Former Peace Corps director Jim Bullington has released a book about his service in Niger. In Adventures in Service with Peace Corps in Niger Jim gives the reader "an informed perspective on poverty, development, politics, culture, and security" in our favorite region of the Sahel. Come check out this and other books in the Books section of our web site. Full URL: http://friendsofniger.org/features/RPCV_works
Come visit our photos page to see Niger captured through the eyes of different photographers. "Womanhood" - by Irene Abdou This week we're featuring terrific new photographs by Irene Abdou, an RPCV who served in the Torodi/Tera area from 1995 to 1999. Full URL: http://friendsofniger.org/photos
Those attending the 35th Anniversary of Peace Corps in Niger in July 1997 were moved to revitalize the almost defunct Friends of Niger group, which had been started by Meredith McGehee; a balance of $6,000 remained in a bank account in Washington, DC. The process took almost a year and now ten years later seems like a good time to look back and celebrate the accomplishments of Friends of Niger as Niger has just celebrated the 45th anniversary...
Partnership With Peace Corps Niger And Friends Of Niger Supports Young Girls Scholarship Program On Friday, September 28th, and Saturday, September 29th, the EstroGenius Festival will present Voices Of Africa, a cross cultural collaboration with Peace Corps Niger, and Friends of Niger, to benefit the Young Girls Scholarship Program (YGSP). Voices of Africa features stories, poems, and songs written by Nigerien young women and performed by New...
Click here to see recent photos from the Young Girls Scholarship Program Annual Conference. To read more about the Young Girls Scholarship Program, check out the August issue of the Camel Express (PDF, 1.9 MB).
Independent filmmaker Daniel Balluff, a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger from 1986 to 1988, returned to Niger in 2005 to make three films. You can see a four minute preview of one of the films, Niger: Living on the Edge of Survival, in this clip hosted byYouTube. Watch video on YouTube Visit our movies page to see more previews of Dan's movies and find out how you can see the entire movie.
The Peace Corps Wiki is a collaborative project whose goal is to create a free, interactive, and up-to-date source of information about serving as a volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps. Anyone is welcome to edit, add, or change any entry, or start a new one. So far there are a total of 260 pages that have been written and edited by (R)PCVs and Friends of Peace Corps from around the world. Note that the contents of the Peace Corps Wiki are...
The Peace Corps staff in Niger is preparing to celebrate the 45th year of Peace Corps in Niger, including a series of activities and events taking place in September. Please visit our Peace Corps/Niger 45th Anniversary Celebrations page for more information about the celebrations, and how you can participate. For questions or more information, please contact Christopher Burns in the Niger Peace Corps office at cburns@ne.peacecorps.gov.
National Public Radio has produced a few short but informative videos on climate change, with one video featuring Niger, and focusing on a recent well-known story about how trees are finally returning to the desert: Another feature on NPR's web site looks at the effect of climage change on Tuareg nomads in nearby Mali: