The Guyana Peace Corps now hires armed vehicles to escort Peace Corps vehicles to the airport as an extra precautionary measure. While I never felt like a target in Guyana, other than for petty crimes like pick pocketing, I’m glad that the Peace Corps is taking the extra step to further ensure the safety of …
Monthly Archives: October 2002
Make my case public
Someone in the press, let’s call her a friend of a friend, recently emailed a friend of mine sharing her disgust of how the Peace Corps has treated me. While I have not made an effort to make my case public (https://net.jasonpearce.com/peacecorps/cos/ is not a publicly accessible link), it’s nice to hear that some members …
Two Guyana Peace Corps volunteers will be leaving in the next week
Sadly, two Guyana Peace Corps volunteers will be leaving in the next week. One will be leaving this Friday and the other will be giving the office notice early next week. Both are leaving on the own accord, claiming that the crime situation has exceeded their comfort levels. While I am happy that they are …
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Govt warns public servants not to stay away
A story from Today’s Stabroek News, one of Guyana’s largest newspapers: Wednesday October 9, 2002 https://www.stabroeknews.com/ (full story here) Crime shutdown set for today Govt warns public servants not to stay away By Miranda La Rose Fed up with the approach of the government and the opposition to the tide of violent crime that has …
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This unfathomable situation
It’s nice to know I’m still missed. For those of you still in Guyana, I miss you too. In fact I played cards this weekend for the first time since returning to the states and it just wasn’t the same. But how could it be? After all, the cards weren’t sticking to my fingers due …