Benin: Online volunteers are supporting the Benin-based NGO, Fondation Joseph the Worker, in making documents that promote democracy and human rights available in the most widely spoken languages of West Africa. “Translation is crucial to making knowledge accessible at the grassroots level”, says Joseph Mevognon, the foundation’s Executive Director. Read

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

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

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

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