Sponsor a Child in Guinea - ChildFund came to Guinea: 2005 -
Population below poverty line: 49% - News about Guinea -
Children’s Voices: Fatoumata From Guinea - Around the Globe with
ChildFund in 31 Days: Protecting Children in Guinea - Amid
Violence, Work in Guinea Continues - A Family’s Access to
Resources Means Hope Read More Guinea is a significant source of
the world’s major minerals including gold, diamonds, iron ore
and bauxite but the country’s poor infrastructure and political
uncertainty prohibits it from developing its economic potential
from these and other resources. Located in western Africa on the
North Atlantic Ocean between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone,
Guinea is smaller than the state of Oregon and suffers from a
lack of safe water, environmentally damaged mining regions and
preventable diseases. “We’ve brought important knowledge… to
local health workers.” Education and Early Childhood Development
Many children in Guinea are not in school, and for younger
children, there is often no found