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Focus Areas

When you apply to the Peace Corps Prep Program, you’ll be asked to choose a focus area that aligns with the six sectors of the Peace Corps.

As part of the program, you will to take courses and gain experience in your chosen sector. Clark’s academic programs and connections in Worcester provide ample opportunities for you to develop relevant knowledge and skills. Specific details about each focus area can be found in the Clark Peace Corps Prep Student Guide.

Student Guide

Peace Corps agriculture

Agriculture

Lead grassroots efforts to fight hunger in a changing world.

A Peace Corps volunteers secured a grants for this community in Tanzania to build a fish pond, to improve their economic resiliences and nutritional variety.

Community Economic Development

Harness 21st-century tools to help communities lift themselves.

Peace Corps youth in development

Education

Teach lessons that last a lifetime.

A Peace Corps volunteer works with environmental leaders in their host community in Panama, tagging and monitoring mangroves.

Environment

Help forge a global movement to protect our planet.

A Peace Corps volunteers works with a family in their host community.

Health

Serve on the front lines of global health.

Children in a Berber village during a sports day organized by Pete Corps volunteers at the local high school.

Youth in Development

Empower the next generation of changemakers.

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Peace Corps logo with a white dove symbol and flag motif