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2005-2006 Gender Conferences

 
Thanks for your help

The generous donations of members and affiliates of Friends of Guinea made sure the annual regional Girls' Conferences held in December were funded in full. Friends of Guinea sent a check for $7300 to the Peace Corps volunteer conference organizers. Boys Conference was also fully funded with help from PCPP. Check back soon for photos and follow-up! We will post there here as soon as they're available.

We at FOG thank you, current PCVs thank you, and the people of Guinea thank you.

About the 2005-2006 Gender Conferences

When? December 2005 (Girls')
             March 2006 (Boys')

How much? $9000

Total raised so far? $7300

Where? Boké, Mamou, and Kankan (Girls)
              Mamou (Boys)

Who? Middle or high school girls age 13 to 20 with an allowance of about 30 girls per conference; 90-100 total. Boys age 13 to 20 for a total of 30.

For more information:
Contact the fundraising coordinator at conference @ friendsofguinea.org.

Computer classes at the 2005 Boké conference

 

 

UNICEF 2003 statistics:

Rate of literacy among the Guinean adult population (from 2000):
Men: 55% Women: 27%

Rate of inscription at Guinean Primary Schools:
Boys: 52% Girls: 42%

Rate of inscription at Guinean Secondary schools:
Boys: 20% Girls: 7%

To donate to one or more of the projects Friends of Guinea is helping, please click on the following link

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to Gender Conferences, please do so through the Peace Corps website instead at this link.

 
 
 
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