Adam Meier had been the other Peace Corps instructor who arrived with me in 1996.
But Cloherty, a go-getter since her days as a Peace Corps volunteer, is undeterred.
The sum total of all of these stories of service is the legacy of Peace Corps.
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As a young man, Chris joined the Peace Corps, and taught English in Morocco.
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Last year, applications to City Year tripled, and the Peace Corps had three applicants for every position.
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Keep our military budget but use the military and peace corps like preventive medicine instead of radical surgery.
"At a time like this, there's basically zero opportunity costs to joining the Peace Corps, " she said.
Jobs at the Peace Corps don't have the same longevity as other jobs in the federal government.
Together we launched a Peace Corps program that will promote understanding between the Indonesian and American people.
McCain praised the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, saying they and similar organizations don't receive "sufficient recognition" from Washington.
If you're not sure you're ready to make a lengthy time commitment, the Peace Corps gives you decide.
The Peace Corps embodies the American spirit, and the program has a long and proud history in Tunisia.
Today, there are more Americans serving as Peace Corps Volunteers than any point in the last 40 years.
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Florida and Washington tied for the No. 1 spot with 107 former undergraduates serving in the Peace Corps.
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Sargent Shriver had roles in many top government initiatives of the 1960s, including Head Start and the Peace Corps.
Puracal went to Nicaragua in 2002, shortly after graduating from college in Washington, to work for the Peace Corps.
With the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps, he brought American idealism to the aid of developing nations.
He has some savings--and learned how to live frugally in the Peace Corps.
Thousands of American Peace Corps volunteers have taught in your schools and villages.
In the United States, that cooperating organization is the Peace Corps, a government agency with a sharp Web site.
A. graduate from the University of Missouri, thought when she accepted the offer to join the Peace Corps next February.
He and his wife are thinking about joining the Peace Corps together, or maybe building a log house on the farm.
Kennedy, and that idea would become the Peace Corps -- one of our great partnerships with the world, including with Africa.
An excellent example of fast-track teacher training is Teach for America, founded nearly a decade ago and modeled on the Peace Corps.
He was eventually replaced by Sargent Shriver, the former director of the Peace Corps and ambassador to France under Johnson and Nixon.
Learn more about serving in the Peace Corps as a same-sex couple.
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In the 1960s, the left was squarely behind the Peace Corps, which allowed young people to build the infrastructure of developing countries.
To give you a notion of what culture clash really means, there's even a special section of essays from Peace Corps volunteers.
Herman also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia where he helped rural communities develop clean water and hygiene education programs.
Daisy Wademan Dowling and Matthew Breitfelder advocate for a Peace Corps model.
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