THE U.S. Embassy hosted the launch of a professional development mentorship programme which will pair over 200 Guyanese youth (aged 15-25) with established professionals in their desired field of work.
According to the embassy, the six-week project is managed by alumni of the Department of State Youth Ambassadors Programme, who were inspired by the challenges they faced to acquire career guidance for jobs or post-secondary school placements in their fields of interest.
Rawletta Barrow, André Ramaldo, Manisha Singh, Raquel Meenkum, Naomi Marshall, Ruth Waddell and Daniel Narsaiah recruited and organised over 50 mentors in the fields of international development, medicine, engineering, and economics to provide free mentoring sessions for young people who applied from regions across Guyana. In his remarks at the programme launch, Deputy Chief of Mission, Mark Cullinane, praised the young attendees for taking the initiative to participate in such a programme and thanked the mentors who are volunteering their time to develop the next generation.
The programme is part of the U.S. Embassy’s ongoing work to encourage prosperity for all Guyanese.