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
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
I applaud the advocacy and action of those who have worked in the interest of people with disabilities, and I’m hopeful that this advocacy leads to real improvements with respect to access to education, access to employment, access to buildings, access to the electoral system, and generally, more meaningful participation of people with disabilities in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 5 December, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Civil Society, Disability Rights, Human Rights, Youth
When people with disabilities are afforded equal access to exercise their rights and realize their aspirations, ALL of society benefits from their potential, talent, and productivity. Access for people with disabilities improves access for all and most importantly, benefits all.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 2 December, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Civil Society, Disability Rights, Human Rights, Youth
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
As we work on this transformation, we need to provide the opportunity and space for youth to articulate what challenges they face, then devise and implement solutions to those challenges. We have to encourage youth, and also provide you a space to lead.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 12 August, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Civil Society, Democracy and Governance, Economic, Education, Human Rights, USAID, Youth
For young people to be adequately represented in political institutions, processes, and decision-making, and in particular in elections, they must know their rights and be given the necessary knowledge and capacity to participate in a meaningful way at all levels.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 13 May, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Democracy and Governance, USAID, Youth
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
However, for a crime to form part of the official statistics, it must be reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities. If not, that unreported crime goes undetected, unchallenged, and the offenders remain unidentified. This unreported crime is known as the “dark figure of crime” and the subject of this seminar.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 1 September, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: Security, USAID, Youth
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
The AmCham Young Entrepreneur’s Program is a great initiative, and the Embassy stands ready to assist. We helped AmCham organize a speaker in May to make a presentation on the importance of financial technology and its benefits to building a smooth and responsive financial services sector. There are many areas that we can collaborate on, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 8 June, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches | Tags: AMCHAM, Entrepreneurship, Youth
Young people are a country’s greatest asset and contribute to sustainable efforts in the long term. For this reason, the U.S. Government places a high priority on youth development through programs such as the Youth Ambassadors Program, the Youth Action Network and skills training through the United States Agency for International Development. Our ultimate goal ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 17 March, 2021 | Topics: Speeches | Tags: Education, Youth
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.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 17 March, 2021 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Education, Volunteers, Youth
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
The CFYR program celebrated its accomplishments during an online closeout event on Monday September 28, which marked its success to reduce youth involvement in crime and violence in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean. Fifteen communities in Guyana, Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis were selected as the focus for the program’s activities. Ambassador Lynch ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 29 September, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Press Releases | Tags: Juvenile Justice, USAID, Youth
The CFYR program has definitely left its mark and has provided valuable lessons of evidence-based methods to reduce crime and violence among youth, families and communities. The program has also hosted knowledge sharing forums, bringing together youth, government representatives, the private sector and other non-government partners to share lessons learned and best practices in violence ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 28 September, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches | Tags: Juvenile Justice, USAID, Youth
Remarks as prepared Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch RuImveldt Children’s Home and Care Center Fundraiser November 29, 2019, 7:00 PM Parc Rayne Event Center Good evening everyone! Thank you so much for having me here this evening. I am honored to speak on behalf of the hundreds of children who have benefitted from this home and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 2 December, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches | Tags: Community Service, Youth
The training, offered by the Volunteer Youth Corps in partnership with the Georgetown Technical Institute, is aligned to the needs of the labor market. To date, I am happy to say that 385 youth are trained and 93 placed in employment. Our hope is that graduates can now take advantage of the opportunity available under ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 31 July, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: Education, USAID, Youth
Namilco has had a strong relationship with the U.S. government, and has been part Guyana’s social and economic landscape for a very long time. Six decades ago, Namilco was a key player in the implementation of U.S. government international food assistance program called P.L. 480 (four-eighty).
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 17 May, 2019 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Speeches, Trade | Tags: Community Service, Private Sector, Youth
For more than a decade, USAID has partnered with regional governments, local stakeholders, and members of the private sector with the goal of creating a safer, more prosperous Caribbean. In this regard, we have placed a high priority on youth development.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 5 April, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches | Tags: CBSI, USAID, Youth
Remarks by Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch USAID BLES Graduation Ceremony – Georgetown Thursday, April 2, 2019 Acknowledgements: Samantha Williams, Assistant Chief Education Officer – Nursery, Ministry of Education Christopher Jones, Director of Sport, Ministry of the Presidency Rawle Dundas, Chief Executive Officer, Professional Development Enterprise Courtney Brown, Country Manager of USAID’s Community, Family & Youth Resilience program ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 3 April, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CBSI, USAID, Youth
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
FACT, a Corriverton-based NGO, received a US $64,800 (GYD$13,353,000) grant from the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Community, Family and Youth Resilience (CFYR) Program to carry out after-school activities.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 27 December, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: USAID, Youth
It is my pleasure to represent the United States Government at today’s launch of the CariSECURE National Task Force. The Task Force has a critical role to play in contributing to the reduction of crime and violence in Guyana and the region as a whole. The Caribbean Citizen Security Toolkit implementation represents in depth collaboration ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 29 November, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches | Tags: CBSI, USAID, Youth
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
Guyanese youth who are at risk of involvement in crime and violence will receive greater support and more opportunities for alternative pathways thanks to a recent re-commitment made by the Government of Guyana and the United States Government. Christopher Cushing, the Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Mission Director for the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 11 May, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CBSI, Criminal Justice, USAID, Youth
As part of a larger goal of creating a safer, more prosperous Caribbean Community, efforts are underway to ensure that at-risk Guyanese youth receive maximum benefits from the United States Agency for International Development’s new Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Project. On Thursday, March 16, USAID’s General Development Office Director, Ted Lawrence, and Guyana’s Attorney General, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 17 March, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Criminal Justice, Youth
Good afternoon. I’m pleased to be present today to acknowledge the outstanding work of the United States Government’s Youth and Citizens’ Participation project over the past 12 months. As a friend of Guyana, the U.S. Government is pleased to support citizens’ education for Guyana’s first local government elections in 22 years and the efforts to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 17 January, 2017 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana, U.S. Agencies | Tags: Democracy and Governance, Education, USAID, Youth
U.S. Ambassador Perry Holloway joined Government of Guyana Presidential Advisor Aubrey Norton, and other key stakeholders, to recognize the successes of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) Project, and mark the conclusion of the program. In delivering the feature address, Ambassador Holloway lauded the SKYE program, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 30 November, 2016 | Topics: Embassy, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CBSI, Entrepreneurship, USAID, Youth
Good Morning. Thank you for joining us here today. I’m very happy to participate in the launch of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Youth Empowerment Services (YES) project here in Guyana. The U.S. government is pleased to continue its many years of work in the area of citizen security here in Guyana ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 28 November, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CBSI, Education, USAID, Youth
It is a pleasure to be here today representing the U.S. Government at the formal close out of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment, also known as the SKYE project. As you have heard, since its inception in 2011, SKYE has achieved important results and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 28 November, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, Success Stories, U.S. Agencies | Tags: CBSI, Entrepreneurship, USAID, Youth
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
The SLED objectives are consistent with the U.S. government’s development efforts in Guyana, particularly those pursued under the $7.7 million USAID Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) program. This was the central reason for the establishment of a partnership between SLED and the SKYE program.
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 15 August, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, Speeches, U.S. & Guyana | Tags: CBSI, Entrepreneurship, Government of Guyana, USAID, Youth
The Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, is looking for 250 young entrepreneurs from Latin America and the Caribbean to bring to the United States for business and social entrepreneurship training in October and November 2016. The YLAI Professional Fellows will become part of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Georgetown | 4 May, 2016 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Entrepreneurship, YLAI, Youth
