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Where Do Volunteers Go?

Current

Benin Mali
Botswana Mauritania
Burkina Faso Mozambique
Cameroon Namibia
Cape Verde Niger
Ethiopia Senegal
The Gambia South Africa
Ghana Swaziland
Guinea Tanzania
Kenya Togo
Lesotho Uganda
Madagascar Zambia
Malawi

Past

Burundi Mauritius
Central African Republic Nigeria
Chad Republic of Congo
Comoros Rwanda
Cote D'ivoire Sao Tome and Principe
Democratic Republic of Congo Seychelles
Equitorial Guinea Sierra Leone
Eritrea Somalia
Gabon Sudan
Guinea-Bissau Zimbabwe
Liberia
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Past

Burundi

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1983-1993
Volunteers Served: 150

 

Mauritius

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1971-1975
Volunteers Served: 48

 

Central African Republic

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1972-1996
Volunteers Served: 906

 

Nigeria

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1961-1971, 1992-1995
Volunteers Served: 2,094

 

Chad

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1966-1979, 1987-1990, 1990-1998, 2003-2006
Volunteers Served: 0
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Republic of Congo

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1991-1997
Volunteers Served: 139

 

Comoros

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1988-1995
Volunteers Served: 79

 

Rwanda

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1975-1993
Volunteers Served: 114

 

Cote D'ivoire

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1962-1981, 1990-2003
Volunteers Served: 1,533

 

Sao Tome and Principe

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1990-1996
Volunteers Served: 62

 

Democratic Republic of Congo

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1970-1991
Volunteers Served: 2,530

 

Seychelles

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1974-1995
Volunteers Served: 49

 

Equitorial Guinea

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1988-1993
Volunteers Served: 61

 

Sierra Leone

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1962-1992, 1992-1994
Volunteers Served: 3,479

 

Eritrea

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1995-1998
Volunteers Served: 86

 

Somalia

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1962-1970
Volunteers Served: 357

 

Gabon

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1963-1967, 1973-2005
Volunteers Served: 1,460
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Sudan

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1984-1986
Volunteers Served: 8

 

Guinea-Bissau

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1988-1998
Volunteers Served: 177

 

Zimbabwe

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1991-2002
Volunteers Served: 366

 

Liberia

Status: Presently Inactive
Program dates: 1962-1990
Volunteers Served: 3,832

 
Peaceeace Corps Volunteers respond to various needs that impact Africa's development. These include the importance of HIV/AIDS prevention and education, girls' education, the increasing pressures of environmental degradation, advances in information technology, and the democratization process that some countries are committed to supporting.

Peace Corps has continued to develop a strong partnership with the people of Africa. Volunteers currently work in the areas of education, health and HIV/AIDS, business development, agriculture, and the environment.