Peace Corps Education Sector

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Educate, grow, and learn together

Become an Education Volunteer and support children and adults in educational opportunities that are sustainable, foster learning, and promote the skills needed to thrive.

Education Volunteers teach lessons that last a lifetime by partnering with communities, school staff, and parents to advance English communication skills, increase achievement in literacy, and acquire STEM skills. Ready to learn more than you teach?

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Students rush up the stairs at a Colombian school where Volunteers teach English and carry out other projects.

A Volunteer helps lead students in physical activities at a Colombian school.

Boys have fun on a break from the classroom at a Colombian school where Volunteers teach English and carry out other secondary projects.

Education Volunteer Natalie stands by a colorful mural in Colombia.

Volunteer Nathan teaches English for local entrepreneurs involved in the growing tourist trade in northern Colombia. As a secondary project, Nathan runs a group to foster boys' and young men's leadership skills.

Volunteer Darlene teaches English to this student and others in the Armavir region of Armenia.

Volunteer Darlene is a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) teacher in the Armavir region of Armenia.

A Volunteer assists a student with a computer.

A young Cambodian student at a gathering.

A Volunteer tries out an instrument during a performance in Kosovo.

Volunteer Nicole leads a girls' empowerment through sports group in Kyrgyzstan.

Serena, a visually impaired Volunteer, helps educate blind and visually impaired youth in the Kyrgyz Republic. Here a student learns how to read in Braille.

Kyrgyz students live in a group house where they learn how to read and write in braille, walk with a cane, and manage household tasks. Serena, a visually impaired Volunteer, supports them.