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Karestan Koenen reveals sexual assault while serving in Peace Corps in Africa. May 9, 2011 — -- Karestan Koenen, a former Peace Corps volunteer who was raped while serving in the African country ...

Five years after killing of Peace Corps volunteer Kate Puzey, still no trial. April 3, 2014 — -- Congressional leaders are calling on U.S. government officials to be more active in solving the ...

Walter and Marjorie "Kiki" Kember of 337 Holmes Road recently returned from a tour of duty in the Peace Corps in Conakry, Guinea, West Africa. They described their stint as "a serious thing but a very ...

Re: “The Peace Corps is needed more than ever” (May 24, Opinion): I am thankful for the My Take essay by Kathleen M. Corey. Because of all I learned in Peace Corps in Africa, many American students ...

In his memoir “Mission to Malawi” John E. Fleming takes readers back to a different world than we have today. Fleming grew up in North Carolina harboring dreams of becoming a missionary in Africa.

As a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco in the mid-1990s, Liz Fanning was repeatedly asked by locals how they could serve their country. “That question changed my life, but I didn’t know it at the time, ...

In the summer of 1990, I ditched my mind-numbing corporate job with its SoCal commute and female power suit of pantyhose, skirts and silk blouses with bow ties to sign up for a two-year, ...

(Washington Post illustration, with photos from Sharece Bunn, Diane Rodhill and Alejandro Becerra; iStock) “Ukraine is not yet dead.” These were the words we translated from the Ukrainian national ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy launched a bold experiment: the Peace ...

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