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by Erik Zimmerman Youkounkoun, '01-'02
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FOG provided some classroom
technology to a private school for refugees in Conakry.
This school was started by the Amazonian Initiative,
and is a parochial school that instructs in both English
and French. The students are a mix of Guinean, Sierra
Leonian, and Liberian. FOG provided a new projector
and 2 gently used laptops to help computer instruction.
FOG also helped fund 2 projects
volunteers are currently working on in Guinea.
One of these is a project that will repair
a school roof in a village. The second is
a project aims at the development of an eco-tourism
site in the Fouta. FOG felt that both of
these important projects will have a positive and
sustainable impact on the lives of Guineans, and hopes
to hear about the progress of these projects in the
near future.
Finally, FOG gave the volunteers
in Guinea 14 new DVDs to update the collection
in the Conakry house, per request of the PCVs. Part
of FOG's role is to provide volunteer support, and
with little access to electricity or entertainment
in the villages, volunteers really cherish a good
flick with friends when in the city for meetings.
2009 calendar
sales are finished for the year. See Returned
Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin website to
learn if they still have any available directly from
their site.
Gender Conferences
Friends of Guinea has consistently helped raise
money for Gender Conferences.
These are 2-day seminars arranged each year for
Guinean girls and boys from citites and villages
all over the country. PCVs plan and coordinate all
aspects of the conferences, including transportation,
programming, and activities. Topics include careers,
health, and education, and volunteers consistently
rank gender conferences as their favorite projects
in country.
Click here for
more information about Gender Conferences
Aicha Magazine
Aicha magazine
was a supplemental classroom material published
twice a year between 1999 and 2004 to get students
thinking and discussing women's issues. It was published
specifically for Guinean girls and distributed primarily
by PCVs. And it helped encourage girls to seek education
and take control of their bodies and their lives
in meaningful ways. It provided girls with an avenue
to express their concerns and desires while building
their organizational and leadership skills.
Friends of Guinea is proud to have
donated to and to have helped raise funds for Aicha
magazine, a very worthy project. To
learn more or for reprints, see the Aicha page.
Radio for Sarammoussaya
Sarammoussaya lacked a high frequency radio, which
posed a major problem for the community, since the
doctor of the health center and local officials
are often drawn away from the village in order to
communicate on work-related matters. People from
surrounding communities often travel long distances
to get to the health center, only to find that there
is nobody capable of treating them while the doctor
is away.
In order to solve this problem, the community purchased
a high frequency radio and a solar panel for the
health center. The radio allows the doctor to make
arrangements to receive medications and vaccinations
without having to leave the village, decreasing
the amount of time he would normally have to spend
traveling, and therefore improving the overall healthcare
in the area.
World Map Project
 PCV
Wayne Kleck requested $71 to paint some world maps
on two elementary schools in the Dubreka area. Abdourahmane
(Mane) Bangoura, a Lycee student, worked with Wayne
to complete one of the maps in seven days. They
worked from early morning until early afternoon
each day. Mane said that the project was a good
lesson in paying attention to detail. He was very
proud of the completed map and plans to use the
leftover paint to paint a map of africa at his neighborhood
video club.
The Guinea map, painted on an exterior wall of the
Yurokoguia elementary school, took 6 days, and Wayne
painted it with the help of 5 students. One of the
students was the coordinator of all the helpers
on the Guinea map. Wayne writes: "I spent most
of my time on this map overseeing the work of the
students that were helping me. It was a great team
effort!"
Koundian Library, Mandiana
PCV Meghan Greeley sponsored this project to create
a library in Mandiana. FOG donated $500 of the $1957
for this project.
Health Center Organization Development
Workshop
PCV Kelly Hamblin sponosred this project to help
the staff of the Selouma Health Center organize
their work. FOG donated $90 to this project on 12/10/04
Partage
Quebec Guinea (PQG)
FOG donated $810 to this project (including $110
from the Guinean diaspora in Cincinnati) in 2003
and 2004.
Partage Quebec
Guinea (PQG) is a Quebec-based organization
which collects books and sends them to Guinea. This
is a great organization, but it desperately needs
help. It's based in Quebec,the president is a 65
year old man, and unfortunately they've been getting
more books that they can handle. More
information.
Timbi Touni Physics
books
In 2004 Magdalena Vilderama, a PCV
who teaches 9th grade Physics in Timbi Tounni, near
Pita, asked FOG to help her aquire some French Physics
books for her students. FOG acted as a liaison between
Magdalena and PQG, and PQG shipped a few Physics
books along with an English-French dictionary to
Conakry, where Magdalena was able to pick them up
and bring them to her school.
Guineenews Donations
FOG has donated a total of $400 (in 3/2004 and
2/2003) to Guineenews
(formerly boubah.com), which provides an excellent
set of news and information on Guinea to those living
outside its borders. Part of our donation will go
to offset expenses incurred by Guineenews correspondent
in Conakry.
The Landouma Translation Public
Health Project
 FOG
donated $100 to this project in October 2003. Carrie
Mitchell (at right) is the PCV sponsoring this project.
She requested a $100.00 donation from FOG for a
bicycle ($75.00) and some cassette tapes ($25.00).
The project involves translating public health information
into the locoal language of Landouma and playing
the tapes for local villagers. Carrie works currently
in Boke.
 The
Koliagbe Basic Hospital Materials Project
FOG donated $120 to this project in December 2003.
Ann Clayton (at left) is the PCV in charge of this
project. She requested a donation from FOG to purchase
a few basic hospital materials for a village hospital
in Koliagbe, Kindia. The materials can be purchased
in Conakry UNICEF and they include a stethoscope,
tension-meter, baby scale, baby bath tub, linens,
and scissors.
The 110 French Books Project
RPCV Sally Decco offered us 110 free books in French.
Jody Sites, our financial officer, drove the books
from Vermont to Quebec at the end of 2003. PQG agreed
to ship the books from Quebec to the PC office in
Conakry where they were stored and eventually shipped
to the Diountou library.
Hawa Barry Donations
Served as a clearinghouse for over $700 in donations
to Hawa Barry's family, a Guinean woman living in
Boston who was shot in the abdomen while pregnant
in 2003.
On behalf of Hawa
Barry and her husband Mamadou, I
would like to convey a heartfelt thank you
for the generosity of those of you who sent
checks. Friends of Guinea collected more than
$800 in Hawa's name, including a personal
donation and note of encouragement from Dane
Smith, president of the National Peace Corps
Association.
- RPCV Josh Johnson |
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