Slide Shows
Listen to Peace Corps Volunteers talk about their experience and express their opinions through their own photographs and in their own voices.
Bolivia: When Success Is Truly Sweet
In a remote region of southern Bolivia, Peace Corps Volunteer Kristina Owens helps farmers to protect and improve their harvest of the cherimoya fruit. She interviews, observes—and even employs techniques of DNA analysis.
China: Out With the Old, In With the New
Riley Graebner, having served in China in 2002 and 2003, discusses the complexity of the culture as manifested in its propaganda, architecture, and people.
Guinea: Fighting Soil Erosion
Steven Jacobson, a Peace Corps Volunteer who returned from the African countries of Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Guinea, takes a look at Guinea's soil erosion crisis. Steve worked with locals to build terraces and reduce runoff of fertile topsoil. Lesson plan
Kenya: My Life in East Africa
Cynthia Chenault lived in part of a tiny house in a rural village in Kenya as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Hear how she taught her students computer literacy, while fresh milk was delivered by a three-year-old girl with a pitcher.
Palau: Tracking Turtles in the Western Pacific
For two years, Peace Corps Volunteer Sarah Klain helped lead efforts for sea-turtle conservation in the Pacific Island country of Palau. With local partners, she researched and tracked the marine reptiles and encouraged educational efforts to protect turtle populations.
Philippines: Protecting Philippine Reefs
As fish populations plummet, Peace Corps Volunteer Tommy Schultz works with Filipinos to restore the sea life depended on for food. Lesson plan
Peru: Explore Back-Country Peru
Kurtis Shank served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Peru, in South America. His primary assignment was to work with the community to develop small businesses, with an added emphasis on information technology.
Sierra Leone: Living Deep in West Africa
In the early days of the Peace Corps, Roger B. Hirschland worked in a remote village in the hilly grasslands of West Africa. See and hear what his daily life and jobs were like where the grass grew 12 feet high.
Slovakia: Working Alongside the Roma, or Gypsies
Igor Naumovski served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Slovakia, in Central Europe. His primary assignment was to work with Roma children in a former mining village.
Sri Lanka: Starting Over
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Amelia Sparks spent three months in Sri Lanka as a Crisis Corps Volunteer, working on everything from database entry to construction projects. Gain a unique perspective on the effects of the tsunami from her own words and pictures. Lesson plan
Uzbekistan: Welcome to Uzbekistan!
Peace Corps Volunteer Diego Rivera will introduce you to his host family and show you much about the family life, food, architecture, religions, and history of Uzbekistan.