The Guinea Mission of the U.S. Agency for International Development: Advancing Democratic Governance
Success Stories 2008
Guinea Feels the Effects of Trafficking in Persons An elderly man from a remote area of Guinea broke into tears when he related how he was powerless to assist an orphan boy taken from his family and sent to a gold mine where he was forced to work from dusk till dawn.Go to story |
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USAID provides assistance to implement a system of “e-government” in Guinea On February 21, 2008 the U.S.Ambassador Phillip Carter III and the Guinea Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate signed an agreement for an innovative USAID project to create an information system to facilitate communication among the Government of Guinea’s various ministries. The $530,000 project will provide computer equipment as well as technical training for 105 administrators from the ministries of health, economy, finance, agriculture, environment, education and the Prime Minister’s office.Go to story |
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Civic Education among youth
USAID’s civic education initiative aims to strengthen democratic values by promoting peaceful methods of political expression and dialogue between the population and government authorities. Go to story |
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Moving towards elections in Guinea
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"Stop Aids,
keep the promise" This is the slogan Guinean political leaders and health professionals invoked on December 1, 2007 at the World AIDS day held at the "Palais du Peuple" in Conakry, Guinea. Go to story |
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Guinean Society
Takes On Fistula The mayor of Kissidougou praised USAID’s EngenderHealth project, saying it not only helped women suffering from fistula, but assisted local health authorities in such diverse activities as budget and resource management, and improving communication between local officials and the public. Go to story |
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USAID helps Guinean
women exercise their fundamental rights. USAID
in Guinea assists women to participate in the election process |
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