Thirty-eight Peace Corps Volunteers were sworn in by Ambassador Alaina B. Teplitz and the Peace Corps Nepal Country Director Nelson Chase to begin their two-year service in Nepal.

According to a news posted in U.S. Embassy in Nepal Facebook, the new Volunteers, who will now begin their two-year service here in Nepal, join the ranks of the more than 3,700 Volunteers that have served in Nepal since 1962, and the over 7,200 Peace Corps Volunteers currently serving in 65 other countries around the world.