Peace Corps volunteer
American service abroad
A Peace Corps volunteer is an American who serves in the Peace Corps, a U.S. government program that sends citizens to developing countries for two-year assignments in education, health, agriculture, or community development.
Volunteers typically live with local families and work at the grassroots level: She spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal.
The experience is often formative, and former volunteers frequently mention it throughout their careers.
- serviceAid or maintenance
- overseasIn foreign countries
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- missionPurpose-driven task
- teachingProfession of instructing others
community · village · dirt road · Africa · training · site visit · host family · cultural exchange · culture shock · language barrier · nonprofit · altruism · immersion · grassroots · rural · health worker · agriculture · idealism
- helpersnurse, helper, aide, assistant, caregiver
- peacemakerspeacebuilders, peacenik, diplomats, peacekeepers, humanitarians
- multilingualspolyglot, bilingual, trilingual, quadrilingual, fluent speaker
Peace Corps volunteercombat troops
mercenary · soldier · private military contractor · Green Beret · military advisor
Peace Corps volunteersex tourist
Traveler seeking prostitution abroad
tourist · backpacker · sightseer · digital nomad · voluntourist
Peace Corps volunteercolonial administrator
Overseas territory's governing official
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