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Quebec-Guinee (PQG) |
PQG is an organization, based in Quebec, which gives donations
of books to Guinea. FOG has sent money to them in the past.
PQG website (in french)
If you would like to make a donation to PQG, you
can do so by check or credit card by following this
link:

Partage Quebec Guinea (PQG) is a Quebec-based organization
that in its six years has collected and sent over
600 000 books to Guinean school kids in over 1200
schools in Gaoul, Koundara, Mali, Lélouma,
Télémélé, Fria, Koubia,
Dinguiraye, Mandiana, Beyla, Lola and Yomou. It soon
hopes to deliver books to students in Tougué,
Dabola and Kourossa. This is a great organization,
but it desperately needs help. It's based in Quebec,
the president is a 65 year old man, and they've been
getting more books than they can handle.
They collect grammar books, dictionaries, literature,
sociology, philosophy, hygiene, and children's books,
written in French, from donations throughout Canada.
For a complete list see http://www.pqg.qc.ca/prep.html.
Each participating class receives 4 boxes of books,
about 200 books, and each teacher receives a Larousse
dictionary.
PQG needs money to buy boxes and maybe to rent storage
space, so they can pack the books and ship them to
Guinea. They also need money to pay workers to help
them pack the books. They don't need shipping money.
They get free shipping from Canada to Wilmingon, N.C.
from ALCAN, and then shipping on to Guinea from the
mining companies ALCOA and HALCO MINING. (info
from their website)
Empty spaces in shipping boxes are stuffed with goodies
such as t-shirts, school supplies, and toys.
Projects are evaluated by a committee composed of
members of PQG, a representative of CECI (Centre Canadien
de Coopération Internationale), and a representative
of the Minister of Education in Guinea.

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