September 30, 2011 6:54 pm / no comments
Greetings from Friends & RPCVs of Guyana! To help better inform you about what FROG and our community is up to, we will now post quarterly updates on our website. If you have questions about what FROG is up to, contact us at board@guyfrog.org. Since July 2011, we have: Held Board meetings on July 12th, [...]
September 3, 2011 7:55 pm / no comments
From the National Peace Corps Association: After two years of planning, the National Peace Corps Association is finally LESS THAN ONE MONTH away from its Landmark 50th Anniversary of Peace Corps Events! To date, we have over 3700 registered participants you can check to see if you and your friends are on the Historical Record [...]
May 4, 2011 1:03 pm / 5 comments
Hello All, I am happy to announce that my film THE SEAWALL will have its World Premiere in the south of France at the 64th FESTIVAL de CANNES! Thanks to all who have supported me through the process of getting the film made in Guyana, SOUTH AMERICA. To my family and friends in New York, [...]
April 6, 2011 8:10 pm / 1 comment
FROG had the great pleasure to interview GUY 1 member Patriciafaye Marshall about her experience in Guyana. Below is the first installment of her two part interview. Patriciafaye Marshall Group: GUY 1 Location: Lethem and Bartica Type of Volunteer: Education  Where did you live in Guyana? Can you describe your experience? We lived in Lethem and [...]
February 15, 2011 8:01 am / 1 comment
William Marshall GUY Group: GUY 1 Guyana Site: Lethem & Bartica Type of Volunteer: Education  1.     What have you been up to since you finished Peace Corps? Since it’s been over 40 years that I was a PCV…I guess you could say I’ve lived the majority of my life.  2.     What do you miss most [...]
February 15, 2011 7:49 am / no comments
As Peace Corps approaches its 50th Anniversary, we are reaching out to past Guyana Peace Corps Volunteers, staff and family to collect the stories of their experiences while living and working in Guyana. We are calling this project, the Corps Stories – Celebrating 50 Years of Peace Corps and we are hoping to get many [...]
September 8, 2010 12:37 pm / no comments
As I look to wrap-up my term as President, I wanted to reflect on how our non-profit began and how our ‘tadpole’ has grown in to FROG. It was all very simple- well, maybe not that simple. Whenever you put a number of RPCVs together who want to carry on the 3rd goal of the [...]
August 13, 2010 7:36 am / no comments
On September 17th, 2010, Friends and RPCVs of Guyana will hold a screening of the short narrative film,”The Seawall” by Cal Arts School of Film and Design graduate, Mason Richards. The event will be held at the Goethe-Instutit in Washington, D.C. and will also serve as a fundraising event for our FROG Grants program. Hope [...]
August 5, 2010 8:05 am / no comments
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 -The ICT teacher will work in close collaboration with the school to develop a new computer lab and work with students and the wider community to teach basic computer skills. [...]
August 3, 2010 7:38 am / no comments
Name: Kristen Hare GUY Group: 8 Guyana Site: Johanna Cecilia, Essequibo Coast Type of Volunteer: Education 1. What have you been up to since you finished Peace Corps? I’m a journalist, currently writing and producing video stories for the online news site The St. Louis Beacon. I’m also married, the mother of a 3-year-old boy, [...]