Update: To check the actual progress of the bill as it makes its way through Congress, check here On March 1st the Peace Corps Volunteer Empowerment Act (S.732) was introduced into Senate. This legislation contains many of the things that RPCVs and current PCVs in Guyana fought for. I know that in our Volunteer Advisory [...]
Welcome to Friends & RPCVs of Guyana’s Blog! I’m excited that we now have this blog up and running on our way to having a full blown website, a big thanks to Scott for all this. As was already mentioned we are on our way to becoming an officially registered non-profit organization based in Washington [...]
(via stabroeknews.com) The United States Peace Corps said another 33 community health and education volunteers will arrive in the country by May 31. According to a press release, the group, which has 41 volunteers working in eight regions, celebrated 46 years as an institution yesterday. The group works in collaboration with government ministries and non-governmental [...]
I remember sitting in the Peace Corps Guyana office flipping through the roster of RPCV.org’s associate group listings for returned volunteers and thinking “where is Guyana on this thing?” A number of volunteers came to ask themselves that very question and we came to the same conclusion. We better start one. Friends & RPCV’s of [...]
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