Welcome to NPCA’s Continuation of Service Program
The Peace Corps community furthers the ideals of the Third Goal: “strengthen Americans’ understanding about the world and its peoples.” We do this through continued service and by supporting Peace Corps initiatives.
The NPCA Continuation of Service program connects you with groups, organizations, and advocacy efforts to amplify our social impact. Utilizing the NPCA/GivePulse platform, you can find events, volunteer opportunities, and organizations that align with Peace Corps values.
This program taps into the power of the global Peace Corps network. Whether you served in the 1960s or 2000s, the NPCA Continuation of Service program facilitates volunteerism at any life stage, helping RPCVs create lasting social impact and foster interconnected communities.
It’s part of a broader movement dedicated to positive change. Volunteering builds stronger communities and a brighter future. Your involvement shapes a world continually defined by service and compassion, embodying Peace Corps values.
We invite you to take action today. Join today and harness the opportunity to volunteer with other local and national organizations, NGOs, travel abroad to share your expertise.
This is how RPCVs show up, honor what we hold dear, and continue to build on the Peace Corps ideals and strengths anywhere we live.
What does NPCA’s Continuation of Service Opportunities Support?
NPCA frequently partners with organizations eager to leverage the skills and experience of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) community. We are proud to establish relationships with local, regional, national, and international aid organizations and other partners. The Continuation of Service program offers volunteer opportunities for everyone, starting with in-person opportunities and expanding to support continued service across the country.
These partnerships enable us to direct the unique expertise and passion of RPCVs into projects and initiatives that benefit from their experience, cross-cultural fluency, language skills, and technical abilities. RPCVs are invaluable assets to volunteer organizations, enhancing our collective capacity to create meaningful change in the U.S., just as we have done globally since Sargent Shriver’s call to Serve, Serve, Serve.
While we support a wide range of service opportunities on the Continuation of Service platform, we are currently focusing on the following key areas:
Refugee and Immigration:
Repaying the hospitality that we received in our Peace Corps host countries to those who need it the most.
HIAS
Welcome the Stranger, Protect the Refugee
HIAS offers essential services to refugees and asylum seekers globally while advocating for their fundamental rights, empowering them to rebuild their lives.
IROC:
Immigrant and Refugee Outreach Center
IROC’s mission is to leverage community strength to welcome immigrant and refugee neighbors through support, education, and outreach.
Peace Corps
Community for Refugees
The mission of the PCC4Refugees is to inspire and mobilize the Peace Corps Community to
help those seeking refuge in our country and to advocate and educate on their behalf.
Environment and Climate Change:
Supporting efforts underway to rally our community around meaningful ways to reverse the impact of climate change.
WEFTA
Volunteers and Professional Advisors at Water Engineers for the Americas & Africa apply their expertise and resources to help alleviate the problem of unsafe water supplies and inadequate sanitation facilities in countries in Latin America and Africa.
RPCVs for Environmental Action
Mobilizing the Peace Corps community to drive climate solutions, restore the environment, promote global sustainable development, and advocate for impactful change.
The Nature Conservancy
Together with communities, we’re urgently removing barriers and discovering solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises
Education and Literacy:
Identifying opportunities for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers to give back with teaching, tutoring, and other roles.
The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience
The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience envisions connecting people globally to inspire service and peace, highlighting that our shared humanity transcends the cultures and ideas that divide us
Global Health and Support Services:
Identifying Global Telehealth and support services in the health sector for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers to share their expertise.
Global Health Promise
Promoting a Comprehensive Health Strategy for Trafficked Women and Their Children.
Additional Opportunities Through NPCA and NPCA Partners:
NPCA Community Fund Small Grants Program
The NPCA Community Fund empowers community-based projects worldwide through small grants and crowdfunding, fostering global social impact. Open to RPCVs, former Peace Corps staff, and affiliates, the fund prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion, with a focus on racial justice and minority-owned initiatives.
AmeriCorps Positions
AmeriCorps extends an invitation to Returned Peace Corps Volunteers to think about a term of domestic service. There are opportunities to serve throughout the year, with time commitments ranging from eight weeks to one year. Service setting will vary based on the program and organization you choose. Find an AmeriCorps position that is right for you.
Farmer-to-Farmer
Do you have a background in business or agriculture and a commitment to work with communities in Latin America and Africa as a virtual volunteer? By partnering with the USAID Farmer-to-Farmer program, NPCA helps returned Volunteers use highly developed skills in short-term capacity-building volunteer assignments. Explore open assignments and apply.
NPCA Emergency Response Network
When the need and opportunity presents itself for mobilizing the NPCA community to employ unique RPCV skills and experiences, NPCA’s Continuation of Service programs looks for partnering opportunities to help respond to emergency situations nationwide, as we did recently in response to the recent Covid Global Pandemic in partnership with Public Health.
Cause-Related NPCA Affiliate Groups
Explore NPCA affiliate groups organized to focus on causes that matter deeply to the Peace Corps community. Partner groups include RPCVs for Environmental Action, the Peace Corps Community for Refugees, and TCP Global, which provides micro-loans in remote and marginalized communities. Learn more and support the efforts of these groups.
State Department International Exchange Alumni Program
The International Exchange Alumni website is a place where past and present U.S. government-sponsored exchange program participants (including all RPCVs) can sign up to find tools and resources to advance their communities and our world. The Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund (CDAF), linked here, is an excellent opportunity for RPCVs looking for resources to support Continuation of Service activities.
The Domestic Dividend
Task Force Report
The impact of Peace Corps Volunteers upon return spans the local to the global, from serving their home communities in small but impactful projects to leading federal agencies that improve our connections with the international community. They continue to uphold Peace Corps values throughout their lives to benefit the American people.
This study includes data and conclusions from a community-wide survey in 2021, and builds on earlier RPCV studies by revisiting the impact of Peace Corps on its Volunteers. This most recent report reaches beyond well-documented individual benefits to demonstrate the link between the Peace Corps experience and later professional and personal contributions to the country.
As a task force, these are the domestic benefits of the investment made in the sixty-year-old experiment in a genuine search for peace.
Continuation of Service:
Partner Spotlight: GivePulse
with George Luc, Co-CEO of GivePulse
In our commitment to supporting the Peace Corps Community continue their service, NPCA is partnering with service organizations nationwide that help RPCVs share their unique skills. Founded in 2012, Give Pulse is a proven civic network that matches people in a community with causes they care about, while enabling easy organization, management and mobilization of volunteers. While similar services exist online, NPCA has found that this GivePulse provides the best user experience and, most importantly, a way to report back to our community the collective impact of those who use it. The partnership is a great match and designed to make your volunteering experience seamless, engaging, and impactful.
We invite you to take action today. Join NPCA/GivePulse today!
If you are interested in partnering with NPCA, email: [email protected]
