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Stories from the Philippines

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

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From time to time, I led my Mongol students on hikes into the hills around town to gather trash and beautify the area.
Adapting to climate change as a Peace Corps Volunteer
By Jon Turner
Sept. 11, 2023
A building with a large-scale library sign in front
Reclaiming language in Northern Luzon
By Rickey Larkin
April 25, 2023

Northern Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, is a place of growth. Known as the “Salad Bowl of the Philippines,” its province of Benguet boasts countless vegetable farms. It is also the home of Benguet State University (BSU).

A man in a blue Peace Corps shirt stands beside a painted Southeast Asia map
A returned Volunteer reconnects with his ancestry through Virtual Service
By Kelsey McMahon
April 17, 2023

Michael Wanigasekera’s Sri Lankan descent may have caused confusion among Cambodians during his Peace Corps service from 2013 to 2015 but, at the time, the Education Volunteer viewed it as an opportunity to teach others about America’s diversity.

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Study Tour participants in the Philippines
U.S. Peace Corps Hosts Nationwide Study Tour on Philippine Best Practice in Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Systems
April 4, 2023
Group photo taken during the MOU signing by the beach in Bohol.
U.S. Peace Corps Renews MOU with Rare, Trains LGUs on Community-Based Coastal Resource Management
March 22, 2023
Parents and staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program participate in a developmental activity.
U.S. Peace Corps Provides Support Interventions for DSWD 4Ps Parents in Central Luzon
March 22, 2023
PCMOs during one of the Vaccination clinics
U.S. Peace Corps Partners with Department of Health and USAID to Vaccinate Over 10,000 Filipinos in the NCR
March 22, 2023
U.S. Peace Corps Country Director Jenner Edelman, U.S. Peace Corps and USAID ReachHealth staff, and local health officials at a COVID vaccination clinic in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija
U.S. Peace Corps Partners with DOH, USAID Vaccinate Over 26,000 Filipinos across Luzon and the Visayas
March 21, 2023
One woman jumps in the air with arms raised above her head.
Creating an agro-ecotourism program in the Philippines from afar
By SJ Larkins
March 13, 2023
JFK Awards recipient Roberto (Ambet) Yangco
JFK Service Award conferred on 1st Filipino recipient
March 3, 2023
Group photo of Group 279 upon their arrival at IO venue in the Philippines
U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers Return to the Philippines
March 3, 2023
Teacher teaches class
Distance learning: How RPCVs can stay connected to the places they served
By Adrienne Benson
Nov. 10, 2022
Teacher training in Moldova
4 Peace Corps locations that are taking distance learning to the next level
By Peace Corps
Aug. 30, 2022
2022 JFK Award recipients on stage
5 JFK Service Award recipients embody commitment and connection
By Adrienne Benson
May 19, 2022
Alex Cheung with students
Teaching the future leaders of the Philippines
By Alex Cheung
May 3, 2022
VSP Peace Corps Response in the Philippines
U.S. Peace Corps, Philippine Partners Welcome New Virtual Volunteers
April 6, 2022
VSP Peace Corps Response in the Philippines
U.S. Peace Corps, Philippine Partners Welcome New Virtual Volunteers
April 6, 2022
A Peace Corps Volunteer shops at a market in the Dominican Republic
How much are Peace Corps Volunteers paid?
By Justin Tabor
Sept. 1, 2021
old philippines photo
My faded and vivid memories of the Philippines
By Michael Beaudoin
June 23, 2021

Peace Corps took me to the Philippines, and my time there is now a pastiche of events and experiences, some faded, others are as vivid as they day they happened.

pre-service training
What is Peace Corps’ training like?
By Justin Tabor
May 6, 2021

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