Peace Corps Stories: The Unofficial Podcast

There are many ways to learn about the local culture as a Peace Corps volunteer, but often the best lessons happen by ac... Read more

Shawna Miller finds much more than love when the circus comes to her little Honduran town.

Pets and animals tend to play outsize roles for Peace Corps Volunteers. As companions who, like us, don’t speak the loca... Read more

At some point, every volunteer finds themselves too far from a bathroom at the time they need it most. For Denver Govern... Read more

Bob Nolan considers what “justice” means when confronting one of his students and friends in Zimbabwe.

All it took was a fish and a flip flop for Gabriella Miyares to find common ground with her host mother in Guyana.

Kevin Kwok remembers his gardening efforts in Mali, cut short by a military coup in 2012 that sent him home early.

Peter Clark (Kyrgyzstan, 2009-2010) recalls a challenging day on the playground early in his service, and we take a look... Read more

Ryan Smith (The Gambia, 2007-2009) sees how a community deals with death during his first months in the Peace Corps.

Julie Behrens (Honduras, 2004-2006) takes her first work trip and almost makes it home in one piece.