12.21.11 Press Release
Peace Corps Mourns the Loss of Volunteers Elizabeth Alden Landis and Lena Jenison
Welcome to the Peace Corps/Mozambique.
This site was created to share Peace Corps experiences and resources with others. Peace Corps Volunteers have been working and living in Mozambique since 1998 initially with the education program. Today we have volunteers working in education and health projects in 10 of 11 provinces of the country. Last year we had a group of 57 volunteers of which 39 were assigned to the Education Sector and the remaining were assigned to the Health Sector.
Moz 17 Swearing Cerimony
After 10 weeks of training the Moz 17ers are now Volunteers. In a cerimony were our most distiguished guest, partners and goverment official witnessed the Swearing-In cerimony of our Moz 17 trainers become volunteers who will work in education in almost all the country for the next years. Our congratulations to Moz 17 Group and we wish you all the best in your assignments.
Mozambique
- Capital City – Maputo
- Largest City – Maputo
- Official Language(s) – Portuguese
- Area (KM2) – 799.380
- Population – 20,530,714
- Currency – Metical (MT)
I've learned the meaning of being hospitable. I have learned the meaning of taking care of your guests. Mozambicans know how to treat their guests. I always felt like royalty at my friend's house. Megan DuffyMoz 13 Health Volunteer