208th Group Of Peace Corps Volunteers Arrive In Nepal

208th Group Of Peace Corps Volunteers Arrive In Nepal

June 14, 2023, 1:38 p.m.

Twenty-one new Peace Corps Volunteers arrived in Kathmandu this week. After completing an intensive 11-week Pre-Service Training, these trainees will swear-in as the 208th group of Peace Corps Volunteers to serve in Nepal since the U.S. program’s founding in 1962. They are the first group to arrive since the global evacuation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The new volunteers join nearly 4,000 volunteers who have previously come to Nepal to serve since 1962.

Speaking at the training center in Bhaktapur, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Jason Meeks said, “With the more than 60-year partnership between the Government of Nepal and Peace Corps, we are pleased to welcome this first batch of volunteers to return to service in Nepal after more than three years. Peace Corps Volunteers working in rural locations throughout Nepal and in partnership with their communities demonstrate the strong and growing bonds between our two countries.”

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After eleven weeks of intensive language and cross-cultural instruction, volunteers will be assigned to districts in Gandaki and Bagmati Provinces to teach English in government schools, and work on food security and health projects in coordination with the Ministries of Education, Science and Technology, Health and Population, and Agriculture and Livestock Development.

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