Conakry - Post Report Question and Answers
What volunteer opportunities are available locally?
Many volunteer at orphanages and schools. There’s even a Lions club in the Kipe neighborhood. Really, this is only limited by your imagination. - Sep 2022
This is perhaps the strong point of Conakry for EFMs. There is so much valuable work that can be done and is being done. You can hook up with any of the local NGOs or small enterprises that are taking on sticky problems like corruption, environmental destruction, food security, women's empowerment, whatever. If someone isn't doing it already, you can suggest it, either by creating your own business or NGO, or again by teaming up with an existing organization and offering your ideas and your effort. We have colleagues who are active in their parish, or their mosque, or just working with their local group of market women. Often I hear expats complain about the lack of things to do in Conakry, but in the next breath they're ranting about all the garbage in the streets, the poverty, the hopelessness, the stray dogs, whatever. There's plenty to do! Each of the above-cited problems is “something to do”. You just need to make it happen yourself. There are small businesses trying to turn plastic waste into paving stones, process fresh fruit into juice or dried snacks, nonprofit groups doing sex ed for teenagers, apprentice programs for out-of-school youth. Get involved if you’re looking to keep busy and learn a lot in the process. - Jun 2021
You could probably find an NGO who would welcome a volunteer. There aren't established volunteer programs here. - Nov 2019
Find your own, they are out there but French is a huge asset. - May 2016
