Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. Adrienne Galanek, administered the oath of service and Peace Corps pledge to the group on behalf of the Peace Corps. Chargé Galanek remarked “I have always admired the extraordinary commitment and compassion that Peace Corps Volunteers bring to strengthening nations one community at a time. I think that the best part—the essence ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 10 August, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Environment, Health, Peace Corps
The new trainees will offer expert technical support to the Guyanese people in the development of policies through service with the Ministries of Education and Health.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 14 February, 2023 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Health, Peace Corps
These 18 Volunteers who arrived in Guyana on September 29, 2022 underwent an intensive ten-week pre-service training. They will now live and work in local communities along the coast, partnering to address early childhood literacy, adolescent health, and environmental stewardship.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 8 December, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Environment, Health, Peace Corps
I have always felt such pride for the extraordinary commitment and compassion that Peace Corps Volunteers bring to strengthening nations one community at a time. I think that the very best part—the essence of why Volunteers are here—are the friendships that they develop with Community Coaches and host families, local counterparts, supervisors, and community leaders.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 7 December, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Education, Environment, Health, Peace Corps
In a reception to celebrate the 60-year anniversaries of both the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States Peace Corps, Ambassador Lynch hosted a reception with H.E. President Irfaan Ali and other distinguished guests. USAID’s partnership with Guyana predates the country’s independence, dating back to the creation of the Agency in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 16 March, 2022 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Peace Corps, U.S. Guyana Bilateral Relations, USAID
The Peace Corps’ special ingredient in Guyana and globally is a people-to-people approach to learning, reinforcing, and building capacity at the community level. And, 53 years later, Volunteers are still serving the people of Guyana, having lived and worked in all 10 regions of this beautiful country.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 8 August, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Education, Environment, Health, Peace Corps
Thirty Peace Corps trainees arrived in country this morning, June 04, 2019 to begin their 27-months of service to the people of Guyana. The new trainees make up the 32nd group of Peace Corps Volunteers to serve in Guyana since 1995; representing 19 out of the 50 United States, with ages ranging from 21 to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 4 June, 2019 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Education, Environment, Health, Peace Corps
38 Peace Corps Trainees arrived in country this morning to begin their 27 months of service to the people of Guyana. The new trainees make up the 31st group of Peace Corps Volunteers to serve in Guyana since 1995, and represent 20 out of the 50 United States, have ages ranging from 21 to 47, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 12 June, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Education, Environment, Health, Peace Corps, Volunteers
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
Though times have changed, the Peace Corps continues to evolve and adhere to the goals of its founding: helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of peoples served, and helping promote a better understanding of other peoples ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 3 April, 2017 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Speeches | Tags: Peace Corps, U.S. Guyana Bilateral Relations, Volunteers
Thirty-eight Peace Corps Trainees arrived in country yesterday to begin their two years of service to the people of Guyana. The 30th group of Peace Corps Volunteers to serve in Guyana have begun pre-service training on the Essequibo Coast, living with local host families and learning the Guyanese way of life in the villages of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 1 February, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Education, Health, Peace Corps, Volunteers
New Peace Corps Country Director Ms. Kury Cobham arrives in Guyana today replacing outgoing Director Linda Arbogast. Cobham has more than 15 years of international experience in program design, management, citizen engagement, economic development and capacity building initiatives. She has worked for multi-lateral, non-governmental and community-based organizations and has expertise in developing, implementing, and monitoring ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 19 January, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Peace Corps