| Current
Peace Corps Volunteers |
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 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.
Current
issues and archive 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!
They will just need to send 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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