Max has been in The Gambia, serving as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer (PCRV) for just over three months. Arriving in May 2023, he began his two-week orientation, which focused on Peace Corps The Gambia’s (PCTG) in-country procedures and a brief overview of Gambian language and culture. Through his work with the PCTG staff over the course of those two weeks, he demonstrated resilience, commitment, and the flexibility necessary for success as a PCRV. He understood that his hard work during orientation would pay off in the months ahead.

I was already a professional social worker when I entered the Peace Corps in 1980, so I wasn’t anticipating that my experience serving in The Gambia would change the course of my career.

Returned Volunteers leverage Peace Corps service to improve communities at home.

My project as an Agriculture Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa is to teach gardening and tree planting methods to students in grades seven through twelve.

I think of pumpkins and can’t help but think of her. 

For 50 years, Peace Corps has been working alongside Gambians to make a sustainable, lasting impact in The Gambia.

I first heard of the Paul D. Coverdell World Wise Schools program and was immediately intrigued. 

It’s cashew season again!

Volunteer Taylor Peliska gives us a taste of hospitality in The Gambia. 

When you tell people you are going to the Peace Corps, they joke about all the things you like but won't be able to eat: “Better get your McDonald's, haha.” 

Serving in the Peace Corps alongside your partner or spouse can have advantages. 

Happy International Education Week!

When Habbie first got her period, she was clueless about what was happening to her body.

Handwriting

On the side of a dusty Gambian road, Peace Corps Volunteer Tre’ Giles sits outside of a bitik on a hand-carved wooden stool.