May 7, 2020
Helping America Confront COVID-19: Volunteer and Job Opportunities
Ideas and resources for the Peace Corps community By James Rupert Photo: RPCV Mia Richardson donating blood. Courtesy RPCVs in Service at Home As evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers seek new jobs — and as all Returned Peace Corps Volunteers ask what we can do for our country — the COVID-19 pandemic has only increased America’s need for the commitment, experience, and skills we built in Peace Corps. Organizations across the country are hiring new crisis responders: thousands of paid contact tracers to work via phone and internet to suppress COVID’s spread. We need new public health workers — with and without medical or clinical skills. The range of need is vast:...