Peace Corps Youth In Development Sector

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Youth in Development

Empower the next generation

Become a Youth in Development Volunteer and guide young people to realize their social, economic, and civic potential.

Volunteers passionate about supporting the biggest generation of young people will work with adolescents and youth to help them become healthy, productive, and civically engaged adults.

Opportunities in Youth in Development

Peace Corps Volunteer

Thailand
Youth in Development Volunteer
Armenia
Youth in Development Volunteer
Panama
Youth Leadership Development Facilitator
Eswatini
Youth Development Volunteer
Ecuador
Youth and Families Development Promoter
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Peace Corps Response

Colombia
Youth Development Specialist/Youth Educator
Colombia
Socio-Emotional Skills Specialist
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Virtual Service Pilot

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Participants in a girls' empowerment group in Mozambique discuss health issues and learn crafts such as sewing and jewelry making.

Volunteer Katy works on an art project with participants during a GLOW camp focused on female empowerment.

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

A Volunteer works with a group of girls and young women.

Students take photos of their community that they will later share on a website, with the support of Volunteer Glynn.

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.

Students read in a Tongan classroom.

Students at play during the school day in Tonga.

Students have fun with a Volunteer during their summer camp in Ukraine.

Students raise their hands during a youth leadership and life skills camp organized by Lila, a Volunteer, and local collaborators in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Volunteers in Mongolia help organize a soccer match.

Playing soccer in Mongolia.

Volunteer Ellen makes gimbap, a food that is part of her Korean-American heritage, with Moldovan youth during a summer camp.

A South African student learns to play violin in a project supported by a local youth orchestra and a Volunteer.

Volunteer Crystal educates Paraguayan youth about hygiene, nutrition, parasite prevention, and other health topics through a variety of activities.

Teenagers learn about gender-based violence during a storytelling activity at a camp in Uganda.

Deaf students participate in a service-learning project to beautify their schoolyard alongside student volunteers from a local business college.

College clubs come together from all over The Gambia to attend a camp focused on career and higher education opportunities.

A youth performance at a festival celebrating the history and cultural heritage of a city in the Philippines.

A Volunteer is accompanied by many young friends as he walks on a road in Guyana.

Participants take a group photo on the last day of Camp GLOW in Macedonia, along with U.S. Ambassador Jess Baily and his wife.

Young girls and boys show off their hula-hoop skills at a celebration in Thailand. Hula-hoop is one of the most popular forms of exercise in the country.