15
new Peace Corps Volunteers Sworn-in
August 24, 2004
 Fifteen new Peace Corps Volunteers who
will work in the field of municipal development were sworn
in on Thursday, August 19, in a ceremony at the US Embassy.
Salvadoran Vice President, Ana Vilma de Escobar spoke at
the ceremony, which was presided over by Philip French, the
Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission, and Michael Wise,
Director of Peace Corps El Salvador.
The new volunteers (8 women and 7 men) come from 12 different
U.S.states and will serve in 15 different municipalities
spread across 11 of the 14 departments of El Salvador. The
new volunteers will join 110 others working municipal development,
agro-forestry and rural health and sanitation.
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