In one week’s time, our training class will have our swearing in ceremony in Accra where we will become volunteers! The swearing in ceremony will also serve as the 50th Anniversary celebration of Peace Corps Ghana. President John F. Kennedy signed the Executive Order to create the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. Then on August 30, 1961 the first 52 Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) arrived in Ghana, making it the first country in the world to receive volunteers. When we officially become PCVs on August 30, it will be exactly 50 years since the very first batch of volunteers swore-in (they completed their training in the States). We’ll be celebrating 50 years of peace, friendship, and development in Ghana on this historic occasion. I am so thankful to my home stay family and my friends and family back home for supporting me in my journey as a trainee and soon as a PCV.
“It's a timeless idea – as vibrant today as it was half a century ago. The passion and the hope, the empathy and the enthusiasm – what motivated Volunteers in the 1960s still moves Volunteers today.” – Aaron S. Williams, Peace Corps Director www.peacecorps.gov/50
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