic
    1993-present
    Projects: Education Education
    Moldova
    1993-present
    Projects: Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Education Education Health Health
    Montenegro
    Opening 2022
    Projects: Education Education
    North Macedonia
    1996-present
    Projects: Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Education Education
    Ukraine
    1992-present
    Projects: Education Education Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Youth in Development Youth in Development
    Past Countries
    Azerbaijan
    2003-2016
    510 Volunteers Served
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    2000-2002
    21 Volunteers Served
    Bulgaria
    1991-2013
    1,296 Volunteers Served
    Cyprus
    1962-1964
    29 Volunteers Served
    Czech Republic
    1990-1997
    225 Volunteers Served
    Estonia
    1992-2002
    175 Volunteers Served
    Hungary
    1990-1997
    353 Volunteers Served
    Kazakhstan
    1993-2011
    1,226 Volunteers Served
    Latvia
    1992-2002
    217 Volunteers Served
    Lithuania
    1992-2002
    219 Volunteers Served
    Poland
    1990-2001
    955 Volunteers Served
    Romania
    1991-2013
    1,261 Volunteers Served
    Russia
    1992-2003
    722 Volunteers Served
    Slovak Republic
    1990-2002
    328 Volunteers Served
    Turkey
    1962-1971
    1,457 Volunteers Served
    Turkmenistan
    1993-2013
    734 Volunteers Served
    Uzbekistan
    1992-2005
    761 Volunteers Served

    North Africa and the Middle East

    Jordan
    1997-2002, 2004-2015
    Suspended
    Morocco
    1963-present
    Projects: Youth in Development Youth in Development
    Tunisia
    1962-1996, 2013
    Suspended
    Past Countries
    Bahrain
    1974-1979
    68 Volunteers Served
    Iran
    1962-1976
    1,749 Volunteers Served
    Libya
    1966-1969
    297 Volunteers Served
    Malta
    1970-1975, 1990-1998
    26 Volunteers Served
    Oman
    1973-1983
    161 Volunteers Served
    Yemen
    1973-1994
    559 Volunteers Served

    Pacific Islands

    Fiji
    1968-1998, 2003-present
    Projects: Community Economic Development Community Economic Development
    Samoa
    1967-present
    Projects: Education Education
    Tonga
    1967-present
    Projects: Education Education
    Vanuatu
    1990-present
    Projects: Education Education Health Health
    Past Countries
    Cook Islands
    1982-1995
    33 Volunteers Served
    Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of Palau
    1966-2018
    4,416 Volunteers Served
    Kiribati
    1974-2008
    491 Volunteers Served
    Marshall Islands
    1966-1996
    149 Volunteers Served
    Niue
    1994-2002
    19 Volunteers Served
    Papua New Guinea
    1981-2001
    698 Volunteers Served
    Solomon Islands
    1971-2000
    742 Volunteers Served
    Tuvalu
    1977-1997
    43 Volunteers Served

    South America

    Colombia
    1961-1981, 2010-present
    Projects: Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Education Education
    Ecuador
    1962-present
    Projects: Education Education Health Health Youth in Development Youth in Development
    Guyana
    1966-1971, 1995-present
    Projects: Education Education Health Health Environment Environment
    Paraguay
    1966-present
    Projects: Agriculture Agriculture Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Environment Environment Health Health
    Peru
    1962-1974, 2002-present
    Projects: Health Health Community Economic Development Community Economic Development Youth in Development Youth in Development
    Past Countries
    Argentina
    1992-1994
    38 Volunteers Served
    Bolivia
    1962-1971, 1990-2008
    2,693 Volunteers Served
    Brazil
    1962-1981
    4,128 Volunteers Served
    Chile
    1961-1982, 1991-1998
    2,089 Volunteers Served
    Suriname
    1995-2013
    428 Volunteers Served
    Uruguay
    1963-1973, 1991-1997
    338 Volunteers Served
    Venezuela
    1962-1976
    2,130 Volunteers Served