AMBASSADOR LENHARDT SWEARS-IN 41 NEW PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS

United States Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso E. Lenhardt swore in 41 new Peace Corps Volunteers in a brief ceremony held at the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam. The new volunteers will work in Tanzania for two years in areas of health promotion and environment education and will be stationed in 38 villages and Zonal Health Resource Centers in Masasi, Newala, Mbinga, Songea Rural, Songea Urban, Ludewa, Makete, Njombe, Mufindi, Iringa Rural, Kilolo, Mbeya Rural, Morogoro Urban, Dodoma Urban, Chamwino, Kondoa, Singida Rural, Hanang, Kiteto, Same, Mwanga, Lushoto and Muheza Districts. Pictured are Ambassador Lenhardt (Centre, front row), the guest of honor, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Cooperatives Engineer Mbogo Futakamba (third from right, front row) and the Peace Corps Country Director Elizabeth O'Malley (right, front row) with the newly sworn in volunteers. (Photo courtesy of the American Embassy).