Can you do Peace Corps with a partner?

The Peace Corps accepts same-sex couples. Both you and your partner must apply at the same time and qualify for assignments in the same country. The Peace Corps will only consider you as a couple, and will look to place you at the same site. Because of this, couples sometimes experience longer application periods.

What is Peace Corps Couples accepted?

Couples who are not married will also need to sign an affidavit declaring their domestic partnership. Here are some major tips for couple applicants to keep in mind: Be in a serious relationship. In 2013, Peace Corps was proud to begin allowing same-sex couples to serve as domestic partners.

What do Peace Corps volunteers do after service?

Peace Corps Response The Peace Corps Response program was started to offer shorter-term assignments in a multitude of programs around the world. Volunteers go to foreign countries to teach, assist in disaster response, conduct trainings on microfinance/business or other kinds of health related work.

What do Peace Corps Volunteers do after service?

How long do Peace Corps Volunteers serve?

Peace Corps Volunteers Serve for two years plus three months of training for an opportunity to totally immerse yourself into a host country community.

Who can be a Peace Corps volunteer?

The Peace Corps actively recruits Americans with a wide variety of experience, ages, and perspectives so we can share our nation’s greatest resource—its people—with the communities we serve. You must be 18 or older to be a Volunteer. You must be a U.S. citizen.

How does the Peace Corps work?

The Peace Corps provides each Volunteer with housing and a living stipend that enables them to live in a manner similar to people in their community of service. Unlike other international volunteer programs, there is no charge to participate in the Peace Corps.