The workshop provided Fellows with the opportunity to meet and engage within their cohort to build a strong cohort identity, discuss their expectations ahead of the fellowship, and network with other fellows and YLAI Alumni. The 2023 Fellows were joined by four alumni from Guyana, Suriname, Aruba, and Curaçao to expand their leadership and entrepreneurial ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 9 March, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the 2024 Fulbright Foreign Student Program. Fulbright scholarship applications are now being accepted at
https://apply.iie.org/ffsp2024 . The application deadline is June 30, 2023. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State Education and Cultural Affairs Bureau, the Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 1 March, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Exchanges
This program is open to young entrepreneurs 25-35 years of age, with a demonstrated track record of successfully growing their own business or social venture for at least two (2) years and is a current resident and citizen of Guyana.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 17 January, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
Since 2015, more than 1,240 YLAI Fellows have built connections with 900+ U.S. fellowship placement organizations; 84 percent of these Fellows attracted new resources within one year of completing the program.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 10 January, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
It’s International Education Week! Here’s Your Guide to Applying for a U.S. Student Visa in Guyana The United States is once again the TOP host destination for International Students. This year’s theme for International Education Week is “Open for Opportunity,” which underscores that following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 17 November, 2022 | Topics: Consular Affairs, Education, News | Tags: Education, Exchanges
The United States is committed to supporting youth empowerment through meaningful participation of youth within their communities, enhancing their skills and providing opportunities so that young people can build on their collective leadership and contribute to a secure and more prosperous Guyana.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 25 August, 2022 | Topics: News, Speeches | Tags: Education, Exchanges, Youth
The U.S. Embassy is proud to announce the selection of two Guyanese scholars for 2022 Fulbright Scholarship Awards. Guyanese educator Keesha St. John and civil engineer Bayeeshmaal Ramsundar will embark upon graduate level programs in their respective fields at universities in the United States.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 12 August, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Exchanges
The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program is a fully funded, one-year Fellowship program offered to young and mid-career professionals who have a proven track record of leadership, a public service commitment, and the capacity to take full advantage of a self-defined program of independent study at a leading U.S. university. The Humphrey program is unique ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 11 April, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Exchanges
The Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables Guyanese graduate students and young professionals to complete a Master’s or PhD at a higher education institution in the United States.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 15 February, 2022 | Topics: Education, News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Exchanges
The 2022 program will begin in January and close in July, bringing together 280 young leaders from 37 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada for a fellowship. This year we are pleased to announce that three young leaders from Guyana have been accepted out of over 2000 applicants.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 24 January, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce applications are open for the 2022 Youth Ambassadors Program (YAP) with the Caribbean. Through the exchange, participants will develop their leadership skills, strengthen their ability to serve their communities; and foster relationships and mutual understanding among youth from different ethnic, religious, and national groups and create networks of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 15 December, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Exchanges, Youth
The YLAI Fellowship Program is part of the U.S. continued commitment to the prosperity of Guyana and the region. The YLAI Fellowship Program supports and connects young entrepreneurs across the Western Hemisphere to take on leadership roles that benefit their communities and strengthen their economies.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 29 October, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
In 2021, the U.S. Department of State’s flagship international exchange program, the Fulbright Program, celebrates its 75th anniversary and its history of positive impact on individuals, institutions and communities in Guyana, the United States and around the world. Its legacy is represented by hundreds of thousands of distinguished and diverse alumni, who are contributing to a more peaceful, equitable, prosperous, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 30 September, 2021 | Topics: Education, News, Press Releases | Tags: Culture, Education, Exchanges, Fulbright
The virtual program brings together outstanding young people between the ages of 15 and 18 from across the Americas for an enrichment program to explore themes such as civic education, leadership, cross-cultural connections, community service, and youth and social transformation through experiential learning activities, leadership training, civic participation at the community level, and mentoring by community, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 23 July, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Exchanges, Youth
This scholarship builds on the U.S. commitment to women, peace and security, as we recognize the unique and necessary skills that women bring to the security forces. The United States knows that when we invest in a woman, she changes not only her own life, but also that of her family and community. Add that ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 9 June, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Exchanges
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Humphrey Fellowship Program is part of the U.S. continued commitment to the prosperity of Guyana and the region. The program provides a basis for establishing lasting ties between citizens of the United States and their professional counterparts in other countries, fostering an exchange of knowledge and mutual ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 13 April, 2021 | Topics: Education, News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Exchanges
