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Guyana - Mississippi Partnership

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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

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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