International Calendar 2027
The 2027 International Calendar
Countries featured in 2027: India, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Guatemala, Nepal, Haiti, South Africa, Colombia, Morocco, Mexico, Türkiye, and—for the first time in the calendar—Eritrea.
The International Calendar was created to celebrate diverse world cultures and to honor Peace Corps in its goal of peace and friendship through voluntary service overseas. In their two+ years of service, Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) experience both the great diversity and the many similarities in how life is lived around the world. But most of all, they experience connection and, through connection, increased understanding.
Peace Corps has changed and grown in its 65+ years, but volunteers still dedicate themselves to the three original goals:
1. To help the countries interested meeting their need for trained people.
2. To help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.
3. To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.
The International Calendar is the centerpiece of the Third Goal efforts of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) of Wisconsin-Madison: through compelling photographs and information about holy days and holiday around the world, the calendar serves to provide a glimpse into other lives, paving the way for new understanding.
In addition to introducing you to places that volunteers see and experience firsthand, the calendar also funds the donations programs of many RPCV groups. From grants to the Peace Corps Partnership Program (PCPP), which connects PCVs with funding for community-initiated projects, to individual development projects at home and abroad, the calendar has raised more than $1.7 million for good works projects.
We could not generate the resources to support those projects without your support. Your purchase of this calendar makes this work possible and sharing calendars with others further highlights the importance of Peace Corps. Please click through the links below to explore the 12 countries featured in 2027.
Thank you for your support.
"Peace requires the simple but powerful recognition that what we have in common as human beings is more important and crucial than what divides us."
—Sargent Shriver, Founding Director of Peace Corps
