Programs in Guinea

Guinea Selected Statistics

• Infant mortality: 53.4 deaths/1,000 live births
• Physician density: 0.1 physicians/1,000 population
• Major infectious diseases: hepatitis A, typhoid fever, malaria, yellow fever, food & water-bourne diseases
• 19% of children under the age of 5 are underweight
• 30% of the total population can read and write
• 47% of the population is below the poverty line

ChildCARE Plus in Guinea

Through PAOC Global Worker Bev Pharand, over 100 children in Guinea are cared for through ChildCARE Plus. The focus of the Guinea program is education. Children also receive help according to their individual needs.

Child sponsorship is a meaningful and practical way that one person, family or group can come alongside a child in a developing country and help him or her to reach their full, God-given potential.

To sponsor a child in Guinea, or another country in need, please click here>>