The Peace Corps Returns to Improve Samoa’s English Literacy
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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