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    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

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    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

    KPP-Peace Corps Library Project with Beth Chronister

    2009 Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors @ Riley County schools

    2009 Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors @ Riley County schools

    2009 Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors performing @  Riley County schools

    Sarah Gill (Riley County High School YA Coordinator) with 2009 Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors

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High School Exchange @ the Annual Meeting

Ben Preheim, Karen Hyde and Amanda Jones shared their experiences in Paraguay last summer with the Lawrence High School Exchange program, at this year’s Annual meeting. Both Ben and Amanda  hosted Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors in Lawrence.  Amanda stayed in the home of Dalma  González Núñez when she visited Paraguay in June, 2009.

Daily notes: Youth Ambassadors in Newton, Kansas

Gabriele Wentzel, one of the Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors in Newton, has been writing notes on her thoughts and experiences while she is visiting the U.S. I thought some might enjoy reading what she has written, so I am going to post them here:
by Gabriele Wentzel
Hosted by Jeannette, George and Megan Leary
Day free to [...]

2009 Youth Ambassadors Arrive in Wichita!

Pictured here are this year’s Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors at the Wichita airport where they arrived yesterday to begin their stay in Kansas. Five students will be going to Newton High School and five will be going to Riley County High School. They are also accompanied by two adult sponsors, Cristina Escriba and Graciela Ocampos from [...]

Students from Paraguay make Lawrence their (temporary) home

By Lindsey Slater
February 4, 2009
Lawrence Journal World Newspaper

A group of students from Paraguay has spent the last three weeks taking in the sites, sounds and language of the United States.

This is the first time exchange students from the South American country have been to Free State High School and they like what they see.
“(Free State) [...]

Women2Women Cultural Connection & Leadership Program

We are very pleased to announce that Parendi Birdie, Lawrence High School senior, and Paraguayan Youth Ambassadors host in 2008 AND Tess Wilson, 2008 Topeka High School graduate (and granddaughter of KPP past president Nan Wilson) have been selected to attend the 2008 Women2Women Cultural Connection & Leadership Program. Their extraordinary involvement in leadership [...]