Number of Peace Corps Voluntees Serving as of June 28, 2022
Thanks for that information, Steve. I don't know how many potential Volunteers are in the "pipeline." It may be that…
| ARMENIA | P | 1 | |
| BELIZE | C | 5 | |
| BELIZE | P | 10 | |
| BENIN | P | 18 | |
| COLOMBIA | C | 1 | |
| COLOMBIA | P | 18 | |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | P | 13 | |
| EASTERN CARIBBEAN | P | 10 | |
| ECUADOR | P | 16 | |
| GAMBIA | C | 1 | |
| GAMBIA | P | 16 | |
| GHANA | P | 13 | |
| KYRGYZSTAN | C | 1 | |
| KYRGYZSTAN | P | 11 | |
| MEXICO | P | 1 | |
| NAMIBIA | C | 1 | |
| NAMIBIA | P | 1 | |
| PARAGUAY | P | 13 | |
| PERU | C | 2 | |
| PERU | P | 10 | |
| RWANDA | P | 16 | |
| SENEGAL | C | 1 | |
| SIERRA LEONE | P | 16 | |
| TOGO | P | 19 | |
| UGANDA | C | 2 | |
| ZAMBIA | C | 10 | |
| ZAMBIA | P | 27 | |
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Volunteer type Acronyms: P = two-year Volunteers C = Peace Corps Response Volunteers |
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| This information is from FOIA 22-0101 | |||
| Thank you to the Peace Corps FOIA Office | |||
| 253 | |||
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Thanks for obtaining this information. I’m surprised at the low number of volunteers (228). Some posts show only one volunteer, possibly a returning evacuated volunteer. Is this list complete, I wonder.
Steve, I can only say that I made a FOIA request. The FOIA office is dependent on the information it receives from other Peace Corps Departments. The count of 253 is from my calculations. I could be wrong. It does include Response Volunteers. It is not unusual for only one Response Volunteer to be assigned to a country. The Response Volunteers are assigned based on very specific technical or professional skills. Their assignments are short term.
Right now, there is a labor shortage in the United States. Peace Corps is having to compete with employers offering great incentatives. Our own political environment is polarized. There is a uncertainly about what will happen with the
mid-term elections. My opinion is Peace Corps is having a difficult time recruiting.
Joanne, I think you’re right about the difficult time recruiting, as well as disruption of the “supply chain” (universities, recruitment offices, word-of-mouth by newly returned volunteers, etc.). In written testimony dated June 15th to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Acting Director said that: “By the end of FY2022 [September 30, 2022], we expect to have 1,000 Volunteers serving in 30 countries.” Given the FOIA number of volunteers at June 28th, 253, we should be expecting a big thrust in the next few months.
Thanks for that information, Steve. I don’t know how many potential Volunteers are in the “pipeline.”
It may be that college graduations may spur recruitment. I just don’t know. Evidently, the military is having a very difficult time recruiting , also.