September 8, 2004: Headlines: COS - Madagascar: US Mission in Madagascar: Swearing-in of 23 new Peace Corps education volunteers in Madagascar
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September 8, 2004: Headlines: COS - Madagascar: US Mission in Madagascar: Swearing-in of 23 new Peace Corps education volunteers in Madagascar
Swearing-in of 23 new Peace Corps education volunteers in Madagascar
Swearing-in of 23 new Peace Corps education volunteers in Madagascar
Swearing-in of 23 new Peace Corps education volunteers
A group of 23 new Peace Corps education volunteers were sworn in today in the Peace Corps Training Center in Mantasoa. Zachary Teich, Charge d'Affaires, of the U.S. Embassy, addressed the volunteers before they prepared to depart for their host communities. These volunteers have spent the last 10 weeks training to get ready to teach English in the lycées and CEG and studying Malagasy language and culture. Peace Corps has been active in Madagascar for 11 years, and 118 education volunteers have served in Malagasy schools since 1993 along with 200 volunteers in the health and environmental sectors.
The education volunteers’ work focuses on teaching model English classes to lycées and CEGs in their host towns and villages. These are lycées and CEG in medium-sized sous-prefectures, which don’t have access to English teaching resources or an English speaking environment. Volunteers will work with Malagasy English teachers to help them further develop their own English language and teaching skills. Their assignments also include the development of inexpensive teaching tools using locally available materials and the use of English to sensitize schools on issues of health and environment.
The Peace Corps was founded in 1961 by President John Fitzgerald Kennedy to promote world peace and friendship through the service of American volunteers outside the United States. In adapting to changing needs around the world, the Peace Corps remains guided by its founding mission – to help the people of developing countries meet their basic needs and to help promote mutual understanding among Americans and people from other cultures.
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