this was known as a host country
host country
Chile
False
"Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country."
Peace Corps
No. The Peace Corps is a governmental organization, and it is discouraged for Peace Corps Volunteers to proselytize.
It is known as the Peace Corps. It is still functioning.
Sort of. You can request a region to be assigned and once you have a placement you can choose to accept or reject the assignment. You don't really just pick a country and Peace Corps sends you there.
President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps by Executive Order on March 1, 1961. Congress authorized the Peace Corps with passage of the Peace Corps Act on September 21, 1961. On September 22, 1961, Kennedy signed the congressional legislation creating a permanent Peace Corps.
Sargent Shriver was the first director of the Peace Corps.
The Peace Corps is an agency of the Federal government devoted to world peace and friendship. Answer volunteer