April 16, 2004: Headlines: COS - Guyana: HIV: AIDS: AIDS Education: PLU: When USAID began its HIV/AIDS prevention program in British Guyana, it asked the Peace Corps to send a volunteer to help - the Corps chose Julia Rehwinkel. She served 11 months as the HIV/AIDS Youth Project coordinator.

Peace Corps Online: Directory: Ghana: Peace Corps Ghana : The Peace Corps in Ghana: April 16, 2004: Headlines: COS - Guyana: HIV: AIDS: AIDS Education: PLU: When USAID began its HIV/AIDS prevention program in British Guyana, it asked the Peace Corps to send a volunteer to help - the Corps chose Julia Rehwinkel. She served 11 months as the HIV/AIDS Youth Project coordinator.

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When USAID began its HIV/AIDS prevention program in British Guyana, it asked the Peace Corps to send a volunteer to help - the Corps chose Julia Rehwinkel. She served 11 months as the HIV/AIDS Youth Project coordinator.

When USAID began its HIV/AIDS prevention program in British Guyana, it asked the Peace Corps to send a volunteer to help - the Corps chose Julia Rehwinkel. She served 11 months as the HIV/AIDS Youth Project coordinator.

When USAID began its HIV/AIDS prevention program in British Guyana, it asked the Peace Corps to send a volunteer to help - the Corps chose Julia Rehwinkel. She served 11 months as the HIV/AIDS Youth Project coordinator.

Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award
Julia Rehwinkel '98 receives a 2002-2003 Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award for her work with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as a project manager for the HIV/AIDS awareness program.

Rehwinkel joined the Peace Corps in February 1999. When USAID began its HIV/AIDS prevention program in British Guyana, it asked the Peace Corps to send a volunteer to help - the Corps chose Rehwinkel. She served 11 months as the HIV/AIDS Youth Project coordinator.

After the Peace Corps, she stayed with USAID in Guyana and is now the HIV/AIDS project manager, credited for the success of the program. She immerses herself in the Guyanese culture, traveling throughout Guyana and representing the USAID program at Guyanese meetings and events.

Rehwinkel has been able to fulfill a sense of adventure as well as professional goals. She has lived in rustic conditions, suffered from several of the endemic health problems as natives and been stifled by post-election strife, but she continues to treasure her experiences in Guyana.

She will attend Johns Hopkins University in the fall to pursue a master's degree in international health policy and management, with emphasis on infectious diseases.




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