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The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order (10924) of President John F. Kennedy and authorized by Congress the following September by the Peace Corps Act.
Here, the well-intentioned Peace Corps collided with the longstanding American support of Emperor Haile Selassie, whose rule increasingly invited rebellion. (He was deposed in 1974.) Peace Corps ...
On May 9, 1963, the Directors and Chief Administrators of the International Peace Corps Secretariat met in the White House Cabinet Room and President John F. Kennedy shared his hope that the exchange of ideas between the members of different countries will strengthen the Peace Corps and stimulate humanitarian work in developing nations. [4]
The principles behind Peace Corps remain true: Citizen volunteers work with counterparts on educational, health and community development programs. OPINION: We need the Peace Corps more than ever ...
On July 25, 2007, Schneider testified before Senator Chris Dodd's Senate Subcommittee in support of the Peace Corps Volunteer Empowerment Act and said he was convinced the new legislation contained three critical elements that would enable the Peace Corps to double in size to 15,000 Volunteers by the time it celebrates its 50th anniversary on 1 ...
This speech describes John F. Kennedy's original intentions at the time of the announcement of the March 1, 1961 signing of Executive Order 10924 which marked the establishment of the Peace Corps. The transcript is available at the source. This file adds significantly to the following articles: Executive order (United States)
The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.
Deborah Gardner was a recent graduate of Washington State University when she joined the Peace Corps. After completing training, she was assigned to teach science and home economics to high school students in Nuku'alofa, the capital city of Tonga. There she met Dennis Priven, another Peace Corps volunteer who had come to Tonga the previous year.