Haiti Volunteer

The United States promoted greater attention to the issue of HIV/AIDS, dedicating more than $425,000 to programs by the Government and local NGOs that worked to fight discrimination toward persons infected with HIV/AIDS, provide technical assistance (voluntary counseling and testing training and surveillance methods) and promote institutional capacity building. The Ambassador’s Fund to Combat HIV/AIDS supported public awareness campaigns by four local NGOs and cosponsored national consultations on HIV/AIDS. This allowed the completion of a National Strategic Plan to Combat HIV/AIDS, which will strengthen Suriname’s appeal for funding from the Global Fund. The Peace Corps contributed directly to these efforts by assigning at least ten volunteers to work primarily on HIV/AIDS-related projects. The Ambassador met privately with officials to relay concerns about HIV/AIDS, and penned an op-ed on the issue that received front page coverage in local dailies. ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

There are many opportunities for productive community volunteer work with the Salvation Army, the Mennonite Central Committee, and other service organizations.   ...

Haiti's international mail and the Embassy pouch service are both slow. First-class pouches come in and go out twice weekly at the Embassy, but letters often take 2-4 weeks to reach their final destination. Packages and magazines arrive by surface-to-air pouch twice weekly. Their delivery time is about 3 weeks. Pouch facilities cannot be used to send packages from Haiti to the U.S. Departing personnel usually volunteer to carry letters with them to mail in the U.S. ... [Read More]

White House Details "Volunteers for Prosperity" Initiative

Volunteers for Prosperity, a program of the USA Freedom Corps,encourages highly skilled American professionals in a variety offields to volunteer for a flexible term in developing countries andemerging economies.Supporting U.S. development initiatives: Working with federalgovernment agencies, the USA Freedom Corps will match doctors, nurses,teachers, engineers, economists, computer specialists, and others withorganizations working on specific U.S. development initiativesincluding: the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; the MillenniumChallenge Initiative; the Trade for Africa Development and EnterpriseInitiative; the Water for the Poor Initiative; the Digital FreedomInitiative; and the Middle East Partnership Initiative.How it works: A doctor in Chicago who wants to volunteer for threemonths to help HIV/AIDS patients in Uganda can contact the USA FreedomCorps and be matched with an organization that is working in Uganda;needs highly skilled volunteers; meets establishe ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: White House Daily Briefing, February 26

And Marina -- let me tell you a little bit about her. Marina is an honors student at Jefferson Community College where she studies computer information systems. In 1995 she sought assistance from the Center for Women and Families, which is a non-profit organization which helps women in crisis. Today she has been a volunteer -- in fact has been a volunteer for three years at that women's crisis center, and she speaks in the community about overcoming domestic violence and the importance of financial responsibility. She is a volunteer with the Common Wealth Individual Development Account, which helps low-income individuals with their financial skills. And she volunteers at the Louisville Asset Building Coalition, which promotes financial stability for individuals and families. ... [Read More]

New USAID Mission Director for Tanzania - "Dar es Salaam, Tanzania"

Ms. White has served for over 27 years in various positions for the U.S. Government in eight overseas posts and in Washington, DC. As deputy director for East Africa in Washington, D.C. from 1999-2001, she helped to coordinate the delivery of food to Ethiopia and Eritrea, helped to develop a six-year Ugandan strategy, and oversaw the expansion of programs in Sudan and Congo. Ms. White also served as USAID's executive officer in the Haiti, Egypt, and South African missions from 1989-1998; director of recruitment from 1993-1995 in Washington, DC; and deputy executive officer in Senegal and Haiti from 1981-1988. She also worked as the Community Liaison Officer (CLO) in Burkina Faso from 1978-1980 and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon from 1971-1973. ... [Read More]

The United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria: Press Release - USAID Announces Grants For Aids Relief In Africa, Caribbean

The American Red Cross will receive $7 million to collaborate with Red Cross societies in Guyana, Haiti and Tanzania to reach more than 760,000 in-and-out-of-school youth between the ages of 10 and 24 with messages about HIV prevention through abstinence and other healthy behaviors. This five-year program will build the capacity of local Red Cross branches and their extensive volunteer networks to train peer educators in the proven interactive "Together We Can" curriculum, and mobilize communities to adopt healthy norms and behaviors through educational activities including theater, sports and music festivals. ... [Read More]

Huddleston, Vicki

Earlier in her career she was Chief of the Economic Sections in the Embassies in Sierra Leone and in Mali. She has worked in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, and as Country Desk Officer for Bolivia. In 1988-1989, while working for Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, she drafted the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) legislation which became law in 1990. Prior to entering the Foreign Service she worked in Peru and Brazil for the American Institute for Free Labor Development. As a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru, she organized the financing for the two housing cooperatives in Arequipa. ... [Read More]

Greenlee, David N.

Ambassador Greenlee was born on June 3, 1943, in White Plains, New York. He received a BA from Yale University in 1965. He has also studied at the Instituto Internacional in Madrid, Spain. He served in the Army from 1968 to 1971, receiving an honorable discharge as a First Lieutenant. His military decorations include the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Vietnam Service Medal, among other awards. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Bolivia from 1965-67. He speaks Spanish, French, and Guarani. ... [Read More]

International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, Economic Perspectives, May 2000 -- Internationalization of E-Commerce -- Alan Larson, "Maximizing International Digital Opportunities"

Within the State Department, the Office of International Information Programs established the Global Technology Corps in mid-1999 to set up public-private partnerships committed to closing the international digital divide. The GTC works with companies, individuals, and organizations that are willing to volunteer their time, expertise, and resources to help spread the benefits of information technology worldwide. GTC activities in IED countries have included volunteer support for a micro e-commerce project in Guatemala, and volunteer travel to Jamaica by the founder of a well-known e-commerce company for discussions of e-commerce trends with local officials and businessmen. In South Africa, GTC is planning a mid-2000 video-journalism seminar to introduce university students to the latest techniques for using digital video cameras, which produce television-quality video at a small fraction of traditional costs. ... [Read More]