Friends of Guinea became involved in supporting this project in 2001, and since then it has become the single most important object of FOG’s fundraising efforts every year. By taking on the not inconsiderable task of coordinating fundraising for these Conferences, FOG aims to support the valuable work of our PCVs in the field -- allowing them to focus on the immense job of actually planning and implementing the Conferences.

Anybody with a few hours to spare can help, and we are particularly looking for someone to coordinate fundraising efforts. We also need volunteers to help with fundraising, help promote the Girls’ Conferences in the media, and work with FOG’s webmaster to update and improve the conference website as necessary. So, if you have a little bit of time to create a lot of opportunity, please contact Claire Lea, FOG Projects Officer, at projects @ friendsofguinea.org. Let us know if you would like to coordinate, be on the committee, organize any of the necessary tasks, or just lend a helping hand.

About the 2005 Gender Conferences