Tonga

Stories from Tonga

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

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Volunteer reports describe successes

Peace Corps Tonga

Tonga Volunteers recently sent in their semi-annual Volunteer Report Forms.

Cate and Kelsi on the Camino de Santiago

A chance meeting leads to intercontinental friendship fostered through letters

Kelsi Finney and Cate Hillard

A friendship between returned Volunteer Cate (Togo 2005-07) and current Volunteer Kelsi (Tonga 2016-18) grew through letter writing and a shared love of art. The weekly exchange of letters has helped encourage Kelsi during her service.

8 projects bringing safe, sustainable water sources to communities around the world

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Around the globe, Peace Corps Volunteers work with local counterparts to design and implement safe, affordable and sustainable water and sanitation projects.

Tonga Group 77 welcomes Group 78 (Sept. 2013)

New mini-videos tell Peace Corps/Tonga's story

Peace Corps Tonga

Peace Corps/Tonga is now producing a series of short videos which tell who we are and what we do.

Creating print resources to support English literacy education

Peace Corps Tonga

Since 2015, a team of Tonga Volunteers has been collaborating with Tongan agencies, artists, writers, and editors to create an innovative series of print materials for use by students, teachers, and other stakeholders like parents. Examples include:

Using free resources (i.e., gravity and rainwater), Volunteers help Tongan communities respond to unpredictable weather

Peace Corps Tonga

At a time when changing weather patterns have brought drought conditions to island nation Tonga, a growing number of Peace Corps Volunteers are doing special projects to upgrade the water catchment systems their schools and communities rely on.

Vava’u village is cleaning up

Peace Corps Tonga

Group 80 Volunteer Alex is helping leaders and youth in his Vava’u village to develop a new and improved waste management system for their community.

Participants in SolarSPELL training in Tonga

Tonga Volunteers begin piloting a solar-powered, climate-resistant digital library

Peace Corps Tonga

On December 12, 2016, 17 Tonga Volunteers received introductory training in the use of an innovative technology they will pilot in their schools and communities in the 2017 school year.

Volunteers coming together to support Inclusive Education in Tonga.

Peace Corps Tonga

A team of PC/Tonga Volunteers has begun working with the Inclusive Education (IE) Unit of the Ministry of Education and Training, to support the Ministry’s efforts to better serve children with special learning needs who are enrolled in mainstream schools.

High-energy after-school basketball taking off in Tonga

Peace Corps Tonga

In 2016, Volunteers launched an after-school, inter-school basketball league in six primary schools on the main island of Tongatapu.

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