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Visit our Projects page for
details on current and past projects
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Friends
of Guinea (FOG)
was created in 1999 by a group of recently returned
Peace Corps volunteers. We are a Country of
Service affiliate of the
National Peace Corps Association, and currently
pursuing incorporation as a nonprofit in California.
We currently have over
200 members.
Since our inception,
we have accomplished the following. If you are
interested in any of these projects, or in creating
one of your own, please
contact us.
See our list
of faithful members and volunteers.
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Thanks
for your initiative and continuing work
to develop and maintain your website, Guinea
list, and Friends group. It's a great service.
- Nancy Fleisher (Parent of Jesse Fleisher,
PCV 2003 |
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- Maintain Friends of Guinea
website which gets over 1000
hits a month
- Maintain an online, searchable
RPCV directory.
more
- Maintain Guinea List
listserv.
more
- Maintain Guinea Parent
Support listservs, including outreach
to each new group of PCV parents.
more
- Generate the quarterly
newsletter, Ca Va? more
- Maintain membership
records,send out renewals, and process NPCA
memberships.
- Maintain a bank account
- Exchange newsletters
with Peace Corps Guinea
- Hold annual elections
for board members
- Provided primary funding for the Gender Conferences for four years, donating a total of $33,086
- Contributed hundreds of dollars to small projects
- Served over 600 lisetserv
subscribers and more than 500 members
- We receive over 2000 visitors to our home page each
month, and over 10,000 hits on the FOG site as a
whole.
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My
name is Alice Browning and I am a high school
French teacher. I am in the process of acquiring
background information on Guinea in preparation
for teaching L'Enfant Noir by Camara
Laye. I just wanted you to know how much
I have enjoyed reading your website, following
your links and learning about PCV's experiences
in that country. My eyes are burning from
spending so much time in front of my computer
screen!
I am fascinated by the personal accounts
and plan to have my students spend time
reading about your experiences as well.
Thanks so much for providing this insight.
I was worried that I would be unable to
find a way to make the African culture
"come alive " to my students as
I know very little about the cultures in
these countries. Now I plan to make Sesame
cookies as part of our introduction to Guinea
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- Auctioned Guinean cloth for a fundraiser ($127 profit)
- Sold Peace Corps calendar as a fundraiser ($684
profit)
- Donated $8786 to Gender Conferences
- Began to send the FOG newsletter to PCVs in country via diplomatic pouch
- Donated $200 to GuineeNews
- Photos published in Kennedy
Center Cuesheet on Guinean drumming and
dance
- Gave the FOG website a brand
new look!
- Donated $300 to Partage Quebec Guinea (PQG)
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hi
Stephanie,
My name is Maimouna Balde, everyone calls
me Mai. i've been living in the States for
the pass 4years , i'll graduate this december
from college, i live in Virginia Beach.
the reason i'm sending you this email, is
that i miss my family so much, when i saw
the pictures i was move, sometimes i try
not think about Guinea too much, but it
is part of me. the picture that really hit
me was the one from FRIA, i was born there,
on one of those buildings.
thanks a lot for everything you and your
organization are doing for my people. Now
i have a place to go when i miss my family. |
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- Our "What To Bring"
list was mentioned in the December 2003 issue
of Real Simple Magazine.
- First Place Website
Award from NPCA, 2003.
- Donated $200 to the small
site, Guineenews,
which provides news and information on Guinea
to those living outside its borders
- Sent $510 to Partage
Quebec Guinea (PQG), to support
their efforts to send books to Guinea. This
included $110 from the Guinean disapora in
Cincinnati.
- Transported 110 french
books (offered by RPCV Sally Decco)
to PQG, to be sent to PC Guinea.
- Served as a liaison between
PQG and the PCV-sponsored Diountou
Library project, resulting in a donation
of books to that library.
- Donated $110 to PCV Ann
Clayton's Basic Hospital Materials Project,
to purchase items such as a stethoscope and
baby scale.
- Donated $150 to Carrie
Mitchell's Landouma Public Health Translation
Project, to translate health information
into local language and bring the information
to villagers.
- Created French version
of website (partial) and membership
sign-up form.
- 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.
- $4950 in FOG account, plus
$2500 set aside for 2005 Girls Conferences.
Yearly expenses are $1500.
- Created a graphic
logo for website, newsletter, and
stationary, with the help of RPCV Mara Hayes.
- Advocated against the closure
of the regional
PCV houses, and gathered information so
as to inform the FOG community.
- Sold 2004 Peace Corps calendars
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just read the e-mail entitled "FOG
website wins NPCA first place award."
Please accept my heartiest congratulations.
You and your colleagues deserve the recognition;
it's a wonderful site and a great service
to all of us who've enjoyed or shared
in the Guinea Peace Corps experience.
- RPCV John Weiner |
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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- Donated $200 to the small
site, Guineenews,
which provides news and information on Guinea
to those living outside its borders
- Helped fundraise $10,000
for the 2003
Girls Conferences
- Started the Guinea
Parent Support groups, providing
support and liaisons for new Parents of Guinea
volunteers.
- Total income
of $4,643.39 (Membership $3,379). Total expenses
of $663.54
- Doubled membership
to 120 members
- Established an arrangment
with Guineenews
such that we may use their news releases on
our listservs and newsletter.
- Established strong contact
with Peace Corps Guinea,
including sharing of newsletters
- Established strong contact
with the Guinea Country Desk in
Washington DC, to inform prospective PCVs
and their parents about FOG.
- Sold 2003 Peace Corps calendars
($1,120 revenue)
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| "This
is to confirm reception of the $ 200 check
sent to Guineenews. In
the name of our readers and the team of
Guineenews, we thank you for this generous
contribution which will allow us to pay
for the hosting of the website, the renewing
of the subscription and honoria of encouragement
[very small gifts to help defray expenses]
to our volunteer correspondants in Guinea."
- Boubacar Bah, Guineenews |
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- FOG officially launched in
Feruary 2001
- Helped fundraise $7,000 for
the 2002
Girls Conferences
- Acquired the domain name,
friendsofguinea.org, and
moved the page to a permanent server at klatha.com
- Re-vamped the online
RPCV directory, including adding
searching functions.
- Created the online
membership signup form
- Sold 2002 Peace Corps calendars
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| Hi
Stephanie,
I'm really impressed with your site. I
never knew there was somebody in this
country that have something to say about
mine. I'm really glad to see that you
did enjoy your time in my country and
that you did a lot to help the community.
I bet it was not an easy task, but when
you put your heart and strenghts into
your willing to help people that need
it the most, nothing in the world can
stop you. Thank you and your friends for
your assistance.
- Mamadou |
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- Created the online
RPCV directory
- Incorporated in
the state of North Carolina
- Affiliated with the National
Peace Corps Association (NPCA) as an affiliate
group
- Sold 2001 Peace Corps calendars
- Created a board of directors
and job descriptions for board members
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| stephanie, as the parent of jessie robb, who is just finishing up her peace corps stint in guinea, i want to thank you for all your work in providing connection/information w/ that country and its news. that has helped a lot in terms of balancing the lack of regular communication w/ my daughter while she was in her village. Thanks again. your work, and the work of others, has been appreciated.
- Jackie Robb |
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- Created Friends of Guinea
website and listserv
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Hi,
my name is Ibrahim Diallo, I live in Cleveland
OH. I'm originally from Guinea. To be exact
I'm from Labe. Thank you so much guys for
being the good friends of Guinea. You have
done so much for helping us in many different
ways. We realy appreciate the peace corps,
God bless you all, thank you very much.
sincerely,
Ibrahim |
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