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

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