December 16, 2022 – Peace Corps Worldwide

Joe Kennedy (Dominican Republic) | New Special Envoy to Northern Ireland

Dec 16 2022

Joe Kennedy III is set to be named as US special envoy to Northern Ireland, BBC News understands. He will be will be the first person in the role in almost two years. The US government will make the announcement as early as Monday, a source familiar with the appointment told the BBC. It is understood the role will see Mr Kennedy, who is the grandson of assassinated presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, focus on economic development and closer ties, and not political issues such as Brexit or the Northern Ireland Protocol. Before attending Harvard Law School, Kennedy served in the Peace Corps (Dominican Republic 2004-06). He then became a district attorney before setting his eyes on the US House of Representatives. He was first elected to congress in 2013 and served four terms as the representative for Massachusetts’s 4th district. In 2020, Kennedy decided to forego a re-election, and . . .

The Peace Corps Returns to Improve Samoa’s English Literacy

Dec 16 2022

Samoa’s Minister for Education Seuula Ioane and US Peace Corps country director Gini Wilderson at the signing of a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to continue their partnership. [photo: US Peace Corps] 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 President Kamala Harris had announced the return of the Peace Corps to the region, something which had been stopped due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and as a political decision by the then administration. Following the intensifying of geopolitical tension in the region with China, the U.S. has sought to bring the volunteers back as a means to have more engagement in the region. On Dec. 1, 2022, the United . . .

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