Peace Corps

Translations

Read along with the transcripts or listen as you watch slide shows in Spanish or folk tales in French. Watch videos with host country nationals speaking in their native languages about Peace Corps projects in their communities.

Chinese

Hey, Driver! (story)
The Legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival (folk tale)
A Taste of Tongren:  Exploring Chinese Culture Through Food (slide show)

French

Cameroon: La Protection des Sources D'eau
(transcript of slide show)

Guinea: La Lutte Contre L'érosion Du Sol (slide show)

Haiti: Des Ailes à Ses Pieds | Listen (folk tale)

Niger: La Princesse Calebasse | Listen (folk tale)

Togo: La Grande Fosse | Listen (folk tale)

Samoa: La Gestion Des Barrières De Corail
(transcript of phone call between a Volunteer and a classroom)

Spanish

Bolivia: Cuando El Éxito Sabe a Miel
(transcript of slide show)

Bolivia: Llamada Internacional de Bolivia (transcript of Peace Corps Week phone call)

Colombia: Dos Veces en Mi Vida (story)

Costa Rica: Una Llamada de Costa Rica (transcript of Peace Corps Week phone call)

Dominican Republic: El Consejo Del Rey | Listen (folk tale)

Dominican Republic: Días de Trabajo | Listen (story)

Dominican Republic: Diplomacia por Goteo | Listen (story)

Dominican Republic: La Niña Campesina | Listen (story)

Dominican Republic: Las Consecuencias del Huracán Georges (story)

Dominican Republic: Llamada Internacional de La República Dominicana (transcript of Peace Corps Week phone call)

Dominican Republic: Zambúllase en el Ecoturismo (transcript of video)

Ecuador: Carne de Cobayo y Pelo de Alpaca | Listen (transcript of video)

Ecuador: Creando Botones en Tagua | Listen (transcript of video)

Guatemala: Bienvenido a Guatemala | Listen (story)

Guatemala: Construyendo un Futuro Mejor (transcript of slide show)

Guatemala: Construyendo una Escuela a Base de Botellas (e-book)

Guatemala: El Grillo Y El Mar | Listen (folk tale)

Guatemala: Fútbol Hasta el Anochecer (story)

Guatemala: Pablo Mágico (story)

Guatemala: Un Esfuerzo de la Comunidad (transcript of slide show)

Honduras: El Verdadero Precio Del Café (story)

Honduras: La Flor de Olivia (folk tale)

Honduras: Las Niguas y Otros Retos | Listen (story)

Honduras: Un Día Rural en Honduras | Listen (story)

Panama: Porque Las Personas Son Cabelludas (folk tale)

Paraguay: ¿Cómo Deletreó Felicidad en Paraguay? Che Avy'á | Listen (story)

Paraguay: Pombero, La Criatura de la Noche Paraguaya (story)

Paraguay: Un Día Típico–¿Existe Algo Así? | Listen (story)

Peru: Descubre El Campo De Peru (slide show)

Uzbekistan: Bienvenido a Uzbekistan! (slide show)

Listen to host country nationals speak in their languages in these videos (with English subtitles.)

Cape Verde: Bringing Water From "Sol" to Soul (Portuguese)

CapeVerde: In My Own Words (Portuguese-based creole)

Dominican Republic: Dive Into Ecotourism (Spanish)

Jordan: The Last Drop (Jordanian Arabic)

Senegal: The Growing Challenge in Senegal (Pulaar)

Turkmenistan: The Language of Music (Turkmen)

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