The Peace Corps Enters Strategic Partnership with Reach for the World

WASHINGTON – Today, the Peace Corps announced the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Reach the World (RTW), an organization dedicated to leveraging widely available technology to ensure that all Americans have access to positive, personal experiences abroad. The strategic partnership will extend the reach and engagement of returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) in service of the Peace Corps’ Third Goal to promote a better understanding of other nations on the part of Americans.

As part of the new collaboration, RPCVs will work together with RTW on two initiatives:

• The Traveler Program: RPCVs will be matched with American K-12 classrooms and share their experiences serving abroad through media (written stories, pictures, and videos), which are published on Reach the World’s website. Matches typically last six to 12 weeks and will be conducted using RTW’s virtual exchange platform.
• Meet the World Program: RPCVs will volunteer to visit a K-12 classroom in the U.S., either in-person or virtually, to share their experience as a Peace Corps Volunteer.

Interested educators can sign up for free, and RPCVs can apply to be a Reach the World traveler here.

This is the first MOU the Peace Corps has signed with Reach the World.