GUINEA
GUINEA STATSCAPITAL: CONAKRY POPULATION: 10,057,975 LANGUAGE: FRENCH BELOW POVERTY: 47% ACCESS TO WATER: 70% ACCESS TO IMPROVED SANITATION: 19% AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME: $25,126 CHRISTIAN: 10% |
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PARTNERED NGO
The Alliance entered the vast and unevangelized land of French Guinea in 1919. By 1965, the Evangelical Protestant Church (The Alliance in Guinea) consisted of 144 organized churches and church groups with more than 1,400 baptized members. Within 15 years, the number of churches tripled, and baptized members increased by nearly 4,000.
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POVERTY & RELIGION |
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The average person in Guinea lives on one dollar a day. Such poverty, along with the influence of traditional religions, provides many challenges for Alliance workers. Team members are sharing the hope of Jesus through practical acts of kindness, including AIDS counseling, youth ministries, English camps/courses, seminars for business professionals, radio programs on health and community development, and spiritual mentoring.
CAMA (Compassion and Mercy Associates), our relief and development arm, cares for body and soul at Hope Clinic, providing dental and medical treatment to countless people in desperate need. In 2008, clinic workers saw about 19,000 patients, and all received prayer. The clinic is moving toward becoming a complete medical center with a nursing school and national staff. |
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