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U.S. Embassy Launches Youth Professional Development Program

The six-week project is managed by alumni of the Department of State Youth Ambassadors Program who were inspired by the challenges they faced to acquire career guidance for jobs or post-secondary school placements in their fields of interest.

By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 17 March, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Volunteers, Youth

New Peace Corps Group Arrives

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, ...

By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 12 June, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Education, Environment, Health, Peace Corps, Volunteers

Ambassador Holloway delivers remarks at Youth Exposition and Volunteer Fair

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.

By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 27 July, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: Community Service, Exchanges, Volunteers, Youth

Deputy Chief of Mission Swears in Peace Corps Volunteers

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 ...

By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 3 April, 2017 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Speeches | Tags: Peace Corps, U.S. Guyana Bilateral Relations, Volunteers

New Peace Corps Trainees Arrive

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 ...

By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 1 February, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Education, Health, Peace Corps, Volunteers

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