Core Expectations of PCV

One
Prepare your personal and professional life to make a commitment to serve abroad for a full term of 27 months.

Two
Commit to improving the quality of life of other people with whom you live and work; and, in doing so, share your skills, adapt them, and learn new skills as needed.

Three
Serve where the Peace Corps asks you to go, under the conditions of hardship, if necessary, and with the flexibility needed for effective service.

Four
Recognize that your successful and sustainable development work is based on the local trust and confidence you build by living in, and respectfully integrating yourself into, your host community and culture.

Five
Recognize that you are responsible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for your personal conduct and professional performance.

Six
Engage with the host country partners in spirit of cooperation, mutual learning, and respect.

Seven
Work within the rules and expectations of the Peace Corps and the local and national laws of the country where you serve.

Eight
Exercise judgement and personal responsibility to protect your health, safety, and well being  and that of others.

Nine
Recognize that you will be perceived, in your host country and community, as a representative of the people, culture, values, and traditions of the United States of America.

Ten
Represent responsibly the people, cultures, values, and traditions of your host country and community to people in the United States both during and following your service.

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