Notes on the Newsletter
We have been sending the FOG newsletter regularly to PCVs in Guinea since 2004. Because PCVs receive our newsletter, parents and friends can send little messages to PCVs 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! They will just need to send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
General Suggestions & Resources for Departing Volunteers
Where to find maps, mentors, assignment waiting and accepting and more!
Discover our General Suggestions
What to Bring
Helpful list of what to bring
Useful Documents & Lists
Downloads of packing lists and welcome packets
Visiting Guinea
A wealth of information on airfare, visas, health precautions, what to bring to villagers, everything!
Visiting Guinea See Photos of Guinea
Letters from Former Volunteers
Read some letters from former PCVs and their parents about their experiences in Guinea.
PCV letters and Family Visits to Guinea.
Request Project Funding
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! See our FOG Projects.