FOG Accomplishments

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Friends of Guinea is proud of its accomplishments, including the following (for more detailed information, please check the Fog Projects page or contact us):

We are also proud of what our members think of us. See some of the notes we've received from you over the years.

We provide the following ongoing services:

  1. Guinea list listserv, connecting over 200 RPCVs and other Guinea affiliates
  2. Guinea Parent Support (GPS) listserv connecting PCV parents and friends
  3. FOG website
  4. FOG blog and twitter
  5. Quarterly newsletter, Ca Va?
  6. Respond to inquiries about Guinea and Peace Corps Guinea

Additionally, we have sponsored the following special projects:

Year 2013:

  • Launched the new FOG website, including asking members to sign up on the new website

Year 2012:

  • Created a new FOG board
  • Embarked on a major website revision to revitalize the organization

Year 2008:

  • Donated a projector and DVD's to the PCV house in Conakry

Year 2007:

  • Donated $2600 to Partage Quebec-Guinee, which financed the shipment of about 15,000 books to Delaware, from which they were transported to Guinea by the mining company ALCOA.

After this donation, we received a note from Robert Dykes of PQG: ""This shipment will be very close to that symbolic container which allows us to say we have covered, during the first decade of our efforts, to provide books to every village with a school in every sous-préfecture of Guinea! I am glad that you can
share the pride of that symbolic moment with us. I thank you very sincerely for your contribution and I ask that you extend the appreciation of the staff and
volunteers of Partage Québec-Guinea to all of the members of FOG who have helped Guinea in person the past and who now continue to help indirectly in these efforts to support the efforts of Guineans help themselves."

  • Donated $3000 to a water pump project in Upper Guinea, through Peace Corps Partnerships, that provided safe, clean drinking water to a village of 1650 people

Year 2006:

Year 2005:

  • Auctioned Guinean cloth for a fundraiser ($127 profit)
  • Sold Peace Corps calendar as a fundraiser ($684 profit)
  • Donated $8786 to Gender Conferences
  • Began to send the FOG newsletter to PCVs in country via diplomatic pouch
  • Donated $200 to GuineeNews
  • Photos published in Kennedy Center Cuesheet on Guinean drumming and dance
  • Gave the FOG website a brand new look!
  • Donated $300 to Partage Quebec Guinea (PQG)

Year 2004:

  • $71 to Wayne Kleck's World Map Project
  • Awarded $1000 in NPCA's Continuation of Service Grant for use in Gender Conferences
  • Revamped the FOG website (again!)
  • Raised $8786 for the 2005 Gender Conferences
  • Kelly Hamblin Health Center Organizational Project ($91.50)
  • $500 to Meghan Greeley's Koundian Library
  • Donated $300 to Partage Quebec Guinea (PQG)
  • Acted as a liaison with PQG to arrange for physics books to be sent to Timbi Touni
  • Donated an additional $200 to Guineenews
  • Sold the 2005 Peace Corps calendars

Year 2003:

  • Our "What To Bring" list was mentioned in the December 2003 issue of Real Simple Magazine.
    First Place Website Award from NPCA, 2003.
  • Donated $200 to the small site, Guineenews, which provides news and information on Guinea to those living outside its borders
  • Sent $510 to Partage Quebec Guinea (PQG), to support their efforts to send books to Guinea. This included $110 from the Guinean disapora in Cincinnati.
  • Transported 110 french books (offered by RPCV Sally Decco) to PQG, to be sent to PC Guinea.
  • Served as a liaison between PQG and the PCV-sponsored Diountou Library project, resulting in a donation of books to that library.
  • Donated $110 to PCV Ann Clayton's Basic Hospital Materials Project, to purchase items such as a stethoscope and baby scale.
  • Donated $150 to Carrie Mitchell's Landouma Public Health Translation Project, to translate health information into local language and bring the information to villagers.
  • Created French version of website (partial) and membership sign-up form.
  • Served as a clearinghouse for over $700 in donations to Hawa Barry's family, a Guinean woman living in Boston who was shot in the abdomen while pregnant.
  • $4950 in FOG account, plus $2500 set aside for 2005 Girls Conferences. Yearly expenses are $1500.
  • Created a graphic logo for website, newsletter, and stationary, with the help of RPCV Mara Hayes.
  • Advocated against the closure of the regional PCV houses, and gathered information so as to inform the FOG community.
  • Sold 2004 Peace Corps calendars

Year 2002:

  • Donated $200 to the small site, Guineenews, which provides news and information on Guinea to those living outside its borders
  • Helped fundraise $10,000 for the 2003 Girls Conferences
  • Started the Guinea Parent Support (GPS) groups, providing support and liaisons for new Parents of Guinea volunteers.
  • Total income of $4,643.39 (Membership $3,379). Total expenses of $663.54
  • Doubled membership to 120 members
  • Established an arrangment with Guineenews such that we may use their news releases on our listservs and newsletter.
  • Established strong contact with Peace Corps Guinea, including sharing of newsletters
  • Established strong contact with the Guinea Country Desk in Washington DC, to inform prospective PCVs and their parents about FOG.
  • Sold 2003 Peace Corps calendars ($1,120 revenue)

Year 2001:

  • FOG officially launched in Feruary 2001
  • Helped fundraise $7,000 for the 2002 Girls Conferences
  • Acquired the domain name, friendsofguinea.org, and moved the page to a permanent server at klatha.com
  • Re-vamped the online RPCV directory, including adding searching functions.
  • Created the online membership signup form
  • Sold 2002 Peace Corps calendars

Year 2000:

  • Created the online RPCV directory
  • Incorporated in the state of North Carolina
  • Affiliated with the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) as an affiliate group
  • Sold 2001 Peace Corps calendars
  • Created a board of directors and job descriptions for board members