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Stories From Kenya

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

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Savannah works with the Deaf community in Kenya.
Signs of change in the Kenyan Deaf community
By Savannah Placie
December 24, 2025
Serving As A Volunteer
A produce vendor's stall at the village market in Kenya.
From chai to ugali: exploring food in Kenya
By Daniel P.
June 11, 2025
Serving As A Volunteer
A matatu in Kenya
Matatus, tuk-tuks and more: How to get around in Kenya
By Daniel P.
May 23, 2025
Serving As A Volunteer
Volunteer Hannah teaches STEM subjects at a secondary school in Kenya.
Empowering learners, enriching lives: Intercultural teaching in Kenya
By Hannah W.
November 12, 2024
Serving As A Volunteer
A dozen Deaf students in Kenya gather to sign to a computer
Side-By-Side Peace Corps Service Supports Kenya’s Deaf Education
By Peace Corps
May 6, 2024
Serving As A Volunteer
PCVs swear in in Kenya
The pupil of the eye
By Maëlis Aden-Faden
February 12, 2024
Serving As A Volunteer
particpants at Ikiama Nukuri program
United in preventing violence against women and girls
By Peace Corps
December 7, 2023
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Why the key to sustainability is leaving behind a process, not a product
By Peace Corps
July 5, 2022
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3 Returned Volunteers explain why it’s never too late to serve
By Peace Corps
May 11, 2022
Serving As A Volunteer
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How Peace Corps service in Kenya molded Alison's U.S. career
By None
March 10, 2022
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Megan Empowered Women in Mara
By None
October 18, 2021
Serving As A Volunteer
JFK
Three Peace Corps members share how inspiration from JFK led to public service abroad
By Brandalyn Bickner
March 18, 2021
Peace Corps Perspectives
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My journey from inner-city Detroit to military service and the Peace Corps
By Karen Jean Hunt
January 25, 2021
Serving As A Volunteer
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Franklin H. Williams Awardees represent Peace Corps’ Domestic Dividend
By Brandalyn Bickner
January 6, 2021
Peace Corps Perspectives
Colorful bus
Can You Go Home for the First Time?
By Carlos Jean-Baptiste
October 29, 2020
Becoming A Volunteer
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Reconnecting with my East African Heritage
By Amina Johari
July 17, 2019
Serving As A Volunteer
A deaf student works on his poster for an HIV/AIDS prevention art contest
Teaching a World Away
By Erikson Young
October 2, 2017
Serving As A Volunteer
commute jordan
11 times Peace Corps Volunteers had a more scenic commute than you
By Peace Corps
April 16, 2016
Serving As A Volunteer
VIDEO: What did learning a language do for you?
VIDEO: What did learning a language do for you?
By Peace Corps
March 25, 2015
After Service
VIDEO: Stomping out malaria goes local
VIDEO: Stomping out malaria goes local
By Peace Corps
July 24, 2013
Serving As A Volunteer