In December of 2013 I delivered funds and school supplies purchased thanks to the fund raising efforts of Stands for School. Stands for School is a non-profit project where children raise money through lemonade stands to support a village school in Kouya Sidia, Guinea, Africa. It was inspired by a 5-year old boy's simple suggestion to start a lemonade stand to help a friend from the village. He set up on the side of the road in New Hampshire, and from here the word spread. In the end over $2,600 was raised, and every penny went to fund essential supplies for the village of Kouya Sidia. This slide show is the opening for a longer presentation about the trip and ways people can continue to help. This grassroots effort was amazingly successful. Purchases included 160 school uniforms, (required to attend in Guinea), over 4000 pencils, 140 personal chalkboards, over 4000 pieces of chalk, 160 backpacks, 180 pairs of shoes, and much more. Visit the site to learn more.

1. Conakry and Kouya Sidia
Guinea
December 17-31, 2013
John Marlowe
Photos courtesy of Dave Kobrenski, Deb
Stetler, Douglas Santaniello, Jess Gladden

4. Just over 11,000,000 people
live in Guinea.
. . . . . .
Guinea achieved independence from
France on Oct. 2, 1958.

7. The infant mortality rate in developed
countries averages 10 per 1000 live births.
In Guinea it’s 145.
. . . . . .
Maternal Mortality rate per 100,000
live births: 610
World Ranking: 13

13. Guinea has repeatedly made the top-10 list of the
most underdeveloped countries in the world.
Average yearly income in Guinea?
$440.00
Only 9 countries have a lower literacy rate than
Guinea’s 41%.

18. The child labor rate in Guinea is 25%,
putting it in the category of
“extreme risk.”
Child labor is defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their
potential, and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental
development.

22. 43% of the population of Guinea is between
the ages of 0 and 14 years.
. . . . . .
1.6 million people live in the capital city of
Conakry. It would rank 5th largest in US
ahead of Philadelphia, Dallas, San Diego and
San Antonio.
It’s a little over 2½ times that of Boston.

26. Top 10 wettest cities in the world
(Mean annual rainfall in inches)
Top 10 wettest cities in the world:
• Buenaentura, Columbia 265
• Monrovia, Liberia 202
• Pago Pago, Amaerican Samoa 196
• Moulmein, Burma 191
• Lae, Papua Guinea 182
• Baguio, Phillipines 180
• Sylhet, Bangladesh 175
• Conakry, Guinea 171
• Padang, Indonesia 166
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• Moultonborough……………………..44

31. Stands for School
What makes Stands for School unique?
• Funds were raised by children, for children.
• Every penny raised purchased essential materials for the
school in Kouya Sidia.
• There is a personal, intimate and ongoing relationship with
the almost 400 people of Kouya Sidia.
• Every year someone from Stands for School will go to the
remote village to meet the most urgent needs of the village
– as decided by the village elders.
Stands for School Website