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    PEACE CORPS MARKS 15 YEARS IN ARMENIA

    armradio.am
    30.10.2007 10:20

    US Peace Corps Armenia held an Open House to welcome Mr. Ronald
    Tschetter, Director of the Peace Corps' operations worldwide, and
    Regional Director Jay Katzen; and to celebrate the 15th anniversary
    of the program in Armenia.

    Tschetter came from Washington to recognize Volunteers' service and
    to meet with Government of Armenia Ministry representatives to express
    his thanks for the support of the Peace Corps Program during the past
    15 years.

    US Charge d'Affaires Joseph Pennington and Armenian Ministry
    representatives, including Minister of Education and Science Levon
    Lazarian, Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Armen Grigoryan
    and his Deputy, Artur Poghosyan, Minister of Nature Protection Aram
    Haroutyunyan and his Deputy Hakob Matilyan, Deputy Minister of Health
    Care Tatul Hakobyan were invited and present at the event.

    At a press conference following the reception, Tschetter acknowledged
    the importance of promoting volunteerism among the youth of the
    world. A Memorandum of Understanding between the Peace Corps and
    Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs was signed to strengthen the idea
    of developing volunteerism in Armenia and also to make sure that Peace
    Corps Volunteers' activities continue to align with Ministry efforts.

    A Memorandum of Understanding between the Peace Corps and Ministry
    of Nature Protection was also signed to collaborate and cooperate on
    environmental education activities in Armenia.

    Since the time frame of the Action Plan of the Memorandum of
    Understanding between the US Peace Corps and Ministry of Education
    and Science having been over, a new 5 - year Action Plan was sighed.

    Peace Corps Armenia was established in 1992 at the invitation of the
    Government of Armenia. Since that time, 574 Peace Corps volunteers have
    served in Armenia. Tschetter currently oversees 74 Posts worldwide. The
    US Peace Corps was founded in 1961 by United States President John
    F. Kennedy.

    The organization has three goals: to provide trained assistance
    to people of other countries as requested, to promote a better
    understanding of Americans by the people of the countries in which
    they serve, and to promote a better understanding of other cultures
    by Americans.
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