From ourybah1 at yahoo.com Fri May 9 15:21:08 2008 From: ourybah1 at yahoo.com (Ellwood Colahan) Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:21:08 -0600 Subject: [Guinea-list] Job Opportunity -- Guinea APCD Message-ID: Hello Everyone; Peace Corps Guinea is looking for an APCD for small enterprise development. Here is a link to a posting of the vacancy: https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/casting/central/control/selectVacancy;jsessionid=a13a53e530d5e0305c0bc85d40f69124c9f49b199b45.e38PaN8TbNaTaO0LahaNc38Qa40?vacancyIds=305816920,305816961,305816992,305816920 Note the deadline for application is 21 May, so move fast if you are interested. Woody Colahan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From clear_lea at yahoo.com Sun May 18 11:21:25 2008 From: clear_lea at yahoo.com (Claire Lea) Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 08:21:25 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Guinea-list] Girls Conference June 2008 is Funded! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <905583.12933.qm@web53902.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Hello FOG! I am happy to report that the Girls Conference project scheduled for June has received the funding necessary to proceed. Thanks to all who donated. Claire Lea guinea-list-request at klatha.com wrote: Send Guinea-list mailing list submissions to guinea-list at klatha.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/guinea-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to guinea-list-request at klatha.com You can reach the person managing the list at guinea-list-owner at klatha.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Guinea-list digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Ca Va submissions (Urska Manners) 2. Looking for Country Conditions Experts on Guinea (Lillian Dalke) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:00:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Urska Manners Subject: [Guinea-list] Ca Va submissions To: guinea-list at klatha.com Message-ID: <367315.25438.qm at web81002.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hello everyone. Friends of Guinea 's quarterly newsletter, "?aVa?," is scheduled for release in about three weeks, on May 15. Submissions are welcome from anyone, members or non-members, on subjects relating to Guinea, Peace Corps, or Peace Corps Guinea. Accounts of current development projects in Guinea, essays on development issues that might be relevant to Guinea, memoirs of volunteer experiences, accounts of travel in Guinea, and news of life events for RPCVs are particularly welcome. Pictures make the newsletter even better. They may be sent electronically or by mail, and if they are sent by mail they will be returned to you promptly. If you have anything you would like to submit to the newsletter, or if you have an idea but are not sure how to approach it, please feel free to contact me. Mackenzie Dabo Newsletter Editor 15 Edgar Street Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 newsletter at friendsofguinea.org Ur?ka ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:26:13 -0700 From: "Lillian Dalke" Subject: [Guinea-list] Looking for Country Conditions Experts on Guinea To: Message-ID: <705901BA1DF18142AB3DE716DDF374F88FB8C3 at CBA0E2K03.CBA0.centerbeam.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear Friends of Guinea, Human Rights First is looking for a country conditions expert on Guinea to provide an affidavit of support and testify in support of the asylum claim of one of our clients. The client is scheduled for his individual (final merits) hearing on June 24, 2008. If you are a scholar whose area of research includes Guinea and you might be able to assist in this time frame, please contact me with your CV at the information below, which I will forward to the client's attorneys. If you are a scholar who will not be able to assist on this particular case but might be interested in being contacted about future cases, I would appreciate hearing from you, as we handle a large number of cases from Guinea. Thanks for any assistance you might be able to provide. Best wishes, Lily Dalke Program Associate and Legal Assistant Human Rights First, Refugee Protection Program 333 Seventh Avenue, 13th Floor New York, NY 10001 Tel: (212) 845-5231 Fax: (212) 845-5299 DalkeL at HumanRightsFirst.org www.HumanRightsFirst.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If you can sell 20 calendars in your local school, workplace, social club, library, etc., you'll raise about $150 for FOG's efforts in Guinea. Please contact me ASAP if you would like to help out, and tell me how many calendars you would like us to send you. We ask that you commit to selling at least 80% of the calendars that you request. We'll give you one free calendar for every 10 that you sell! You can see some photos from past calendars here: http://rpcvmadison.org/Calendar.htm Thanks all! Stephanie FOG Secretary <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>: Dr. Stephanie V. Chasteen riggmail-open at yahoo.com Cell: 303-775-3277 My personal page: http://drsteph.net My Exploratorium page: http://www.exo.net/~drsteph Friends of Guinea: http://friendsofguinea.org From adimal32 at hotmail.com Wed May 21 08:48:14 2008 From: adimal32 at hotmail.com (Adam Dowling) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 07:48:14 -0500 Subject: [Guinea-list] Going to Guinea Message-ID: Any lucky person out there heading to Guinea anytime soon and willing to take a package? If so, let me know. Thanks, Adam Dowling p.s. Oumou's gonna be 1 _________________________________________________________________ Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i?m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ MakeCount -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fogcommunications at yahoo.com Wed May 21 09:02:23 2008 From: fogcommunications at yahoo.com (Communications FOG) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 06:02:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Guinea-list] Guinea prime minister sacked Message-ID: <737769.39125.qm@web56315.mail.re3.yahoo.