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Peace Corps Response looking for Volunteers to serve in Guyana

The Peace Corps Response program (formally known as Crisis Corps) has two open positions for Volunteers in Guyana. ICT Teacher at the Yakusari Primary School ...

RPCV Highlight – Tim Delaney, GUY 12

Name: Tim Delaney GUY Group: GUY 12 Guyana Site: Dartmouth Type of Volunteer: Education 1. What have you been up to since you finished Peace Corps? After I ...

Peace Corps to open program in Colombia

On May 11, 2010 Peace Corps announced that the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaime Bermúdez and Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams met to ...

Georgetown-Lethem Road discussed in NYT article

The Georgetown-Lethem Road, deemed “one of South America’s most remarkable roads,” was featured in Sunday’s New York Times. The article and audio slide show discusses ...

GRASSROOTS Soccer – HIV Prevention Technical Advisor

Position Title: HIV Prevention Technical Advisor Division: Research and Development Reports to: CEO Location: Cape Town, South Africa Date Drafted: 15 March 2010 Desired Start Date: 1 August 2010 Organization Background: Grassroot ...

RPCV Highlight – Jason Rosen, GUY 3

Name: Jason Rosen GUY Group: GUY 3 Guyana Site: Bartica, Georgetown Type of Volunteer: Urban Youth Development, Prison Reform and supporting the Guyana Olympic Association What have you been ...

Playing for Change – Peace Through Music

Check out this totally awesome organization that is dedicated to connecting the world through music, by providing resources to musicians and their communities. Playing For ...

Have you heard of…the Rupununi Learners?

[caption id="attachment_530" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rupununi - Photo by Kati Ringer"][/caption] I came across a great website one day for the Rupununi Learners. The organization is made ...

Two U.S. Adventure Television Shows feature Guyana

(via KaieteurNews.com)   Birding Adventures Host, James Currie (Photo: Birding Adventures) The U.S.-based television shows, Birding Adventures and Reel Adventures, recently aired five episodes that were filmed in ...

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 ...