Archive - March 26, 2022

  Peace Corps returns to duty abroad after pandemic forced sudden evacuations   The organization is recruiting volunteers as it promises to focus on issues such as diversity, transparency and sexual assault.   March 3, 2022, 2:00 PM EST By Julia Jester The Peace Corps will begin redeploying its volunteers later this month after suspending all operations and evacuating its 7,000 member force from more than 60 countries at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic — a first in the organization’s history. Nearly two years later, Peace Corps volunteers will re-enter service in a phased approach, with  Zambia and the Dominican Republic receiving the first cohorts, including new and previously evacuated volunteers, Peace Corps CEO Carol Spahn said in prepared remarks Thursday. The organization is actively recruiting applicants for 24 countries, which must clear a final approval check a month before receiving volunteers, she said. In addition to their primary assignments, all volunteers . . .