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Partners was founded in 1964 as the people-to-people component of the Alliance for Progress. Today, it is a private, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, enjoying the support of many committed volunteers, international corporations, public agencies, and foundations. Partners of the Americas is the largest volunteer-based organization in the western hemisphere engaged in social, economic, and cultural development.
Partners of the Americas turns ideas into action. We envision a hemisphere in which opportunity is abundant for all and dreams are not bound by borders.
The organization works by pairing U.S. states with Latin American and Caribbean countries in 60 "Partnerships." For example, Kansas is linked with Paraguay; New Jersey with Haiti; and Missouri with the state of Pará, Brazil.
In an increasingly interdependent world, Partners is a network of enduring linkages among professionals, institutions, and communities across the hemisphere. Drawing on this unique network of community-based chapters of people and organizations, Partners' activities are remarkably diverse. They range from disaster assistance to cultural exchange, from democracy strengthening to domestic violence prevention and environment protection.
The Local Chapter ( Guyana is linked to Mississippi)
The local chapter was founded in 1989 with members like Mr. Yesu Persaud, Mr. Jules De Cambra,
Mr. Ron Webster, Ms. Sheila Chapman ,Mr. David Yhan, Ms. Yvonne Stephens, Mr. Ron Alli, Mr. Ishmael Bacchus, Mr. Juman Yassin etal.
Table below has the Executive members for 2005-2006 & 2007-2008:
Name
2005/2006 |
Name
2007/2008 |
Position
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Trevor Benn |
Colin Beaton |
President |
Colin Beaton |
Myrtle Richards |
Vice President |
Joseph Eastman |
Joseph Eastman |
Executive Director |
Myrtlyn James-Richards |
Trevor Benn |
Immediate Past President |
Myrtlyn James-Richards |
Jean Smith |
Secretary |
Yvette Oliver |
Yvette Oliver |
Treasurer |
Hazel Halley-Bunette |
Nicholas Yearwood |
Assistant Secretary |
Aubrey Crawford |
Aubrey Crawford |
Assistant Treasurer |
Jean Smith |
Myrtlyn James-Richards |
Committee Member |
Ovid Walton |
Ovid Walton |
Committee Member |
Robert Khoshall |
Committee Member |
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