Volunteer Voices
Subscribe and listen to stories written and read by Peace Corps Volunteers who served around the world, from Bulgaria to Uzbekistan. New stories arrive every month.
What is podcasting? How do I subscribe?
Featured Podcast
Welcome to Guatemala! Hear a brief history of Peace Corps Volunteers’ involvement with bottle construction projects in Guatemala. Listen | Read
Additional Resources
By creating bricks made from plastic bottles packed densely with trash, learn how Peace Corps Volunteers work with Guatemalan communities to meet the needs for ecological health and educational opportunities.
- Slide show: Building a Better Future
- Slide show: A Community Effort
- E-book: Building a Bottle School
- Photo Gallery: Bottle Construction How-To
Archived Podcasts
Environment
Volunteers work on a wide variety of activities, from teaching environmental awareness to planting trees within a community.
Health
Health Volunteers educate and promote awareness issues such as malnutrition and safe drinking water.
ICT
Peace Corps Volunteers are helping communities take part in the information and communications technology—or “ICT"—revolution around the world.
Water
Peace Corps Volunteers reflect on the deep connection of water to all aspects of life.
Folk tales
World Wise Schools celebrates folk tales from around the world.
Overseas Phone Calls
Once a year, a few Peace Corps Volunteers get to talk by telephone with U.S. classrooms they've been communicating with through the Correspondence Match Program.
Volunteer Stories
Collection of stories from Peace Corps Volunteers around the world.
What is podcasting?
Podcasts are a type of online magazine, using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to deliver audio when it becomes available. This lets you subscribe and automatically download new Peace Corps stories.
How do I subscribe?
To subscribe, you will need a third-party reader such as iTunes, Juice, or iPodder or you can listen to the stories right here on our website.Click on the name of your program:
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