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Peace Corps

Seuula Ioane and Gini Wilderson
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...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
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...
A U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Samoa with her elementary students
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...
GLOW girls wearing their recycled outfits with 2018 Miss Samoa
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 American Peace Corp volunteers with Charge d’Affaires Tony Greubel and Izumi and Peace Corps Samoa Country Director, Gini Wilderson
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...