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Welcome to Friends of Nigeria

    A gathering place for the U.S. Peace Corps Friends of Nigeria Community

    Join Friends of Nigeria, Renew Membership, or Donate

    • Members and non-Members alike can donate to the Friends of Nigeria Grants Program using the DONATE button at the top right of this page.
    • If you wish to join Friends of Nigeria, click on the JOIN/RENEW button.  Your email and postal addresses will be needed to join Friends of Nigeria.
    • If you wish to renew and bring your membership dues up-to-date, login, then click on the JOIN/RENEW button. We use PayPal to process payments but a PayPal account is          not needed. Uncheck the 'Automatically Join' box if you do not want to have a PayPal account.
      • To join and/or donate to the National Peace Corps Association, click here

        You can also mail a check payable to Friends of Nigeria to:
                  Friends of Nigeria
                  P.O. Box 23943
                  Rochester NY 14692-3943

    Our History

    Friends of Nigeria, founded in 1996, is the alumni association of Peace Corps Volunteers and staff who served in Nigeria, plus volunteers from other organizations such as VSO and CUSO, members of the Nigerian diaspora, and others with an interest in Nigeria. The Friends of Nigeria community has about 1600 living members of whom over 600 support the organization with dues and donations. 

    All donations and more than 80% of annual dues are distributed in grants to grass roots organizations in Nigeria.  Since its founding, Friends of Nigeria has awarded grants totaling almost $430,000 to Nigerian non-profit organizations, principally in the health and education sectors.

    Friends of Nigeria publishes a quarterly newsletter and maintains a website — friendsofnigeria.org — with information about individual training groups, and photos and stories by RPCVs. We host an annual meeting in conjunction with the annual conference of the National Peace Corps Association, and host Zoom meetings, such as reunions of Nigeria Peace Corps Volunteers who trained together -- check out Training Group News under the Connections menu tab to read about these reunions.  In addition, we maintain a database of RPCVs as well as others who are members, and publish a biennial membership directory.

    Friends of Nigeria is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and an affiliate of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA).  

           
     

    		 

     

    NPCA is the nonprofit alumni network at the center of a community of over 220,000 people who share the Peace Corps experience. NPCA champions lifelong commitment to Peace Corps ideals by connecting, engaging and promoting its members and affiliate groups as they continue to make a difference in communities in the U.S. and abroad. NPCA is also dedicated to advocating for, contributing to, and supporting the betterment of the Peace Corps. Visit NPCA to learn more.