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The Peace Corps is an organization that was established in the United States in March 1961. The Peace Corps is an agency of the United States federal government which sends volunteers worldwide to assist developing nations and is internationally recognized as a service organization. The Peace Corps is a volunteer service organization operating directly under the authority of the president of the US and designed to provide technical assistance to countries requesting services. The Corps sends volunteers abroad for a period of two years. One of the goals of the Peace Corps is to further develop cultural understanding between people from the United States and the areas that are served.
Peace Corps Volunteer Voices Podcasts
Peace Corps Volunteer Voices Podcasts
A Life-Changing Experience is written and read by Ron and Nancy Tschetter, who served as community health volunteers in India from 1966 to 1968.
Chance of a Lifetime In Levoca is written by Lorie Singleton, who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Slovakia from 2000 to 2002. Lorie shares her remarkable experience as one of the first Peace Corps Volunteers with a visual disability to serve in Central or Eastern Europe. The story is read by Jahleezah Eskew.
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, The Big Fire, comes from Togo. It was first told to us by Fred Koehler, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo from 2002 to 2004. The folk tale is read by Maeryn Goldman.
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, Why People Are Hairy, comes from Panama. It was first told to us by Stacy G. Mates, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama from 1994 to 1997. The folk tale is read by Michael Scherger who served in Romania from 1996 to 1997.
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, islet and Isli, comes from Morocco. It was first told to us by Jennifer Fry, who was a Peace Corps Volunteers in Morocco from 1989 to 1992, and today's podcast is read by Adrienne Benson Scherger who served in Nepal from 1992 to 1994.
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, Legend of Cassowary, comes from Papua New Guinea. It was first told to us by Andrea and Christopher Chorney, who were Peace Corps Volunteers in Papua New Guinea from 1997 to 1999, and today's podcast is read by Matthew Ackerman.
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, Mother Wolf, comes from Kyrgyzstan. It was first told to us by Jamal Nasafi, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kyrgyzstan from 1997 to 1999, and today's podcast is read by Patrice Maddox.
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, "Cricket and the Sea," comes from Guatemala. It was first told to us by Monica Fitzgerald who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala from 1986 to 1988, and today's podcast is read by Katherine Smalley.
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, The Talking Goat, comes from Liberia. It was first told to us by John Acree who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia from 1983 to 1985, and today's podcast is read by Roger Hirschland, who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leonne from 1965 to 1967.
This summer World Wise Schools is celebrating folk tales from around the world. Today's tale, The Khan's Robes, comes from Uzbekistan. It was first told to us by Marilyn Peterson who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Uzbekistan from 1997 to 2000, and on today's podcast is read by David Fossum, who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan from 2004 to 2006.