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From codydonahue at tostan.org Wed May 21 16:42:40 2008 From: codydonahue at tostan.org (Cody Donahue) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 16:42:40 -0400 Subject: [Guinea-list] Recruiting Volunteers for Tostan Guinea Message-ID: <3794b9c60805211342u4d274884wb8a61a1e29ddd50e@mail.gmail.com> Dear FOG list members, I am writing to announce two volunteer positions in Guinea with the NGO Tostan. We are hoping to find folks with previous Guinea and./or Africa experience, and we appreciate if you'd send any potential candidates along to Sarah Nerhling, Tostan's volunteer coordinator: volunteer at tostan.org Position 1: *Field Volunteer for Program Monitoring* *Location:* Lab?, Guinea (appx. 7 hours from Conakry, Tostan Guineaheadquarters) *Hours per week: *Full-time, but must be flexible to work/travel on weekends depending on tasks *Responsibilities:* - Investigate impacts and effects of Tostan programs in the field through village visits and participation in program evaluations - Synthesize monthly Regional Coordinator and Supervisor reports for entry into Tostan Guinea database - Writing of village portraits and collection of anecdotes - Assist National Coordinator with various tasks - Research, write, and deliver quarterly reports to project funders (USAID and UNICEF), in coordination with National Coordinator and Executive Director - Building capacities of employees in computer use, report writing, statistical data collection and analysis, and English - Miscellaneous public relations projects such as PowerPoint presentations, brochures, films (if qualified) *Qualifications:* - At least a Bachelors degree in social sciences, business, management, or related field - Strong written and spoken proficiency in both English and French (writing samples requested in both languages) - Previous experience with *either* a nongovernmental or nonprofit organization *or* experience in Africa/non-western country - Strong computer skills in Microsoft office suite (Access or other database software *preferred*) - Ability to work independently, self-motivate, and to manage multiple tasks at once - Ability to be flexible, and considerate of limited resources - Considerate of different cultural norms - If a woman, ability to operate in a male-dominated society, including occasional cat calling/harassment from men *Compensation: *housing and utilities (rooms at the office), all inter-city travel, and some taxi and Internet communication (in Conakry) included Tostan-related travel from Conakry to Dakar included Accommodations for stipend or other living expenses should be discussed with Tostan Executive Directors prior to commitment *All other flights to and from **Guinea** will be paid for by the volunteer* Position 2: *National Coordination Assistant Volunteer* *Tostan **Guinea* *Title: *National Coordination Assistant Volunteer *Organization: *Tostan Guinea *Location: *Lab?, Guinea, West Africa *Reports to*: Tostan Guinea National Coordinator *Anticipated Start Date: *April 2008 *Duration:* One year minimum *Duties and Responsibilities* The volunteer will be expected to work Monday through Friday 8:00 am -5:00 pm, except national holidays. After a training period with the Volunteer Coordinator in Dakar, the volunteer will work with local staff members to develop a list of specific deliverables for their year of service. The volunteer will be responsible for making monthly updates to Tostan's National Coordinator. Supervision and training missions may require the volunteer to travel to the interior for several weeks at a time. The volunteer will always have field staff support during these missions and transportation provided. Previous volunteers filling this position have been responsible for the following duties: - Investigate and communicate impacts and effects of Tostan programs in the field through going on village visit, participating in program evaluations, and writing and sharing reports - Synthesize monthly Regional Coordinator and Supervisor reports for entry into Tostan Guinea database - Research, write, and deliver quarterly reports to project funders (USAID and other donors), in coordination with National Coordinator and Executive Director - Write village portraits and collect of anecdotes - Assist National Coordinator with various tasks, ranging from organizational to administrative to linguistic, etc. - Building capacities of employees in computer use, report writing, statistical data collection and analysis, and English through trainings, workshops, and collaborating/critiquing - Assist staff to professionally present Tostan Guinea's work: produce publicity materials (in French and English), represent Tostan Guinea at local and national conferences, interface with donor visitors, etc. - Miscellaneous public relations projects such as PowerPoint presentations, brochures, films (if qualified) *Required Qualifications* - Education: At least a Bachelors degree in social sciences, business, management, or related field - Strong written and spoken proficiency in both English and French - Previous experience with *either* a non-governmental or non-profit organization *or* experience in Africa/non-western country - Strong computer skills in Microsoft office suite - Considerate of different cultural norms - If a woman, ability to operate in a male-dominated society, including occasional cat calling/harassment from men *Desired Qualifications* - Access or other database software *preferred* - Knowledge of statistics - Ability to work independently, self-motivate, and to manage multiple tasks at once - Ability to be flexible, and considerate of limited resources -- -- Cody N. Donahue Coordinator | Coordinateur Department for Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) D?partement pour le Suivi, ?valuation, Recherche et Apprentissage (SERA) Tostan International email: codydonahue at tostan.org skype: donahuec Dakar: +221-77-108-5199 DC: +1-202-408-9280 http://www.tostan.org http://www.myspace.com/tostan **Please consider the use of resources before printing this e-mail** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From riggmail-guinea at yahoo.com Mon May 26 18:04:30 2008 From: riggmail-guinea at yahoo.com (riggmail-guinea at yahoo.com) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 15:04:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Guinea-list] French/English translator needed in Guinea Message-ID: <420603.28961.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello all, If anyone knows of a french/english translator in Guinea, preferably a Guinean national, please contact Dr. Counsel, below, at g.counsel at umpa.unimelb.edu.au. Stephanie -------- Hi, I have travelled to Guinea twice before for my Graduate research and I will be returning to Guinea in late July/early August to complete a funded research project at the Bibilotheque Nationale in collaboration with the library's director.. I can read French but I am not fluent in speaking the language, so I will require the services of a French-English translator. Ideally the translator would be a local Guinean, who would assist me in my archival project. I can pay weekly wages above that of a civil servant. I have contacted Omar Diogo Diallo, the Educational Adviser at the Centre d? Etude de la Langue Anglaise (CELA) on marudaka at yahoo.fr but unfortunately I have received no reply. I hope that you may know of a French-English translator in Conakry, ideally a graduate student or similar with a knowledge of Guinean music, who would be willing be act as my translator. I would require their services for 2 - 3 months. Thank you, and regards. Graeme ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Graeme Counsel. g.counsel at umpa.unimelb.edu.au BA (Hons) (Monash), MMus (Melb), PhD (Melb) <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>: Dr. Stephanie V. Chasteen riggmail-open at yahoo.com Cell: 303-775-3277 My personal page: http://drsteph.net My Exploratorium page: http://www.exo.net/~drsteph Friends of Guinea: http://friendsofguinea.org From fogcommunications at yahoo.com Tue May 27 17:49:02 2008 From: fogcommunications at yahoo.com (Communications FOG) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:49:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Guinea-list] Who's going to Guinea; Spice up our blog; Support FOG via amazon.com Message-ID: <939496.70264.qm@web56312.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Hi all, Here are a few housekeeping items of things some of you might not be aware of?     WHO?S GOING TO GUINEA I maintain a calendar/list of people who are going to Guinea and have offered to carry mail. The site can be found at:   http://calendar.yahoo.com/goingtoguinea   The list is presently empty but? if you're willing to carry courier to Guinea, please contact me at communications at friendsofguinea.org -- and specify what type of courrier (letters? packets? packages?) you're willing to carry and where in Guinea you're going.   If you want to get courrier to Guinea, please click on one of the names in the calendar (when they appear), which will show that person's email. And email that person directly for their street address.       SPICING UP THE FOG BLOG Friends of Guinea has its own blog. It can be found at:   http://friendsofguinea.blogspot.com/   Presently, the blog comprises primarily Guinean news along with some FOG news and Peace Corps/RPCV news.   However, I?d like to spice up the blog with contributions from members. I was thinking primarily of any memoirs, old journal entries and short fiction. I?d also like to see some political, human rights- and development-related essays. You don?t have to express the position of FOG, the Peace Corps, the US government or anyone other than yourself.   Anything not listed above that might be of interest to Guinea-philes and/or the Peace Corps community will also be considered.   If you?d like to submit something or have any questions, please contact me at: communications at friendsofguinea.org       SUPPORT FOG BY SHOPPING AT AMAZON Most people know that you can support FOG by simply donating money (http://friendsofguinea.org/support.shtml#donations)   But did you know that you can also support us just by shopping at amazon.com   If you go to Amazon via the link at our website, we get a small commission from your purchase? at no extra charge to you!   (Though bear in mind you have to go via our website each time you shop)   For more info, please see:   http://friendsofguinea.org/support.shtml#purchase       Thank you, Brian Farenell FOG Communications Director   PS-I apologize for the varying fonts. It's something I couldn't correct. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alsuderman at yahoo.com Thu May 29 02:29:51 2008 From: alsuderman at yahoo.com (Alan Suderman) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 23:29:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Guinea-list] craig david Message-ID: <79448.32765.qm@web56208.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Hi everyone. Sorry for the listserv abuse, but I heard "Seven days" by Craig David today on the radio and wanted to give a shout out to my G3 and Haute homies. Also, please keep Jeff Rose, ou bien Obi Wan Camara, in your prayers. He was just let go from his job at Dunkin' Donuts. Hang in there, buddy! Peace, Alan