Candice Lanette

Candice Lanette, a 2010 graduate of ESF, has been accepted into the Peace Corps and departed for Zambia Feb. 3 to begin training as...
First Baptist Church of Cleveland members traveled off the beaten path during a recent mission trip to an orphanage in Zambia.

By STEPHANIE BUCKNER Six members of First Baptist Church of Cleveland recently embarked on a trip to Zambia, where they lived off-the-grid and visited an orphanage and...

Elyse Callahan doesn’t talk about her Peace Corps service easily. She pauses often, choosing her words carefully. Strong emotions are evident, just below the surface. Listeners...
Stepping out- Rachael dons her leopard-print boots to lead the parade

Rachael Murton cares for baby elephants left without their mums by poachers killing indiscriminately The Chelmsford-born biology graduate carries out dangerous rescue operations in the African bush She manages...
Katie Costello works with some of the girls in one of the GLOW Camp small groups in a Zambian village. / Submitted

Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) is a program by Peace Corps Volunteers worldwide to educate young girls on their worth, life’s possibilities and...

In rural Africa, where money is scarce and subsistence farming the norm, even small injections of cash can go far and help grow a local economy in surprising...
Zambia

Nottinghamshire Pupils are being urged to donate their unwanted football kit and equipment to children less fortunate than themselves.   Staff at Chuter Ede Primary School,...
Alix Clark, 23, has signed up for a Voluntary Services Overseas humanitarian trip to Zambia

A university graduate is set to live on £1 a day in her own back garden to highlight the plight of people living in...
A coffin is lowered into the grave during a funeral in a Zambian village. At the end of the ceremony, the family members shovel soil back on top

I’ve attended more funerals in my Peace Corps service than I did in the entire time I lived in the United States. In fact, in...