Our approach to development centers on people-to-people connection.

“I wanted to join the Peace Corps because I wished to further connect with my Latin American heritage, to exchange with another Hispanic culture and better understand the intricacies of the Latinx identity” - Yvette Garcia, a community economic development Volunteer in Dominican Republic.

World Wise Schools has been an invigorating part of my classroom for the past 20 years.

Though they represent less than 5% of the overall Volunteer population, Americans over the age of 50 are a valuable asset to the Peace Corps community.

There is a tradition among Peace Corps volunteers of touring houses of worship soon after installing at site.

Florence sits on her porch in the shade, her face painted white.  

"There's a turkey here that hates me!" says Eve Breckenridge, an Agriculture Volunteer serving in the central highlands of Madagascar. 

For many of the people in my community in rural Madagascar, I am the first African-Dominican they have met.