Peace Corps

noun

1. a civilian organization, sponsored by the U.S. government, that sends volunteers to instruct citizens of underdeveloped countries in the execution of industrial, agricultural, educational, and health programs.

Peace Corps

noun

1. an agency of the US government that sends American volunteers to developing countries, where they work on educational and other projects: established in 1961

Peace Corps

1. An agency of the United States government that sends American volunteers to developing nations to help improve living standards and provide training. Created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, under the auspices of the Department of State , the Peace Corps provides an opportunity to share American wealth, technology, and expertise. During the cold war it also served as a means for spreading American influence and values in the hope of preventing developing nations from allying themselves with the Soviet Union .

Example Sentences

A self-employed event planner, he had just finished a Peace Corps stint that provided health benefits, but he was still more than a year away from starting a graduate program that would provide coverage through his university.

From ProPublica

A former Peace Corps volunteer, Patterson had spent much of her career working on gender and health, but climate change just kept coming up.

From Time

Only two months later, in March 1961, Kennedy signed Executive Order 10924, making real his campaign promise to establish a national Peace Corps with the mission to promote world peace and friendship.

From Washington Post

Sargent Shriver, Kennedy’s brother-in-law, took on the task of bringing the new Peace Corps to life.

From Washington Post

Hastings, 59, a former Peace Corps volunteer, acknowledges that his approach is not designed to work at all companies, particularly “safety-critical” businesses like operators of nuclear power plants.

From Time

So what we should do is encourage other programs such as Teach for America, the Peace Corps, Americorp.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, under law the IG is under the same obligation as the Peace Corps to keep personal details private.

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile, the Peace Corps maintains that it has an overriding obligation to protect the privacy of sexual assault victims.

From The Daily Beast

One spokesperson even worked late into the night to compile statistics related to Peace Corps safety.

From The Daily Beast

Norman Rush and his wife, Elsa, were co-directors of the Peace Corps in Botswana from 1978 to 1983.

From The Daily Beast

We have extended the helping hand of the Peace Corps and carried forward the largest program of economic assistance in the world.

From Project Gutenberg

A year ago, less than 900 Peace Corps volunteers were on the job.

From Project Gutenberg