Peace Corps

Since <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEPLT003488" title="John F. Kennedy" href="/topic/politics/government/presidents-of-the-united-states/john-f.-kennedy-PEPLT003488.topic">President Kennedy</a> launched the federal program to bring healthcare, economic assistance and educational aid to the most impoverished corners of the world, more than 200,000 Americans have served in 139 countries. Above, a volunteer teaches children in a village in the Peruvian Andes to make tapestries based on their own ideas, to sell to tourists.

( Associated Press )

Since President Kennedy launched the federal program to bring healthcare, economic assistance and educational aid to the most impoverished corners of the world, more than 200,000 Americans have served in 139 countries. Above, a volunteer teaches children in a village in the Peruvian Andes to make tapestries based on their own ideas, to sell to tourists.

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