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FOIA Number: 2013-0661-F FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Collection/Record Group: Clinton Presidential Records Subgroup/Office of Origin: National Service Series/Staff Member: Eli Segal Subseries: OA/ID Number: 1295 FolderID: Folder Title: Peace Corps Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: S 66 2 8 1 Peace Corp file Peace Corps Facts The Peace Corps was officially established in 1961. In the past 32 years 140,000 volunteers have served in over 100 countries world-wide. Director: Acting Director John P. Hogan Headquarters: 1990 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20526 15 Recruitment Offices in Major Cities. These offices are responsible for helping the thousands of Peace Corps applicants compete for placement as volunteers. Current number of Volunteers: 6,100 Average Age: 31 Sex: 54% female; 46% male Marital status: 90% single; 10% married Minorities: 12% of Peace Corps volunteers Senior volunteers: 10% of the Peace Corps volunteers Education/experience: 51%-one or more years work experience 96%-bachelor's degree 11%-five plus years work experience 37%-graduate degree Total number of countries served in FY '92: 94 New countries served since 1990: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Guyana, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe Volunteer breakdown by country: Africa (39%), Inter-America (30%) Eurasia and Middle East (15%), Asia and the Pacific (16%) Volunteer breakdown by sector: Agriculture (14.9%), Environment/Forestry (12.6%), Health (17.3%), Urban Development (3.2%), Education (40.5%), Business (10.4%), Other (1.2%) FY 93 Budget: 218 million dollars The Mission of the Peace Corps is to promote world peace: 1. To help the people of interested countries and areas in meeting their need for trained men and women. 2. To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served. 3. To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. Press Office, 202/606-3010 Recruitment, 1-800/424-8580 ext. 2293 PEACE CORPS PEACE CORPS NEWS OF THE UNITED STATES 1990 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20526 Phone: 202/606-3010 Fax: 202/606-3110 PEACE CORPS OF THE UNITED STATES SERVING WORLDWIDE AFRICA INTER-AMERICA ASIA & PACIFIC 69 Benin 1 Bangladesh** 102 Botswana 21 Argentina 1 Cambodia** 25 Burundi 50 Belize 1 China 166 Cameroon 87 Bolivia 6 Cook Islands 19 Cape Verde 43 Chile 111 Fiji* 55 Ctrl African Rep 184 Costa Rica 4 Hong Kong** 40 Chad 169 Dominican Rep 1 India** 23 Comoros 195 Ecuador 1 Indonesia** 27 Congo 245 Guatemala 24 Kiribati 54 Cote d' Ivoire 2 Guyana** 15 Marshall Isl 2 Ethiopia** 1 Haiti 62 Micronesia* 111 Gabon 189 Honduras 49 Mongolia* 51 The Gambia* 136 Jamaica* 119 Nepal* 96 Ghana 32 Nicaragua Pakistan*** 56 Guinea 42 Panama 86 Papua New Guinea 34 Guinea Bissau 189 Paraguay 17 Philippines 179 Kenya 111 Eastern Caribbean 35 Solomon Islands 113 Lesotho (Leeward Islands) 47 Sri Lanka 1 Liberia** -Antigua/Barbuda 206 Thailand* 1 Madagascar*** -Dominica 1 Tokelau** 99 Malawi -St. Kitts/Nevis 51 Tonga 145 Mali -Montserrat 4 Tuvalu 82 Mauritania* -Anguilla 11 Vanuatu 3 Mozambique** (Windward Islands) 30 Western Samoa 84 Namibia -Grenada 123 Niger -St. Lucia 20 Nigeria -St. Vincent Rwanda*** and Grenadines 17 Sao Tome and Principe 51 Uruguay 120 Senegal 12 Seychelles EURASIA & THE MIDDLE EAST 26 Sierra Leone 1 Sudan** 20 Albania 4 Malta 91 Swaziland 38 Armenia 79 Morocco* 60 Tanzania 47 Bulgaria 252 Poland* 89 Togo 80 Czechoslovakia 24 Romania 24 Uganda* 21 Estonia 99 Russia Zaire*** 114 Hungary 34 Tunisia 50 Zimbabwe* 21 Latvia 50 Ukraine 20 Lithuania 53 Uzbekistan 33 Yemen *Includes United Nations volunteers ***Countries in development or **United Nations volunteers only temporarily suspended February 1993