Deodat Persaud, an East Canje, Berbice, pandit has become the first Guyanese to be selected for the United States Community Solutions Program, which will commence in August.
Persaud will participate in an intensive four-month leadership development program in the United States, after which he will return to his homeland, where he will use the skills learned to implement a community action project.
The United States Embassy in Guyana earlier this month announced the news, while noting that the program is a “professional leadership development program for the best and brightest community leaders worldwide.”