On November 14th, within the presence of Honorable Deputy Minister, Ministry of Well being and Social Companies, Dr. Esther Utjiua Muinjangue, United States Ambassador to Namibia, Randy Berry, and United States Peace Corps Nation Director, Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, , 30 Peace Corps Trainees have been sworn-in to start their two-year service as Financial Empowerment and Group Well being HIV/AIDS Volunteers in communities round Namibia. This 53rd group of Trainees to Namibia, who arrived on August twenty eighth, simply accomplished their 12 weeks of Pre-Service Coaching on the Peace Corps Coaching Middle positioned in Okahandja.
The main target of Pre-Service Coaching is for Trainees to have interaction in hands-on studying experiences, together with working with members of the host neighborhood (Okahandja) to follow making use of Participatory Evaluation for Group Motion (PACA) instruments which add in creating efficient partnerships between the Trainee and neighborhood. Trainees participated in intensive technical coaching, discovered in regards to the well being and financial sectors of Namibia, present HIV/AIDS interventions, in addition to intercultural periods to boost their understanding of the native cultures as a basis for efficient neighborhood integration. Every Trainee additionally discovered one of many following native languages: Afrikaans, Oshikwanyama, Oshindonga, Otjiherero, Rukwangali, and Silozi.
On the invitation of the Namibian authorities, Peace Corps Volunteers started serving in 1990. Since then, greater than 1,800 American Volunteers have labored in numerous sectors, together with schooling, well being, and financial improvement. Volunteers reside in Namibian communities, be taught native languages, and combine into the tradition to foster world peace and friendship. Peace Corps Volunteers work alongside neighborhood members on regionally prioritized tasks that construct relationships, promote information trade, and make an enduring and measurable influence.
“The U.S.-Namibia partnership is constructed upon a basis of significant people-to-people relationships and solid in shared values together with democracy, rule of regulation, and human rights.
Peace Corps is a major a part of the general U.S. presence in Namibia and is a crucial cornerstone of our friendship,” mentioned Ambassador Randy Berry.
On the onset of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, there have been 126 Volunteers serving all through each area of the nation. Because the nation went into lockdown, all Volunteers have been evacuated. With our latest Volunteers, Peace Corps can have 60 Volunteers serving in all areas of the nation as distant as Lüderitz and Katima.
The arrival of this numerous group of People marks a major renewal of america’ dedication to work alongside Namibians in tackling the challenges of financial empowerment and significant well being care points in rural and concrete areas all through Namibia.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of U.S. Embassy in Namibia.