From Peace Corps Wiki |Peace Corps Welcome Book| Peace Corps was
invited to work in Lesotho in 1967, one year after the country
gained independence from Great Britain. Nearly 1,900 Volunteers
have served in Lesotho over 37 years, most being assigned to
education and agriculture projects. Current programming goals
are based on community development projects that accommodate
placements of Volunteers in education and community health and
development. Peace Corps History Main article: History of the
Peace Corps in Lesotho The Peace Corps was invited to work in
Lesotho in 1967. Since that time, a relatively constant number
of about 95 Volunteers have served at any given time in Lesotho,
except for a brief time following a political uprising in 1998.
Education, agriculture, and health have been the primary Peace
Corps programs here. The focus of Volunteer placement has been
rural development, which mirrors the country’s 85 percent rural
population demography. Volunteers serve in all 10 districts of
the country. The