32 Peace Corps volunteers arrive in Guyana

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Thirty-two Peace Corps trainees arrived in Guyana on Wednesday to complement their 56 colleagues already in service. The new group of trainees makes up the 24th group of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in the country, and they will soon begin their pre-service training, a release from the organisation said.

The intensive nine-week pre-service training focuses on providing opportunities and experience that will enable the volunteers to function effectively in areas of community health education and community education promotion, as well as to better integrate into Guyanese society. During their training, the volunteers will be housed with Guyanese host families, who will orient them to the customs and norms of Guyanese culture. The group is expected to be officially sworn in as Peace Corps volunteers on March 29.

The Peace Corps was initially active in Guyana from 1966-1971. In 1993, the Peace Corps was invited to return to Guyana by the late President Dr Cheddi Jagan, and the first group arrived in 1995. Since then, more than 400 American volunteers have served the people of Guyana. Upon accepting the invitation to serve, Peace Corps volunteers agree to live and work in Guyana for two years. The late U. S. President John F Kennedy created the Peace Corps in March 1961, to provide human resource and technical assistance to developing countries that have requested this kind of support. The Peace Corps is pleased to provide this development assistance to the people of Guyana and extends its gratitude to the government and people of Guyana for the hospitality and opportunity it offers these volunteers to assist in achieving the nation’s development aspirations.

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