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the YAP exchange program is part of the U.S. continued commitment to the prosperity of Guyana and the region. During their exchange, high school students and adult educators from the Caribbean region and the United States will explore themes such as civic education, leadership, cross-cultural connections, community service, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 5 March, 2021 | Topics: Education, News, Press Releases | Tags: Exchanges, Youth
The YLAI Fellowship Program is part of the U.S. continued commitment to the prosperity of Guyana and the region. The YLAI Fellowship Program supports and connects young entrepreneurs across the Western Hemisphere to take on leadership roles that benefit their communities and strengthen their economies.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 22 January, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
The YLAI Fellowship Program is part of the U.S. continued commitment to the prosperity of Guyana and the region.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 22 December, 2020 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
Remarks as prepared Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch Central Islamic Organization of Guyana Orphan and Vulnerable Children Fun Day November 23, 2019, 10:00 AM Muslim Youth Organization Good morning everyone! Thank you for having me here today. I won’t be long, because I know you have a lot of fun activities to get to, but I ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 25 November, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches | Tags: Civil Society, Community Service, Exchanges
In line with the U.S. commitment to help Guyana efficiently manage the anticipated oil revenues for the benefit of the Guyanese people, U.S. Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch welcomed Fulbright U.S. Scholar Dr. Norman Munroe of Florida International University (FIU) to Guyana to pursue ABET Accreditation of Engineering programs, including the recently introduced Petroleum and Geological Engineering ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 4 September, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: Education, Exchanges
The U.S. Embassy is proud to announce the 2018 cohort from Guyana for the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program. The program takes place in September and October and will bring 250 young leaders from 36 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to the United States. This year we are ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 10 August, 2018 | Topics: Education, Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program. YLAI applications are now being accepted at
https://ylai.state.gov . Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, YLAI will this year bring 250 young entrepreneurs from the Caribbean and Latin America to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 14 February, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
The U.S. Embassy is proud to announce the Guyana cohort of the 2017
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program . The five-week program, sponsored by the
U.S. Department of State , will bring 250 young leaders from 36 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America to the United States to augment their business or social venture plans, learn from U.S. counterparts, and share best practices. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 24 August, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI
A Youth Exposition and Volunteer Fair, was hosted Wednesday by the US’s Youth Action Network and Youth Ambassadors 2015, at the Umana Yana. Video courtesy of Department of Public Information.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 27 July, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: Community Service, Exchanges, Volunteers, Youth
I am normally not overly protocol conscious, nor too long, but tonight is a special night and this is the one event where I make an exception, so bear with me. His Excellency President David A. Granger and the charming First Lady Sandra Granger Ex-Presidents Donald Ramotar, Bharrat Jagdeo, and Samuel Hinds Hon. Prime Minister ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 14 July, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: CBSI, Education, Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, Government of Guyana, Health, Oil Exploration, Peace Corps, USAID
As this is a conference about Empowered Leadership and Unleashing Promise and Potential, particularly among women, I am reminded of a quote from one of America’s great female authors, Ayn Rand, who wrote in Atlas Shrugged, “The question is not who is going to let me; (pause) it is who is going to stop me?”
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 26 April, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, Women's Empowerment, YLAI
GEORGETOWN – President Obama’s 2016
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Fellows Program will bring together 250 young leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, including four from Guyana, to the United States for an exchange program that will involve internships and skills-building workshops. President Obama launched YLAI to build linkages between young leaders across the hemisphere and to expand opportunities ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 31 August, 2016 | Topics: Business, Education, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & Guyana, Western Hemisphere | Tags: Barack Obama, Education, Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, YLAI, Youth
GEORGETOWN – Guyanese writer and Cultural Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Education, Ruel Johnson, has been selected to participate in the International Writing Program (IWP) Fall Residency sponsored by the United States Department of State. Amanda Cauldwell, Public Affairs Officer, congratulated Mr. Johnson for his selection into the prestigious program. Mr. Johnson, a cultural ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 24 August, 2016 | Topics: Art & Culture, Education, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: Diplomatic Relations, Education, Exchanges
Funded by a grant from ExxonMobil through President Obama’s 100,000 Strong in the Americas Program, science students from the University of Guyana and Texas Tech University in100,000 Strong in the Americas Lubbock, Texas were afforded a unique opportunity to learn about enhancing capacities to support the oil and gas sector. In mid-July, UG students traveled ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 16 August, 2016 | Topics: Education, Embassy, Environment, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Press Releases, Scholarships and Exchanges, Science & Tech, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: Barack Obama, Education, Exchanges, Oil Exploration
Georgetown – Ambassador Perry Holloway met with Christine Gooding upon her return from the United States after participating in the Embassy-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) exchange. Ms. Gooding, founder and co-owner of Market Square (M2) joined twenty-three other female entrepreneurs from various industries across the globe in an IVLP exchange on “Women and Entrepreneurship” ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 7 April, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Entrepreneurship, Exchanges, IVLP
