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The Peace Corps traces its roots and goal to 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship. Since that time, nearly 200, 000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 139 host countries to work on issues varying from AIDS education to information technology and environmental preservation.