YOUTH development and health are two areas that current and future US Peace Corps volunteers will focus on when working in local communities.
Newly-appointed Peace Corps director Carolyn Hessler-Radelet said one of the things that was different about Peace Corps was that volunteers lived and worked in the communities they were assigned to for two years.
“So they become a member of the community, especially with young people who are the promise of the future,” she said.
“It’s important to help them develop their leadership skills and the confidence they need to take Fiji into the future.”
She said health and climate change also shared an important link.
“I see health and climate change going hand in hand because the consequences of climate change can very much have an effect of food security and clean water.
“For all the volunteers, no matter what their primary activity is, they work with their community to identify the most pressing needs in their community and then they help the community identify their own solutions.
