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Apia, SAMOA — U.S. Peace Corps volunteers are returning to Samoa by early next year with the hope of improving English literacy for many young Samoans and other youth around the Pacific.
The Samoa Observer is reporting that during the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting this year, U.S. Vice...
Washington, D.C. – A group of U.S. Senators and House members are affirming their support for the reopening of Peace Corps programs in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Vanuatu — which were suspended at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a letter to the Acting Director of the Peace Corps, Carol Spahn...
Apia, SAMOA — A celebration commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Peace Corps took place in Apia yesterday, Thursday, Dec. 9. Featuring Samoa’s Minister of Education, Sports & Culture —Seu’ula Ioane Tua’au as the special guest, the event included testimonials from past Peace Corps host...
Apia, SAMOA — Preparations for the 8th Annual Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Conference are underway. This year’s event will bring together the highest number of participants and Samoan counterparts GLOW Samoa has ever hosted.
Over 120 girls and 25 female counterparts, from villages across Upolu,...
27 Americans arrived in Samoa on Monday, joining a select group of citizens who have come to Samoa to serve as Peace Corps Volunteers. The new volunteers, who range in age from their early 20s to their 40s, will spend two years living and working in Samoan villages serving as English Resource...

![Samoa’s Minister for Education Seuula Ioane and US Peace Corps country director Gini Wilderson at the signing of a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue their partnership. [photo: US Peace Corps] Seuula Ioane and Gini Wilderson](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/peace_corps.jpg?itok=FMBeMKSG)

![A U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Samoa with her elementary school students. In recent years, volunteers have been classroom co- teachers and advisors working alongside primary school teachers and the Ministry of Education, Sports, and Culture. [courtesy photo] A U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Samoa with her elementary students](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/karen_us.jpg?itok=Voabee-1)
![GLOW girls wearing their recycled outfits with 2018 Miss Samoa Sonia Piva
during the 2018 Conference. The 2019 GLOW conference happening at the end of this month will be the largest gathering with 120 young girls and 25 counterparts from Savaii, Upolu and Manono attending the 4-day leadership conference. [courtesy photo] GLOW girls wearing their recycled outfits with 2018 Miss Samoa](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/glow_4.jpg?itok=k7oE5ole)
