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