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Public Affairs Programs

2008

On this page you can view the various programs and events sponsored or organized by the U.S. Embassy throughout the year.

 
Ambassador Cesar B. Cabrera (right) accompanied by a delegation pays a courtesy call on Vice-President Joseph Belmont at State House.  (Photo:  Courtesy of Seychelles Nation).
Delegation Led by Ambassador B. Cabrera Pays Courtesy Call on Vice-President Joseph Belmont
March 31, 2008

During a visit to Seychelles, Ambassador Cesar B. Cabrera paid a courtesy call on Vice President Joseph Belmont at State House.  Ambassador Cabrera was accompanied by the Director of the State Department’s Office of East African Affairs, James Knight, and some officers of the U.S. Embassy.  The East African Affairs Office provides political and economical policy support and liaison for Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.  The delegation met with officials of the Government of Seychelles.

The visit of the delegation led by Ambassador Cabrera coincided with the U.S. Ambassador’s Self Help Program Ceremony and Democracy and Human Rights Fund, on April 1, 2008, to award grants to six Seychellois community groups.  The delegation also visited some projects funded under the U.S. Ambassador’s Self Help Program.


The USS Whidbey Island Makes a Port Call in Seychelles
January 16, 2008

 
Commander Michael Junge (right), Commanding Officer of the USS Whidbey Island, presents a plaque to Mr. Jude Talma (center), Seychelles Basketball Federation Chairman.

During its routine port call in Victoria on January 16, sailors from the USS Whidbey Island faced off the the 2nd Division Mont Fleuri Seychellois team in a friendly basketball game at Victoria Gymnamsum, on January 16.

The USS Whidbey Island team was victorious by a score of 44 to 32.

 

 

       
The players in action at Victoria Gymnasium.  Souvenir Picture of the 2nd Division Mont Fleuri and the USS Whidbey Island teams prior to the game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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