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State-Managed International Voluntary Service
People stopped moving across borders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Travelers,
businesspeople, students, migrants, refugees, diplomats, and aid workers all stayed
home. Volunteers working abroad were not an exception. Volunteers of the United
States Peace Corps (USPC) and Australian Volunteers International (AVI) were, for
example, compelled to return home or were no longer deployed to host countries.
The pandemic reminded us of how essential face-to-face exchange with people in
host communities is for international volunteering.
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