208th Group Of Peace Corps Volunteers Arrive In Nepal
Now I really feel old. Nick ecker-Racz Nepal II and USAID 1963-1968
June 14, 2023
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.”
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.
Wow!! Wonderful to see he continued long term partnership of Nepal and the American people
Be safe, work hard, play harder. Jai Nepal!
Steve Joseph, MD
Peace Corps Physician/Nepal
1964-66
Now I really feel old. Nick ecker-Racz Nepal II and USAID 1963-1968