Peace Corps
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Founded | Washington |
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D. C. | |
United States | |
Annual budget | $398 million; (2018 fiscal year) |
Headquarters location | Washington, D. C. , United States |
Agency executive | Josephine K. Olsen |
Parent agency | Federal government of the United States |
Founders | John F. Kennedy |
Sargent Shriver | |
Harris Wofford | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1377433 |
About Peace Corps
The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through technical assistance, while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and populations served.
Cambodia faces rigged election as Hun Sen extends total control
Jul 20,2023 11:01 pm
... Hun Sen also went after other democratic institutions - forcing newspapers like The Cambodia Daily to shut down and expelling rights groups and US Peace Corps volunteers...
Joe Kennedy III set to be named as US special envoy to Northern Ireland
Dec 16,2022 9:21 pm
... Before attending Harvard Law School, Mr Kennedy served in the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic for two years...
The trump card in India: A short history of the US presidents travel
Feb 22,2020 10:29 am
... The village, Chuma Kheragaon, had a personal connection: Carter s mother, Lillian, had visited here, as in India as a member of the Peace Corps in the late 1960s...