Friends of Guinea is very interested in working
with current Peace Corps volunteers on development projects,
or to help keep their lives sane in any way! Email us
at info @ friendsofguinea.org.
PC House and Office Improvements |
We are open to working with the Volunteer
Action Committee for improvements around the PC Houses
or offices. In the past we sent a huge selection of
videotapes to the Conakry house. Do you have suggestions
or questions? Email us at info @ friendsofguinea.org.
We have funded many projects sponsored by
PCVs. All projects under $200 are funded automatically
-- larger ones take a little discussion but have historically
been funded without problem. See
all FOG sponsored projects.
In order to have a project funded
by FOG, you must do the following:
- Contact the projects officer
at projects @ friendsofguinea.org
to indicate your interest in having a project
funded by FOG. Please include basic information
on where the project is, how much money you would
request, and when you would need it funded by.
- Begin the process of completing
the PCPP application. Unfortunately FOG can only
donate money through PCPP! Thus, you must complete
their application, and have the CD sign off on
the project. While you do this, FOG can fundraise
for your project.
- On your PCPP application, mark
FRIENDS OF GUINEA as the contact person in the
US.
- Send your PCPP application by
email to OPSI and cc: to projects @ friendsofguinea.org.
This is very important, or else we don't know
you have submitted your project. It is also important
that you tell OPSI that this is a FOG sponsored
project so they know to coordinate with us.
- FOG will send money immediately
to OPSI and you should have your check within
a month.
We have also funded the Girls/Gender
Conferences 3 years in a row, sending $7000-10,000
for use in these conferences.
We currently receive the PC Guinea
newsletter, and we provide synopses of the PC
Guinea newsletter on the website.
We also submit regular articles to
the PC Guinea newsletter, so look for our articles.
We have been sending the FOG newsletter
regularly to PCVs in Guinea since 2004. If you haven't
gotten it, please let us know at newsletter @ friendsofguinea.org.
Past issues of our newsletter.
Because you receive our newsletter,
your parents and friends can send little messages
to you in it through our free classified ads, as long
as they are a member of FOG. Most of our members aren't
aware of this! Let your parents and friends know that
they can do this by sending an email to newsletter @ friendsofguinea.org
They miss you! Especially if you're a new
PCV, they may not know the best way to keep in touch
with you, or wonder how to navigate the Guinean phone
systems. We have support systems set up especially
for parents of PCVs. Please tell your friends and
family about the Guinea Parent
Support (GPS) System!
If they come to visit you, please
have them see our Visiting
Guinea page. It's chock full of useful tips.
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