加载中…100多名美国人在感恩节宣誓加入和平队
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新的和平队志愿者在宣誓后期待在哥伦比亚开始工作。
华盛顿——在感恩节这个星期，100多位美国人将在哥伦比亚（Colombia）、尼加拉瓜（Nicaragua）和秘鲁（Peru）宣誓成为和平队（Peace Corps）志愿者。
和平队于11月21日表示，新的志愿者在宣誓时已经完成和平队两个月的跨文化、语言和技术的综合培训。在宣誓仪式后，新志愿者将前往他们各自的固定驻地，在那里完成27个月的服务。
世界各地的和平队志愿者们将与各自社区的群众及其他和平队志愿者和员工一起庆祝、分享美国的感恩节传统。感恩节是志愿者在其社区分享美国文化的机会，有助于促进和平队的第二个目标，即让志愿者所服务的群众对美国人有更好的了解。目前有8,000多名美国志愿者在和平队服务。
和平队代理队长加丽·赫斯勒-雷德利特（Carrie Hessler-Radelet）在和平队发表的新闻稿中表示：“我感谢所有的新老志愿者为实现和平队的使命，促使世界更和平、更繁荣作出的不懈努力。”
赫斯勒-雷德利特说：“我们感谢这8,000多名志愿者坚定的意志和慷慨的精神。今年，他们远离家乡，帮助生活不如我们富足的人民产生积极的变化。我谨祝所有的志愿者度过一个欢乐的感恩节。”
以下为11月19日至11月23日期间举行的宣誓仪式的重点内容：
哥伦比亚
29名教育志愿者于11月19日在位于哥伦比亚巴兰基亚（Barranquilla）的北方大学（Universidad del Norte）宣誓。参加仪式的贵宾包括驻哥伦比亚的美国国际开发署（U.S. Agency for International Development，USAID）办事处主任彼得·那提罗（Peter Natiello）（他作为和平队志愿者于1985至1988年间曾在厄瓜多尔服务）、巴兰基亚市长埃尔莎·诺圭拉·德拉埃斯普列亚（Elsa Noguera de la Espreiella）和大西洋（Atlantico）省长荷西·安东尼奥·赛格布雷（Jose Antonio Segebre）。
在11月22日感恩节那天，该国和平队员工将在家里分别举办三场感恩节庆祝活动，所有在哥伦比亚的和平队志愿者都获邀参加其中的一场活动。
自1961年在哥伦比亚设立和平队项目以来，已有超过4,720名和平队志愿者在哥伦比亚服务。该国现有56位志愿者。志愿者们在英语教育领域工作。他们接受西班牙语训练并使用西班牙语工作。
尼加拉瓜
二十七位教育和环境志愿者将于11月23日在马那瓜（Managua）希尔顿公主酒店（Princess Hilton Hotel）举办的仪式上宣誓。美国驻尼加拉瓜大使菲利斯·鲍尔（Phyllis M. Powers）和尼加拉瓜教育部副部长将出席仪式。
在仪式结束后，新志愿者们将与鲍尔大使、和平队驻尼加拉瓜办事处主任卡罗尔·巴瑞克（Carol Barrick）及美国外交服务官员等其他美国人一起庆贺感恩节。
自1968年在尼加拉瓜设立和平队项目以来，已有超过2,220名和平队志愿者在尼加拉瓜服务。该国现有231位志愿者。志愿者们在商业、环境、健康和教育领域工作。他们接受西班牙语训练并使用西班牙语工作。
秘鲁
五十七位环境、健康、供水和卫生志愿者将于11月23日宣誓。宣誓仪式将在美国驻秘鲁大使罗斯·利金斯（Rose Likins）位于利马（Lima）的住所举办。
自1962年在秘鲁设立和平队项目以来，已有超过3,170位和平队志愿者在秘鲁服务。该国现有271位志愿者。志愿者们在青少年发展、小企业发展、健康和环境领域工作。他们接受西班牙语训练并使用西班牙语工作，还有些志愿者接受盖丘亚语（Quechua）训练。
有关和平队的更多介绍，请访问和平队网站。
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/chinese/article/2012/11/20121123139070.html#ixzz2DOhLrE00
More Than 100 Americans Sworn In to Peace Corps at Thanksgiving
21 November 2012
New Peace Corps volunteers look forward to their assignments in Colombia after being sworn in.
Washington — More than 100 Americans will be sworn in as Peace Corps volunteers in Colombia, Nicaragua and Peru during the week of Thanksgiving.
Upon their swearing in, the new volunteers will have completed two months of comprehensive cross-cultural, language and technical training through the Peace Corps, the agency said November 21. After the swearing-in ceremony, the new volunteers will travel to their permanent sites, where they will complete 27 months of service.
Peace Corps volunteers around the world will celebrate and share the American Thanksgiving tradition with people in their communities and with fellow Peace Corps volunteers and staff. Thanksgiving is a chance for volunteers to share American culture in their communities, exemplifying the Peace Corps’ second goal of promoting a better understanding of Americans on the part of the people served by the volunteers. Currently, more than 8,000 Americans are serving as Peace Corps volunteers.
“I thank all current and returned volunteers for their unceasing efforts to make this a more peaceful and prosperous world through their commitment to the mission of the Peace Corps,” said acting Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet, according to a Peace Corps press release.
“We appreciate the resolve and generosity of the more than 8,000 volunteers laboring far from home this year to make a positive difference in the lives of people who live without the abundance granted to us. I wish all volunteers a joyful Thanksgiving holiday,” Hessler-Radelet said.
The following are highlights of swearing-in ceremonies from November 19 to November 23:
COLOMBIA
Twenty-nine education volunteers were sworn in on November 19 at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. Distinguished guests included the mission director for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Colombia, Peter Natiello (a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador 1985–1988), Barranquilla Mayor Elsa Noguera de la Espreiella and the Governor of Atlantico, Jose Antonio Segebre.
All Peace Corps Colombia volunteers have been invited to attend one of three Thanksgiving celebrations that will be held at the homes of in-country Peace Corps staff members on Thanksgiving Day, November 22.
More than 4,720 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Colombia since the program was established in 1961, and 56 volunteers are now serving in the country. Volunteers work in the area of English education. They are trained and work in Spanish.
NICARAGUA
Twenty-seven education and environment volunteers will be sworn in during a ceremony at the Princess Hilton Hotel in Managua on November 23. U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Phyllis M. Powers and the Nicaraguan vice minister of education will attend the ceremony.
Following the ceremony, the new volunteers will celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday with fellow Americans, including Ambassador Powers, Peace Corps Nicaragua Country Director Carol Barrick and U.S. Foreign Service officers.
More than 2,220 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Nicaragua since the program was established in 1968, and 231 volunteers are now serving in the country. Volunteers work in the areas of business, environment, health and education. They are trained and work in Spanish.
PERU
Fifty-seven environment, health and water and sanitation volunteers will be sworn in on November 23. The ceremony will take place at the residence of U.S. Ambassador to Peru Rose Likins in Lima.
More than 3,170 Peace Corps volunteers have served in Peru since the program was established in 1962, and 271 volunteers are now serving in the country. Volunteers work in the areas of youth development, small business development, health and the environment. They are trained and work in Spanish, and some receive language training in Quechua.
To learn more about the Peace Corps, visit the Peace Corps website.
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2012/11/20121121139018.html#ixzz2DOhOHrz5
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