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Archive for December, 2008

Peace Corps departures by month

The Peace Corps wiki has posted Peace Corps departures by month as obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. This should be used as ...

Guyana opens bridge that connects it to Venezuela

(via portfolio.com) Guyana has unveiled a $40 million bridge that connects the South American country to Venezuela. The government anticipates the half-mile Berbice River Bridge will increase ...

Our Mission:

[slideshow id=1 w=540 h=166] Friends & RPCVs of Guyana is a non-profit, service based organization dedicated to supporting education, health, social, economic, and environmental programs in ...

Inaugural Parade will Include Peace Corps Community

We're Marching! RPCVs to Take Part in the Inaugural Parade Now is your chance to be a part of history! The Returned Peace Corps Community has ...

Peace Corps Announces Volunteerism Initiative

(via peacecorps.gov) Peace Corps Director Ronald A. Tschetter today unveiled the V2 volunteerism initiative, with a Volunteerism Action Guide designed to support host country volunteerism overseas. ...

‘Forum for Men’ held in observation of “National Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women”

(via stabroeknews.com/news) Participants at a ‘Forum for Men’ last Thursday were urged to aggressively pursue initiatives that will stamp out gender-based violence in the Guyanese society. Permanent ...

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Top Nonprofit News

http://feeds.feedburner.com/npnews The other day I ran across AllTop.com's nonprofit page section, which is a huge list of popular nonprofit blogs, and thought it would be fun ...

5,000 Guyanese receiving free treatment for HIV and AIDS

(via bbc.co.uk) I first met Otisha, a tall Afro-Guyanese transvestite prostitute in 2003 when I reported on HIV and Aids in Guyana and Barbados. Otisha says Aids ...

Today is UN International Volunteer Day

(via unv.org) International Volunteer Day (IVD) is a chance for volunteer-involving organizations and individual volunteers to promote their contributions to development at local, national and international ...