When a Peace Corps Volunteer arrives in their host community, they’re paired with a counterpart.

As a Korean American who grew up both in the U.S. and Korea, I have continuously asked myself, “Where do I belong?”

Most people in my site know that I’m not Muslim. 

One of the goals of Peace Corps service is to promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.

When I was 14, I heard that an American Peace Corps Volunteer was teaching English classes in my town, Amizmiz, situated in the high Atlas Mountains of Morocco.

When my husband, JK, and I were Peace Corps Volunteers in Morocco, we quickly became immersed in the routines and traditions that go with living in a Muslim country. 

Volunteer Matthew Rogers shares the tradition of tea in Morocco as key to hospitality.

Volunteer Young Kwon shares traditions of Moroccan hospitality.