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What is Peace Corps?

What Do Volunteers Do?

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What's It Like to Volunteer?

How Do I Become a Volunteer?

Who Volunteers?
College Students
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50+ Volunteers
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What are the Benefits?

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Life is calling. How far will you go?

About the Peace Corps

Who Volunteers?

Many older Volunteers find their age to be an asset, as people of developing nations respect and appreciate the decades of work and wisdom older Volunteers bring to their communities.

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Older Americans

In Their Own Words

Get to know our Volunteers. Catch up with retiree Susan Miller-Coulter's blog posts and search for stories from other older Americans.

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