From the NPCA: Do you know of a returned Peace Corps volunteer who continues to make a sustained and distinguished contribution to humanitarian causes at home or abroad? Someone who typifies the best qualities of the Peace Corps community? If so, nominate him or her for the Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service. The [...]
On par with the UN Data post, here’s another site that let’s you explore country specific stats. Guyana info
(via independent.co.uk) A deal has been agreed that will place a financial value on rainforests – paying, for the first time, for their upkeep as “utilities” that provide vital services such as rainfall generation, carbon storage and climate regulation. The agreement, to be announced tomorrow in New York, will secure the future of one million [...]
(via radiojamaica.com) To the wider region now, there are fears of further flooding in Guyana following last week’s high sea swells. Heavy waves caused by a low pressure system affected several Caribbean countries, and left many areas under water. Residents along Guyana’s east coast Demerara fear that sections of the already fragile sea defence may [...]
(via cubanews.ain.cu) Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, of the Guyana Health Ministry, praised the work of the Cuban doctors many of whom are working in areas of difficult access, reported Granma. In the community of Enterprise, Dr. Ramsaran bid farewell to two of the 15 Cuban doctors who started the Integral Health Program in Guyana two years [...]
(via caribbean360.com) Delta Airlines will begin its non-stop flights from New York to Guyana sooner than expected. Although not giving a reason, the airline has decided the service will begin on June 1st, a month earlier than the July 2nd date it had previously announced. The North American carrier will fly to and from the [...]
The UN has opened up it’s databases of global information for all countries, the site is very comprehensive. Check out Guyana’s info – http://data.un.org/CountryProfile.aspx?crname=Guyana
(via dailymirror.lk) The ‘Micro’ car-manufacturing company of Sri Lanka has embarked on establishing a production plant in Guyana in the Caribbean with the intention of targeting the Latin American motor car market. The agreement in this regard was signed recently at the Export Development Board (EDB) under the patronage of Prof. G.L.Peiris, Minister of Export [...]
(via stabroeknews.com) Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 18-year-old Project Trust volunteer Pamela McCarroll around 2 pm on Sunday at the Tutuwau Falls, South Central Rupununi. According to a police press release, investigations so far revealed that McCarroll, a Scottish national, who was attached to the St Ignatius Secondary School in Lethem, [...]
 A former PCV of Guyana has started a non-profit called Dance Beyond Limits, Inc. They’re a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of children and teens with life-altering illnesses, persons with developmental disabilities and inner-city youth through Ballroom Dance. Check out her upcoming event – Dance Beyond Limits, Inc. and Dancing 4 Fun [...]
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