This content originally appeared on St. Lucia Times.
Did you know that Saint Lucia was one of the first three countries to receive Peace Corps Volunteers when the programme began in 1961? Since then, more than 4 372 volunteers have served across the Eastern Caribbean. Today, the United States sponsors 44 Americans serving communities in Saint Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, where they are working in partnership with the Ministry of Education to advance English literacy at the primary level and cultural exchange.
