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Stories from Thailand

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

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My counterpart, P Tu's, family has officially made me one of their own

Becoming Bai Dtong

Zari Havercome

In Thailand, everyone is given a nickname.

Imagine

Robert Sykora

Sometimes, the things you imagine come true.

VIDEO: Highlighting home in Thailand

Third Goal

Life of Pie: Peace Corps service through the eyes of a Volunteer’s puppy

Peace Corps

When you first arrive at your site, you’ll be TOTALLY pumped to meet all the members of your new community.

Jeremie Gluckman-Picard served as an education Volunteer in China from 2014 to 2016.

Pride and Prejudice: The LGBT Volunteer experience

Peace Corps

When serving abroad, all Peace Corps Volunteers face challenges of new living arrangements, novel foods and different attitudes.

Bringing the person I love home to America

Kyle Livingston

We first met in July 2012 when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand. He sent me an SMS saying, “Hey Guy!”

A lesson in American diversity

Erin Capina

Before coming to Thailand I knew that I would blend in, but it really didn’t sink in how well I’d actually blend in until arriving.

Give kids an opportunity and watch them grow

Andrew Snyder

City Year to Peace Corps: Living to serve

Nancy Adjei

The Zulu proverb Ubuntu says, “I am a person through other people; my humanity is tied to yours.”

How to make a friend

Madeleine Aggeler

“Can you describe to me what your social life is like at site?” I eagerly asked a fellow Peace Corps Thailand Volunteer at our joint swearing in/close of service ceremony.

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