History of the Peace Corps in Mozambique From Peace Corps Wiki
The government of Mozambique first approached the American
government about the Peace Corps in the early 1990s, at a time
when the more than 20-year liberation and civil war was coming
to an end. In October 1998, the first Volunteers arrived to
start teaching English in district secondary schools in the 1999
school year. The second group of Volunteers included a
complement of science teachers. The next group included not only
secondary school English and science teachers, but also English
teacher trainers, and began teaching in February 2002. In 2004,
Peace Corps Volunteers began working on a new community health
project. Health Volunteers are working in a variety of
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), including international,
national, community, and faith-based organizations that have
projects in HIV/AIDS care and prevention as well as other
aspects of health and wellness. There are approximately 80
Volunteers in Mozambique, many of whom will