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Online volunteers for La ferme aux arbres de Dekese in the Democratic Republic of Congo
15 December 2011
(Photo: La ferme aux arbres de Dekese, 2011)
The NGO La ferme aux arbres de Dekese works to support the population of Dekese, a war-torn and isolated region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Three online volunteer IT experts (Alex Théodore Kambou, Ali Siribié and Bernard K. Allouan) helped the organization develop software to capture and analyze population related data. Read
More about: ICT  Online volunteering
Countries:  Côte d'Ivoire  Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNV volunteers raise funds to help flood victims
18 September 2009
Plastic buckets and mugs distributed by UNV volunteers to flood victims in Burkina Faso help improve health conditions for new born babies whose families lost their homes in the flood. (UNV)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: In Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 150,000 people lost their homes after heavy floods on 1 September 2009. UNV volunteers are providing humanitarian aid to some of the most vulnerable flood victims. Read
More about: Emergency relief
A leap out of poverty for Burkinabé youth
14 August 2009
Kalagà Remi, a welder, benefitted from vocational and management training. He managed to collect money himself to set up his own metal workshop. Today he is also the chairman of the association of the youth who benefited from the REPAJE programme. (R. Persia/UNV)
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso: Thanks to a UNV-supported programme, nearly 500 marginalized young people have received vocational training and grants to start their own microenterprises, and some are now volunteering to help other youth. Read
More about: Marginalized groups  Poverty  Youth
Seeding women's empowerment
04 March 2009
Therese Sankara (right) is one of many women who have managed to increase her income due to the advice of national volunteer Andréa Ramde (left). (K. Gossé/UNV)
La Toden, Burkina Faso: Women's associations in Burkina Faso are benefitting from a UNV-supported national volunteer programme. One microcredit project has helped a group of rural women double their incomes. Read
More about: Gender  Private sector
The motorbike volunteer opening people's eyes
03 March 2009
"The women look at me with huge eyes and ask how I can get onto that motorbike," UNV volunteer Maïmounata Ouedraogo remarks. (K. Gosse/UNV)
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
More about: Gender  Poverty

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