The 19th Peace Corps group to be sworn in

33 members of Guy 19 will be sworn in on July 26th, 2007.  From the Guyana Chronicle:

The 19th group of American Peace Corps volunteers, a batch of 33, will be
taking the oath to serve in Guyana on July 26.

The announcement said they will be sworn at the residence of United States
Ambassador, Mr. David Robinson, Cummings Lodge, after an eight-week
training programme that began on June 1.

A press release said they will be assigned within the health, education and
information technology sectors to join 30 others already serving in eight of
the 10 Administrative Regions.

The trainees, who arrived on May 31, have been involved in pre-service
course, with the focus on providing them with opportunities and experience
which would enable them to function effectively in the project areas of
community health education and promotion, the release said.

The release said the course was also to integrate them easily into the
Guyanese society and make them consciously responsible for their personal
health and safety and understand Peace Corps policies and procedures to
enhance their field work.

The statement said, so far, at least 160 volunteers have served in this
country and the new group will be spend two years.

It recalled that the Peace Corps was created by the late President John F.
Kennedy, in March 1961, with the aim of providing human resource technology
assistance to requesting developing countries.

From 1966 through 1971, about 60 of its volunteers did service in Guyana and
the Peace Corps was invited to return, by the late President Dr. Cheddi
Jagan in 1993, resulting in the next batch arriving in 1995.

The statement said Peace Corps is pleased to provide assistance to the
people of Guyana and extends its gratitude to the Government and people for
the hospitality and opportunity it offers the volunteers to assist in
achieving the nation’s development aspirations.

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