the Peace Corps
noun
: a U.S. organization that trains and sends people who work without pay to help poor people in other countries
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The branding is a clear imitation of the Peace Corps logo.
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Seth Joseph, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Exhibitions cover the early days of the U.S. space program, the founding of the Peace Corps and an exhibit dedicated to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
—Lauren Sloss, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
Both his father, who’s from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and his mother, who met him there while serving in the Peace Corps, spoke the language fluently.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
Shriver was President Kennedy’s first director of the Peace Corps.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2024
According to a 2018 statement by the Peace Corps after her death, Heiderman was an education volunteer in Comoros, teaching English at the public junior high school in the community of Salimani, on the island of Grande Comore.
—CBS News, 8 Nov. 2023
He's been recognized by everyone from the NAACP and ACLU, to the Peace Corps and the Boy Scouts of America.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
Amy Robach and Husband Andrew Shue on How Their Blended Family Inspired Kid's Book 'Better Together'
She was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fiebig Holmes was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where her mother is from and her dad served in the Peace Corps.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
In recent years, the Peace Corps has deployed around 7,000 volunteers to more than 60 nations, according to recent figures from the Congressional Research Service.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
Seth Joseph, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Exhibitions cover the early days of the U.S. space program, the founding of the Peace Corps and an exhibit dedicated to Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
—Lauren Sloss, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
Both his father, who’s from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and his mother, who met him there while serving in the Peace Corps, spoke the language fluently.
—Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
Shriver was President Kennedy’s first director of the Peace Corps.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2024
According to a 2018 statement by the Peace Corps after her death, Heiderman was an education volunteer in Comoros, teaching English at the public junior high school in the community of Salimani, on the island of Grande Comore.
—CBS News, 8 Nov. 2023
He's been recognized by everyone from the NAACP and ACLU, to the Peace Corps and the Boy Scouts of America.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
Amy Robach and Husband Andrew Shue on How Their Blended Family Inspired Kid's Book 'Better Together'
She was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fiebig Holmes was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where her mother is from and her dad served in the Peace Corps.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2023
In recent years, the Peace Corps has deployed around 7,000 volunteers to more than 60 nations, according to recent figures from the Congressional Research Service.
—Ellen Barry, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
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