On September 17, 2014, U.S. Ambassador Mark Childress swore in sixty-one Peace Corps Volunteers to their two years of service in Tanzania.
The American volunteers will work as Math, Science and English secondary school teachers, and as teacher trainers in twenty-nine districts throughout Tanzania. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Ambassador's residence in Dar es Salaam, and was attended by Guest of Honor Shukuru Kawambwa, Minister at the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training as well as the headmasters from the schools to which the new volunteers will be assigned.
The American volunteers will serve their students, schools and communities through direct classroom teaching and projects involving, for example, nutrition, life skills and healthy living, environment, and literacy. The volunteers' two-year service will also support Tanzania's efforts to increase the number of math, science and English teachers in rural areas.
In his remarks, the Ambassador emphasized the high expectations for the volunteers as they represent the American people to their students and community, and carry on the legacy of Peace Corps service.
He also highlighted the strong partnership with the Ministry of Education, the schools hosting Peace Corps Volunteers, and the communities where the trainees and volunteers live and work. He thanked the language facilitators, Peace Corps staff and the host families for their dedication and commitment to ensuring that these 61 volunteers were prepared to serve.
For more than 50 years, Peace Corps has maintained apolitical and non-sectarian ideals of technical and cultural exchange.
Peace Corps promotes world peace and friendship through its fulfillment of three fundamental goals: providing American Volunteers who contribute to the social and economic development of interested countries; promoting a better understanding of Americans among the people who Volunteers serve; strengthening Americans' understanding of the world and its peoples.
Over 2,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in Tanzania since 1962. The sixty-one volunteers sworn in today will be stationed in the following districts: Karatu, Kongwa, Chamwino, Mufindi, Iringa Rural, Hai, Rombo, Lushoto, Moshi rural, Ruangwa, Nachingwea, Hanang, Babati, Kiteto, Tukuyu, Kyela, Chunya, Mbarali, Masasi, Newala, Mtwara rural, Mbinga, Shinyanga, Kishapu,Maswa, Singida Rural, Iramba, Nzega and Lushoto.
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(Seated from left to right) The U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Mark Childress, The Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Dr. Shukuru Kawambwa and the Peace Corps Country Director, Dr. Elizabeth O'Malley in a group photo with new American Peace Corps Volunteers. The volunteers were sworn-in to begin their two years of service as Math, Science and English secondary school teachers, and as teacher trainers in twenty-nine districts throughout Tanzania in a brief ceremony held at Ambassador's residence in Dar es Salaam on September 17, 2014.
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A group of American Peace Corps Volunteers takes an oath to begin their two years of service in Tanzania in a swearing-in ceremony that was presided over by the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Mark Childress and held in Dar es Salaam on September 17, 2014. The 61 American volunteers will work as Math, Science and English secondary school teachers, and as teacher trainers in twenty-nine districts throughout Tanzania. They took the oath in presence of Tanzanian Minister for Education and Vocational Training Honorable Dr. Shukuru Kawambwa. (Photo courtesy of the American Embassy)
