Nicaragua
Peace Corps in Nicaragua
There are more than 155 Volunteers in Nicaragua working with their communities on projects in education, the environment, community economic development, and health. During their service in Nicaragua, Volunteers learn to speak Spanish. More than 2,530 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Nicaragua since the program was established in 1968.
Volunteers
Current: 155
To Date: 2530
To Date: 2530
Program Dates
1968-1979, 1991-present
Official Language
Spanish
Volunteer Openings in Nicaragua
View allDon’t let your enthusiasm fade away. It is a virtue as valuable as it is necessary. Work, hope, always reach higher.
Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet
Current Projects in Nicaragua
Stories from Nicaragua
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2016 Storytelling Contest: Katherine Wzorek, RPCV Nicaragua
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