 
Contact Address Details:
US
Peace Corps 
Banjul area head office
78 Kairaba Avenue (map)
Fajara M Section
(near the US Embassy)
P.O. Box 582, Banjul
The Gambia,
West Africa
Tel no: +220 4464564
4398338 / 4377388 / 4398357
4392120 (country director)
4377052
(Stodge House, Kanifing, MDI Rd.)
4398366 (Youth Hostel)
Email:
AF/The_Gambia@peacecorps.gov
oig@peacecorps.gov
Branches:
Headquarters
1111 20th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20526
Tel no: +1 855.855.1961
Fax: 202.692.1065
Email:
dcinfo@peacecorps.gov
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Background Information:
 The
Peace
Corps (an independent US Federal Agency) takes applications
from US citizens who are over the age of 18 years for voluntary
field work in The Gambia and other
countries around the world and offers a start to their working
careers.
Today there are around 122 volunteers working in
rural village
communities in The Gambia.
The organisation promotes awareness and provides instruction
in the fields of agriculture,
education,
engineering, environment,
community development work and health
care including HIV/Aids prevention. People can serve for
up to 60 months under the "five-year rule".
History:
In 1967 the Ministry of External Affairs signed a Memorandum
of Understanding with the Peace Corps Volunteers. Later that
year PCTG volunteers started services beginning with teaching
and mechanical instruction. So far there have been over 1,200
volunteers who have assisted many Gambian communities over
the years.
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