April 28, 2005: Headlines: COS - Nepal: Awards: Minority Volunteers: Webindia123: Rajeev Goyal, a Peace Corps volunteer from New York, is being recognised with the organisation's prestigious Franklin H. Williams award

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Rajeev Goyal, a Peace Corps volunteer from New York, is being recognised with the organisation's prestigious Franklin H. Williams award

Rajeev Goyal, a Peace Corps volunteer from New York, is being recognised with the organisation's prestigious Franklin H. Williams award

Rajeev Goyal, a Peace Corps volunteer from New York, is being recognised with the organisation's prestigious Franklin H. Williams award

Rajeev Goyal bags Peace Corps award:-
Washington | April 28, 2005 8:44:07 AM IST

Caption: Franklin H. Williams, noted civil rights attorney and U. S. ambassador

Washington, April 27 : Rajeev Goyal, a Peace Corps volunteer from New York, is being recognised with the organisation's prestigious Franklin H. Williams award.

The New York Regional Office of the Peace Corps announced Tuesday that Goyal is being recognised for his continuing volunteerism and work in the US to support projects in Nepal.

The award is in memory of Franklin H. Williams, a foreign and domestic public servant until his death in 1990, who was a Peace Corps regional director for Africa and the US ambassador to Ghana.

The Peace Corps annually recognises 12 Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Colour who have carried on William's spirit of volunteerism and commitment to the Peace Corps' third goal - "To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans."

Goyal's first assignment was to prepare students for national examinations in Nepal. He was responsible for securing scholarships for 15 low-caste middle school girls and six college students.

He is also credited with playing a critical role in a secondary project for bringing clean drinking water to a community of 100 families.

A law student at New York University who will graduate in May 2006, Goyal has thus far initiated and organised two law lectures for fellow students and the general public that deal with critical issues for Nepal: "The Dark Side of Shangri-La: Human Rights Abuses in the Kingdom of Bhutan" and "Perspectives from Five Leaders of the Women's Rights Struggle in Nepal".

As a volunteer for the Seattle-based Living Earth Institute, Goyal works as Nepal Project Manager, Secretary and East Coast Fundraiser, to initiate and organise fundraising events, including one that raised $13,565 for five drinking water projects in eastern Nepal.

The son of Ravindra and Damyanti Goyal of Manhasset Hills in New York, Goyal has received several awards in the past.





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