Mandatory national service: Quick Facts

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A Peace Corps volunteer helping schoolchildren in Morocco.

Three young volunteers wearing yellow safety vests pick up litter and place it in black garbage bags on a grassy area in a park.

Wide city street in Kigali, Rwanda, with modern high-rise buildings, clean sidewalks, motorcycles and cars, and people walking near colorful billboards.

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