Alex Jones, Peace Corps Rwanda He had a rainy day I’m in a snake-backed situation Here’s a pencil pack I’m gonna spread some information. You, making me happier, while I am […]
Alex(i)ntegration
Outside Perspectives: Posh Corps
Rachelle Shea, Botswana, 17 HIV Civil Society & Capacity Building Volunteer If you are a PCV serving in sub-Saharan Africa then you’ve heard the term “posh corps.” It’s a term that helps […]
More countries nobody’s heard of: Island edition
Jill Harclerode, Education , Comoros – Group 1 One paper, four countries, seven days to decide which one would become my home – my new Peace Corps country of service. Guinea, Gambia, Benin all […]
Ebola, Politics, and Mixed Feelings
Mercedes Sullivan, ED15 – Tanzania When I first began my application process to the Peace Corps I was excited about all the possibilities to come. I was curious about where in the […]
Blog Repost: What Happened to Me After Peace Corps
Kelly Branyik, RPCV China 20 TEFL I’m reminded of every single bad choice I ever made, bad feeling I ever had, my annoying sense of urgency, my extreme lack of patience, times […]
My “GAD” Marriage
Katherine Bolander – Health 2013 The Gambia As Rihanna would say, I “found love in a hopeless place.” On a more serious note, as most of you are aware, I do not […]
Macedonia, A Volunteer’s Perspective from the Posh Corps
Jennifer Stutman, MAK20 TEFL Macedonia I am writing this article at a cafe around the corner from my house. I’m drinking a cappuccino and have ordered a Caesar salad for lunch. It’s an […]
Changes in The Gambia
Katherine Bolander -Health 2013 The Gambia I just finished my third year of service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, a small West African country almost entirely surrounded by Senegal, […]
Seasons
Laini Cassis, LIFE Environmental Program (Linking Income, Food, and the Environment) – Zambia 2015-17 There are a few seasons in Zambia: cold/dry season, hot/dry season, hot/rainy season. This is what I’ve been told over […]
Inner Circles
Jordan Limoges, Ukraine 46 My host dad during PST in Ukraine was exactly the kind of stereotypical Eastern European man you imagine when someone says “Vladimir Putin”, except his name was Nikolay. A big, […]
You serve in…Madagascar? Moldova? Montenegro? Wait, Macadamia?
Gwendolyn Schaefer, MAK19, Macedonia “You serve in…Madagascar? Moldova? Montenegro? Wait, Macadamia?” Ask any person where Macedonia is on the map, and they will likely name literally every other country that begins with […]
Wintersweet
Kelly Branyik, China The sky is grey, the air damp, and a stinging cold bites at my cheeks making them a rosy pink color. I sniff in the runny nose driven by […]
Peace Corps Times
Kyrgyzstan Eats
Adrianna Neuenschwander, 126 While Peace Corps volunteers in Thailand have to deal with eating crickets, ants and chicken feet on the daily, volunteers in other parts of the world have their […]
Shaken in Nepal
Ben Wagner, Nepal PCV On Saturday, April 25, I woke up pretty hung over in Kathmandu. Friday had been my last day with the newest group of Peace Corps trainees to arrive […]
Peace Corps Thailand Magazine 