Third Goal

Do you miss the day-to-day intercultural exposure that you had as a PCV? Host a YFU international student and bring this cultural exchange right into your home!

Hey there Peace Corps folks. I, like many I’ve noticed on this site, am a new recruit. My mission is set in Morocco as a health worker and is set to ship out March 3rd, 2008. Just recently I began to realize that in a couple more months I will no longer be working as [...]

Ok, so after a long and arduous and somewhat annoying 6 months, I’m FINALLY medically cleared and simply waiting for the placement officers to do their duty and give me a place to go… I was nominated to do English in Eastern Europe but over that last few months I let them know that I’d [...]

I was a Morocco Peace corps volunteer from 75 to 77.  I worked in a Lycee with 1st and 2nd year students.  I had a neat little apartment replete with cockroaches and the occasional “farr”.  But I also had a neat little Moroccan dog named Sapphire.  Sapphire was stolen out of my yard one day, [...]

Hi! Nominated for a group that would stage in March 07 in Morocco… just passed medical clearance (yes!)… any ideas as to when to expect an invite? What is typical? Do people ever make it past the interview and medical/dental/legal clearance and never get invited?