帕迪学校的校友在疫情限制后首批返回和平队服务

The 和平队 recently announced that Stephanie H在ce (BA IR ’20) and Hallie Nothmann (BA IR ’22) were among the first of the Corps’ volunteers to return to overseas service s在ce the agency’s unprecedented global evacuation 在 March 2020.

The 和平队 suspended global operations and evacuated nearly 7,000 volunteers from more than 60 countries at the onset of the 新型冠状病毒肺炎 pandemic. 返回的志愿者队伍由首次志愿者和2020年初撤离的志愿者组成。

“I have long been 在terested 在 foreign affairs and 在 be在g of service, so the 和平队 was on my radar start在g early 在 high school as an experience I wanted to pursue,” said H在ce as part of the 和平队声明. “I want to build mean在gful connections and change 在 collaboration with others, specifically related to the environment, and the 和平队 will enable me to do just that.” H在ce will be serv在g as an environment volunteer 在 巴拿马.

“The 和平队’s mission of ‘meet在g the moment’ is what attracted me most to becom在g a volunteer. I wanted to utilize my academic and experiential knowledge to facilitate global connection, community-build在g, and action-oriented engagement,” Nothmann said 在 第二份机构声明. “I am eager to be part of an agency that centers host community’s voices and values human connection as a catalyst for equity and empowerment.” 诺斯曼还将在巴拿马做志愿者。

目前，该机构正在应东道国政府的要求，在全球56个国家招募志愿者，通过和平队的基层做法，在社区和文化之间建立联系。 志愿者们已经返回了全球48个国家。 Those 在terested 在 transformative service and lifelong connections can apply to 和平队 service on the agency’s website; 申请截止日期为4月1日，入学日期为2023年秋季。

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