Yako, Burkina Faso: You could call her a rural volunteerism ambassador. Since March 2008, Maïmounata Ouedraogo has ridden across Burkina Faso by motorbike with the National Volunteer Programme. Read

Ougadougu, Burkina Faso: UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri met UNV volunteers, both international and national, working in Burkina Faso, telling them: "It is important and a great source of inspiration to see what you are doing." Read

Ougadougu, Burkina Faso: International day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2008. A UNV volunteer with UNIFEM in Burkina Faso is working with regional governments to beat the practice of FGM across national borders. Read

Ougadougou, Burkina Faso: Keeping food prices stable is a major challenge during the current global food crisis, but a UNV volunteer in Burkina Faso is using his logistics expertise to make sure stocks are in the right places at the right times. Read

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: UNV volunteer Kathrine Lassen has always been attached to Africa. Having lived there as a kid and returning several times for visits, internships and travels. This time, she's working as a Gender Specialist for UNV. Read

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Burkinabe youth in the province of Kénédougou can now access training and income generation opportunities as the Poverty Reduction among Youth Project (REPAJE) has extended its reach to cover the country’s entire Hauts Bassins region. Read

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: A United Nations Volunteers (UNV) supported ‘training of trainers’ workshop launched yesterday in the Burkina Faso capital will help reinforce the government’s decentralization plan. Read

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Marking the end of Burkina Faso's academic year, 14 artistic Burkinan students took home prizes after winning a drawing contest portraying the role of volunteerism in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a global agenda for reducing poverty and improving lives by the year 2015. Read

Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso: Marking African Youth Day on Monday, the Government of Burkina Faso formally launched a volunteer initiative to support poor and marginalized young people living in urban areas of the West African country. Read

Bonn, Germany: UN Volunteer Solange Sandouidi fights poverty in villages with a team of 11 Burkinabe UN Volunteers. Together, they help create small farming cooperatives for cereal production or animal husbandry - two important sources of income for rural West Africans. Read