Kathmandu, Jan 30: A group of 24 Peace Corps volunteers have arrived in Nepal as part of the Peace Corps’ 1962 bilateral agreement.
Under this programme, the agriculture and English education trainees will undergo an 11-week intensive language and technical training before serving in the local communities, it has been said.
According to the Peace Corps, the volunteers’ arrival to Nepal continues the ongoing partnership of more than 60 years between the Peace Corps, the Government of Nepal and its people.
Since then US President John F Kennedy created the Peace Corps in 1962, the governments of Nepal and United States signed a bilateral agreement to authorise the Peace Corps’ operation in Nepal.
Following this, under this programme, the first batch of 77 volunteers comprising teachers and agriculture specialists reached Kathmandu to live in and partner with the Nepali communities. Since its inspection in 1962, nearly 4,000 US citizens have arrived in Nepal to serve as volunteers for two years.
These volunteers lived in the Nepali communities across the country and worked in multiple sectors including education and food security. The volunteers were living and working in five districts in Nepal. Education volunteers worked in government schools where they helped uplift English standards of English language teachers while helping them learn new skills, said the Peace Corps.
Similarly, food security volunteers worked with farmers in their bid to improve agricultural output and produce high-value cash crops to increase family income.
