Two of Guyana’s very own attended the Inauguration of Barack Obama. Timothy Birner worked for the State Department in Guyana from 2003 to 2005 and Mike Geurink was a PCV from 2004 to 2006. Many PCV’s who served from 2003 to 2005 knew Tim as the man who hosted the parties, partook in numerous Peace [...]
(via peacecorpsonline.typepad.com) Organized by the National Peace Corps Association and the Washington DC Returned Volunteers, members of the Peace Corps community marched in President Obama’s Inaugural Parade.President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s Inaugural Committee officially extended an offer to the Peace Corps Community and AmeriCorps Alums to march in the 56th Inaugural Parade. [...]
What is peacecorpsconnect.org? PeaceCorpsConnect.org – our redesigned website is live…well almost. You are visiting the beta (test) version of the social networking portion of the site. Right now we are on schedule to officially launch Peace Corps Connect on January 20th. Please be patient as we get settled in and continue to make changes. Look [...]
FROG would like to give a shout out to Russell McGorman of Our house Graphic Design, for donating his time helping us with logo work. We appreciate the time and energy that went into volunteering for us! If you’re interested in finding volunteers to help with your organizations design work, check out DesignismConnects.com
(http://www.demerarawaves.com/) Demerara Waves, a new online news source for Guyana, has recently been launched. Their mission, according to their site, states that they aim to provide unbiased news and utilitize new technology, like web-casts.
(http://www.peacecorps.gov/) The Peace Corps is proud to announce the top colleges and universities on their annual list of “Peace Corps Top Colleges and Universities” for 2009. For the third consecutive year, the University of Washington is No. 1 on the undergraduate list in the large schools category, with 104 alumni serving as Peace Corps Volunteers. [...]
Ryan Riley, an RPCV from Benin in West Africa has created a shop on Etsy.com to sell photographs from his time in Peace Corps. There are about 100 photos and each of them are very personal and cover the entire two years of his service. He is donating $5 from every photo sold to Peace [...]
(via caribbeannetnews.com) Heavy rainfall continues to create havoc in Guyana and the Minister of Education, Shaik Baksh, has issued a statement that his ministry will be forced to close 60 schools if the rain continues. The Kaiteur News reported that the minister said he has received reports that dozens of schools are affected by floods [...]
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