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Letter from the President Dear FOCI members, We are happy to present you with the summer edition of the FOCI newsletter, the first for our new editor, Sarah Erdman. It’s been a busy time since the last newsletter. Some of you were in Washington in late June for the NPCA 40th+1 Anniversary Conference. Several FOCI members attended the Thursday Business Symposium featuring RPCV-CI, Robert Haas. Others listened to Writer (and editor) Sarah Erdman read an excerpt from her new manuscript. Later, a group of FOCI members met at the National Zoo for lunch and music. Back in Côte d’Ivoire, more volunteers are finding FOCI to be an easy funding option – and in the past few months, we have funded an Agouti-raising project at a school in Groumania and a library for students in Satama Sokoro. FOCI also continues to lend its support to girls in Côte d’Ivoire to attend secondary school, and to the NPCA, with the recent support to new Peace Corps legislation to expand the Peace Corps and the role of RPCVs. In the next few months we are looking forward to our upcoming Annual meeting and dinner in October at the Ivorian Embassy(stay tuned for date announcement) , and to the posting of our website, from which you will find easy ways to update your membership information, find friends, and learn more about FOCI activities. Thanks for your support, and enjoy another great edition of Les Nouvelles. Rachel Herr President, FOCI