I will occasionally write to you describing my adventures here. Through e-mail you will be able to ask me questions about my new country. Soon, you will get to see some pictures of Slovakia, and eventually, you will even meet some of my Slovak students on-line. The Peace Corps was established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. The Peace Corps' mission is to promote world peace and friendship.
American citizens volunteer to serve in foreign countries for approximately two years.
The first group of Volunteers served in Ghana, West Africa starting in 1961. Since then more than 130,000 Americans have served as Peace Corps Volunteers in more than 100 countries around the world. Among other achievements, these volunteers have helped people overseas to develop technical skills, fight malnutrition and disease, and create small businesses. Today, more than 6,500 Volunteers serve in 93 countries, including the former Soviet Union and China. Both young and older adults participate in Peace Corps.