Nine new United States Peace Corps will serve for two-years in Tonga, the first group to return since their global evacuation in March 2020, due to the COVID pandemic.

The volunteers, who arrived last week, will work and collaborate with schools and communities.

Peace Corps Tonga stated their excitement to welcome them, many of whom had been waiting since 2020 to come to Tonga to serve.

"We are deeply grateful to our partners and the communities we work with that have continued to collaborate with Peace Corps Tonga over the past three-years and look forward to that collaboration moving forward with the return of volunteers."