March 31, 2009 10:32 am / no comments
Dear Fellow RPCV, Peace Corps was a life changing experience for me and I wish to give back by using my experience and abilities as a photojournalist. I have entered a proposal to an online competition calling for photographers to name their “Dream Assignment.” From March 3 to April 3, 2009, the ideas will be [...]
March 24, 2009 11:30 am / no comments
THE WHITE DIAMOND is a film about the daring adventure of exploring rainforest canopy with a novel flying device-the Jungle Airship. Airship engineer Dr.Graham Dorrington embarks on a trip to the giant Kaieteur Falls in the heart of Guyana, hoping to fly his helium-filled invention above the tree-tops. But this logistic effort will not be [...]
February 11, 2009 4:01 pm / no comments
REF:Â EDUCATIONAL SHIPMENTS OF BOOKS AND LEARNING MATERIALSÂ Dear Sir or Madam: I am writing you in reference to the new Global Bulk Economy – MBAG Parcel Shipping program offered by the United States Postal Service. The Global Bulk Economy MBAG parcel-shipping program replaces the former $1 per lb Surface MBAG program that was cancelled [...]
January 27, 2009 12:39 pm / 1 comment
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 [...]
December 9, 2008 2:44 pm / no comments
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 been selected from among groups around the country to march in the Presidential Inaugural Parade on January 20, 2009. A total of 200 marchers will carry flags and banners [...]