Peace Corps volunteers return

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira, Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussein and Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine [at extreme right end] along with other officials pose with the group of Peace Corps Volunteers [standing]
US Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira, Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussein and Georgetown Mayor Ubraj Narine [at extreme right end] along with other officials pose with the group of Peace Corps Volunteers [standing]

Over two years after their exit from Guyana due to the COVID-19 pandemic, United States Peace Corps volunteers have returned and 18 persons making up the 33rd cohort were on Wednesday sworn in to start giving support in communities across the country.

A former Peace Corps volunteer herself, United States Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch urged the new volunteers to make both countries proud of their service here.

She reflected on her own two years volunteering and the experience she had in Morocco as an English teacher at age 22. Lynch said that in her giving back for the people of the United States, she also gained new skills, a wealth of experience and indelible memories. Learning Arabic was also a gain for her, she pointed out.