News & Notes
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Contonou: Peace Corps Signing Ceremony
Ambassador Michael Raynor presided over a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with the Director of Peace Corps Robert Friedman and Nassirou Arifari Bako, Minister of Foreign Affairs representing the Government of Benin.
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Sofia: Ambassador Opens Agricultural Technologies Site
Ambassador Marcie B. Ries attended the official opening of a Site for Agricultural Technologies at the Agriculture University in Plovdiv.
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Quito: “Central Park’s Four Seasons” Photo Exhibit at Centro Cultural Metropolitano
The photo exhibit “Central Park’s Four Seasons” opened Oct. 24 in Sala V of the Centro Cultural Metropolitano (García Moreno y Espejo). Entrance is free and the exhibit, which is supported by the Centro Cultural Metropolitano and the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section in Quito, will remain open until November 10.
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Colombo: Youth Empowerment Grant Supports Hearing Impaired Communities
Ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele Sison paid a visit to Youth Empowerment Grantee Vadamarachchi Organization of the Deaf (VOD) on October 30.