17 US volunteers begin two-year mission in Madagascar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Midi Madagasikara
Seventeen US Peace Corps volunteers are beginning a two-year mission in Madagascar in agriculture, education and healthcare after ten weeks of training. Five will be assigned to agriculture, seven to education and five to healthcare, according to Midi Madagasikara.
Seventeen new US Peace Corps volunteers are beginning a two-year mission in Madagascar with rural communities in agriculture, education and healthcare. They were sworn in on 6 November at the US ambassador’s residence in Ambaranjana, according to Midi Madagasikara.
The volunteers arrived in August and underwent ten weeks of training in the Malagasy language, local culture and the technical and intercultural skills required for their mission, Midi Madagasikara reports. Five are assigned to agriculture, seven to education and five to healthcare. Their projects include maternal and child health, English learning in schools and agriculture adapted to climate change.
Peace Corps country director in Madagascar Lisa Heintz presented these priorities at the ceremony alongside Steven A.C. Bremner, acting deputy chief of mission at the US embassy. The Peace Corps, which has been present in Madagascar since 1993 at the invitation of the Malagasy government, has already sent more than 1,700 US volunteers there, according to Midi Madagasikara.
