1500 participants in 2021
![[l-r] The Governor’s Chief of Staff, Tuimavave Tauapa’i Laupola; Summer Youth Employment Program participant; Acting Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale, and the Governor’s Office Chaplain, Patolo Mageo](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_office_6984_n.png?itok=bOtMLLGo "[l-r] The Governor’s Chief of Staff, Tuimavave Tauapa’i Laupola; Summer Youth Employment Program participant; Acting Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale, and the Governor’s Office Chaplain, Patolo Mageo posed for a photo last Friday at the Governor’s Office, marking the last day for participants of the summer employment program, in which 20 students worked at various divisions of the Governor’s Office. This photo was posted to the ASG Facebook page. [photo: Gov’s Office]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second week of August saw approximately 1,500 interns in the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) spending the last days within their respective organizations after 7 weeks working in the public and private sectors.
The Office of the Governor was one of those...