Volunteer Odyssey

PROPOSAL VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY

The Guyana IYV 2001 Committee proposes the USAID HIVAIDS/STI Youth Project as suitable for the Volunteer Odyssey.
 

Main Sector of activity  Health HIV Aids Education

Main Partners/ affiliations

Project Steering Committee
National AIDS Programme Secretariat
USAID
UN AIDS Theme Group
Gento Uninary Medical Clinic
Family Health International (FHI/IMPACT)
US Peace Corps

   Partcipating NGOs
Artistes in Direct Support
Comforting Hearts
Cry of Aids
Guyana Responsible Parent Hood Association
Lifeline Counselling & Testing
Linden Care Foundation
Volunteer Youth Corps
Youth Challenge Guyana

Geographical Position  Guyana South America

Accessibility Guyana is accessed via Trinidad & Tobago or Barbados with daily flights on to Guyana. Travel from Air Port to City    km by car
 Work sites easily accessible by car furthest point Berbice three hours by car and boat; Linden I hour by car; Bartica four hours by car and boat.

Accommodation/Travel Will be provided either as home stays for young reporters/ studio or hotel accommodation. Transportation by car will be provided as necessary.

Counselor such facilitators will be on hand. I.e. personnel with volunteer support experience etc.

Technical services email; telephone; back up television technical services  - local television stations.

Download the HIV/AIDS Youth  Project Document (260K PDF)