BELIZE CITY, Belize — Since 1961, Conrad Lewis has seen many Peace Corps volunteers pass through his home village of Hopkins. Until recently, he said, all of them contributed to the welfare of ...

The Peace Corps has been accepting new applications throughout the pandemic, but in June the agency began planning for a return to Belize after the government there asked for volunteers who could ...

As the Peace Corps Turns 50, Former Volunteers Recount Their Experiences Abroad. ... Cathy Rothenberger, 43, served in Belize in the early 1990s, implementing business programs for youth.

The Peace Corps has about 970 full-time American employees who recruit new volunteers and oversee their training, health care and security. Of those employees, about 790 work in the United States.

Applicants have challenged the Peace Corps practice of rescinding invitations to applicants on the basis of mental health conditions. By Ellen Barry Lea Iodice was thrilled to hear that the Peace ...

The Peace Corps has agreed to pay $750,000 to the family of a 24-year-old volunteer from Illinois who died in 2018 in East Africa after the agency's doctors misdiagnosed a case of malaria, ...