PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS END TRAINING (SPREAD)

THIRTY-TWO United States (US) Peace Corps volunteers who have successfully undergone a 10-week training in the education sector were last Tuesday dispatched to various communities across the country.
The volunteers, who studied aspects of the country’s culture, would be teaching various subjects such as Mathematics, Science, and English language in some selected basic and senior high schools for two years.
The programme, which has been a partnership between Ghana and the US since 1961, when the first 50 volunteers arrived in the country, is aimed at fostering greater friendship and helping to raise educational standards in the country.
The US Chargé d’Affaires, Mrs Sue K. Brown, urged them to do everything to impact positively on the lives of the pupils and students they would teach as well as the entire communities.
Such commitment, she noted, would help to maintain the legacy that over 4,000 predecessors had left in the country since 1961. According to her, Ghanaians across the country had been grateful for the positive influence a number of Peace Corps volunteers had made in their lives, adding, “I am sure you too will have that kind of lasting impact on your students and communities.”
Always remember that your work is important, even if you cannot see the change immediately. Your success will flow from the deep commitment and abiding respect you have for your students, counterparts and your communities,” she assured.
The Chargé d’Affaires, who expressed appreciation to the various families that hosted the volunteers during their 10-week training, also thanked the government for opening its doors to the Peace Corps, a partnership that has strengthened the bond of friendship between the two countries for the past 47 years.
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Kwadwo Affram Asiedu, who said he had personally benefited from the programme, commended the volunteers for their preparedness to make a positive impact on the educational standard of deprived communities.
He, however, urged the volunteers to live above reproach to enable them to be looked to as role models by the beneficiary communities and the students.