Conakry, Guinea West Africa

For the next 10 months the Africa Mercy will be docked in Conakry, Guinea. I thought for you who don't know much about Guinea (or maybe you don't even know where it is) about writing a bit about the country I will be working in.

Guinea is in West Africa, surrounded by Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire in the south, Mali to the east and Senegal and Guinea-Bissau to the north. Guinea is sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from it's neighbour Guinea-Bissau. It has a population of about 10,057,975. Conakry being the capital of Guinea, it is the largest city and the economic centre.

Guinea's 10 million people are divided into 24 ethnic groups. The largest and most prominent are the Fula with 40%, Mandingo 30% and Susu 20 %. It is mostly  a Muslim country with 85% of the population, then 10 % is made up of Christian which are mostly Roman Catholic. The remainder follow traditional animist religions.
French is the main language spoken in Guinea, but there are more than 24 indigenous languages spoken also.

Guinea has abundant natural resources including 25% or more of the world's known bauxite reserves. Guinea also has diamonds, gold, and other metals. But Guinea still is burden with poverty with just under half of the population remains living below the poverty line.


This is only a brief overview of the country in which Mercy Ships is going to be working in.
As we get ready to dock tomorrow in Conakry it would be great if you could pray that our time there will be a blessing to the people of Guinea, that they will get to know of Jesus love for them through us. Please pray for  the health of the crew, as we are coming into the wet/rainy season.
And as we get ready for the big screening day that the right people will come to it that we can help with surgeries, and that it will run smoothly.