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Welcome to Friends of Nigeria

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

    Video of the 2025 Annual Meeting

    Our 2025 Annual Meeting featured two speakers, Dr. Zach Klim from the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience and Dr. Ebenezer Obadare from the Council on Foreign Relations, followed by the popular 'cocktail hour' when members enjoy seeing and hearing from old friends.

    Click  here to see a video of the Annual Meeting.  Once the video is loaded, use the following Passcode to continue:  &6e%zi@^

    Navigate to the following times for each section of the Annual Meeting

              Business Meeting:  00:43:08  (Hours:minutes:seconds)
              Museum of the Peace Corps, Zach Klim:  01:37:40
              Council on Foreign Relations, Ebenezer Obadare:  03:01:01
              Cocktail Hour:  04:23:05

    Video of 2025 NPCA Loret Miller Ruppe Award

    Friends of Nigeria was one of three finalists for the annual Loret Miller Ruppe Award, named after the 10th Director of the Peace Corps.  The Award is 
    presented by NPCA to RPCV affiliate groups for outstanding initiatives and projects that successfully:

              ● promote the Third Goal of Peace Corps, or
              ● continue to serve host countries, or
              ● build cooperation between communities, or
              ● promote service and volunteerism

    The purpose of the award is to recognize the work that RPCV groups are doing and to share ideas and practices that other groups can replicate.  Each finalist submitted a video to highlight its program.  Click here to see each of the three videos.  The video submitted by Friends of Nigeria begins 00:13:35 (Hours:minutes:seconds)

     

    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 1200 living members of whom over 500 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 more than $458,000 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, photos and stories by RPCVs, book reviews, and articles about events in Nigeria. 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 an occasional membership directory. 

    Join Friends of Nigeria, Renew Membership, or Donate

    • You can donate to the Friends of Nigeria Grants Program using the DONATE button at the top right of this page.
    • To join Friends of Nigeria, click on the JOIN/RENEW button.  Your email and postal addresses will be needed to join Friends of Nigeria.
    • To renew and bring your membership dues up-to-date, login and click on the JOIN/RENEW button.

    You can also mail a check payable to Friends of Nigeria to:

              Friends of Nigeria
              P.O. Box 23943
              Rochester NY 14692-3943

    To join and/or donate to the National Peace Corps Association, click here.

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

           
     

    		 

     

    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.