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

Bonn, Germany/Luxembourg : The Government of Luxembourg and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) have signed an agreement to support poor and marginalized young people living in urban areas of Burkina Faso. Read