Arizona's Peace Corps Community - National Peace Corps Association
Arizona’s Peace Corps Community Continued Service to Our Nation
As Peace Corps Volunteers
More than 3,600 Arizona citizens have served as Peace Corps Volunteers. More than 125 citizens are currently serving from Arizona. Among large colleges and universities, Arizona State University currently ranks 22nd in sending Peace Corps Volunteers overseas. Peace Corps has educational partnerships with three universities: Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona.
As Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
More than 2,200 Arizona citizens are connected with the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA). NPCA Member Groups are located in Phoenix and Tucson Since 2011, the RPCVs of Southern Arizona – Desert Doves have donated more than $32,000 to support international development projects through the Peace Corps Partnership Program. This includes more than $7,000 in donations supporting projects in Benin, Ghana, Mali, The Gambia, Togo and Zambia. Charitable giving by the Phoenix RPCVs included a donation of more than $400 to complete a community exercise center in Cambodia, and a $1,000 Peace Corps Partnership Program grant for a six-day Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) in Thailand. The RPCVs of Phoenix volunteered several times in the past year sorting medical supplies for Project C.U.R.E. to support the program’s working with sick and needy individuals around the world.
The Peace Corps Community of Arizona
Kathleen Stephens South Korea, 1975-1977 United States ambassador to South Korea; served as the United States’ chargé d’affaires to India from March to December; attended Prescott College in Arizona, Harvard University, and Oxford University
Kathleen Ingley Senegal, 1972-1975 Freelance writer and editor from Phoenix, Arizona; reporter for the Arizona Republic
Howard Seftel Senegal 1972-1975 Dining and restaurant critic for the Arizona Republic and azcentral.com
Gene Trujillo Ghana, 2015-Present Graduate of Arizona State University; served as education volunteer in Ghana; raised enough funds for “Let Girls Learn: GLOW & BRO Camp” project, which will create a youth development camp teaching leadership and other skills to young men and women
As Peace Corps Volunteers
More than 3,600 Arizona citizens have served as Peace Corps Volunteers. More than 125 citizens are currently serving from Arizona. Among large colleges and universities, Arizona State University currently ranks 22nd in sending Peace Corps Volunteers overseas. Peace Corps has educational partnerships with three universities: Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona.
As Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
More than 2,200 Arizona citizens are connected with the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA). NPCA Member Groups are located in Phoenix and Tucson Since 2011, the RPCVs of Southern Arizona – Desert Doves have donated more than $32,000 to support international development projects through the Peace Corps Partnership Program. This includes more than $7,000 in donations supporting projects in Benin, Ghana, Mali, The Gambia, Togo and Zambia. Charitable giving by the Phoenix RPCVs included a donation of more than $400 to complete a community exercise center in Cambodia, and a $1,000 Peace Corps Partnership Program grant for a six-day Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) in Thailand. The RPCVs of Phoenix volunteered several times in the past year sorting medical supplies for Project C.U.R.E. to support the program’s working with sick and needy individuals around the world.
The Peace Corps Community of Arizona
Kathleen Stephens South Korea, 1975-1977 United States ambassador to South Korea; served as the United States’ chargé d’affaires to India from March to December; attended Prescott College in Arizona, Harvard University, and Oxford University
Kathleen Ingley Senegal, 1972-1975 Freelance writer and editor from Phoenix, Arizona; reporter for the Arizona Republic
Howard Seftel Senegal 1972-1975 Dining and restaurant critic for the Arizona Republic and azcentral.com
Gene Trujillo Ghana, 2015-Present Graduate of Arizona State University; served as education volunteer in Ghana; raised enough funds for “Let Girls Learn: GLOW & BRO Camp” project, which will create a youth development camp teaching leadership and other skills to young men and women
