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The OneWorld Burkina Faso Country Guide
The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Burkina Faso
09.01.2008 Kuoppakäymälän huonot puolet kaupunkioloissa paljastuvat viimeistään sadekaudella, kun kuoppa täytyy vedellä. Burkina Fason pääkaupungin toreilla kuopat on nyt korvattu oikeilla vessoilla.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Water/sanitation]
05.11.2007 Bloggers in Burkina Faso have learned to circumvent a system where traditional media is subject to constant censorship from a secretive regime and are succeeding in freeing people's minds, comments blogger Ramata Sore.
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From: Global Voices Online
01.10.2007 The recent death of a Burkinabe girl after undergoing female genital mutilation has alarmed local residents, prompted several arrests, and caused a strategy shift in the battle to end the illegal practice.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Songtaab, Burkina Faso
10.07.2007
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Related topics/regions: [Africa] [East Africa] [Capacity building] [ICT] [Media]
Image: Songtaab, Burkina Faso
03.05.2007 Suomen koululaisten vuonna 2001-2002 keräämät taksvärkkirahat eivät ole menneet hukkaan. Rahoilla on autettu Burkina Fason maaseudulla toimivaa hanketta, ja vastavalmistuneen arviointiraportin mukaan hanke on onnistunut hyvin.
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From: Taksvärkki ry
Related topics/regions: [Education]
Metsäpalojen torjuntaa Burkina Fasossa
21.12.2006 Johannesburgin kestävän kehityksen huippukokouksessa vuonna 2002 julkistettu Suomen ja seitsemän Keski-Amerikan maan energia- ja ympäristökumppanuus on löytänyt tehokkaat toimintatavat. Ohjelman kautta on annettu tähän mennessä rahoitusta 92 hankkeelle. Kehitysyhteistyö Burkina Fason kanssa päättyy, kertoo toinen uutinen.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related topics/regions: [Central America] [International cooperation]
Image: Metsäpalojen torjuntaa Burkina Fasossa
Burkina Fason lapsia
19.12.2006 Suomen vuonna 1998 aloittama kehitysyhteistyö Länsi-Afrikassa sijaitsevan Burkina Fason kanssa on saatu päätökseen. Yhteistyön tuloksena kehitettiin suomalaisella tietotaidolla Burkina Fasolle soveltuva tehokas metsäpalojen torjuntajärjestelmä. Hankkeen toteuttamiseen osallistui Burkina Fason hallitus sekä tuhansia kyläläisiä neljässä läänissä.
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From: Ulkoministeriö
Related topics/regions: [International cooperation] [Forests]
25.04.2006 To complement our team, we expect to recruit an enthusiastic and team-orientated colleague. IICD’s mission is to assist developing countries in the use of ICT as a strategic tool for sustainable development and poverty alleviation. IICD does this through empowering local organisations and stakeholders to make effective use of ICTs on their own terms, and through catalysing lessons learned and knowledge sharing on ICTs by local organisations and the international community.
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From: International Institute for Communication and Development
Related topics/regions: [ICT] [Knowledge] [Civil society]
09.09.2005 “Before joining the literacy center, I was in the darkness,” said Monique Kaboré of Burkina Faso, who learned to read and write through a Lutheran World Relief literacy project, and has since then started her own small business and been able to educate her children.
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From: Lutheran World Relief
Related topics/regions: [Education] [Gender]
10.08.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 10 (OneWorld) - Famine in Niger is the most visible sign of a West African food crisis that could have been averted had international donors not been so stingy with some of the world's poorest countries, a leading aid group has said.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Niger] [Mauritania] [Mali] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Food] [Poverty] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Geopolitics]
08.08.2005 The Millennium Challenge Corporation has approved nearly $13 million for programs to encourage Burkinabe girls to attend school.
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From: Basic Education Coalition
Related topics/regions: [Aid] [Education] [Gender]
Drought in Mali
04.08.2005 Although the World Food Programme has received 57% of emergency food aid needed for Niger, millions more in the neighboring countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania are threatened by a major food crisis as well, because rich countries have not responded to months of appeals for emergency funds, warned Oxfam on Wednesday.
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From: Oxfam International
Related topics/regions: [Mali] [Mauritania] [Niger] [Aid] [Emergency relief] [Food]
Image: Drought in Mali © Action Against Hunger-USA
19.11.2004 The Union of Francophone Community Radio Stations is meeting Burkina Faso from 1-4 December 2004. The union will elect a new leadership and review strategies to strengthen grassroots radio across Africa.
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Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Communication] [ICT]
19.10.2004 Afrikan maat ovat viime vuosina lisänneet ponnistuksiaan tyttöjen ympärileikkauksen kitkemiseksi. Tuore oikeusjuttu Burkina Fasosta paljastaa, että taistelua ei ole voitettu edes siellä, missä käytäntö on julistettu laittomaksi. Kansalaisjärjestöt arvioivat, että noin kaksi miljoonaa naista ympärileikataan vuosittain pääasiassa Saharan eteläpuolisessa Afrikassa ja Arabian niemimaalla.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Gender]
04.08.2004 Salametsästys hävitti elefantteja Burkina Fasosta hälyttävää vauhtia 1980-luvulla. Hallitus julisti tuolloin elefantit uhanalaiseksi lajiksi, ja niiden metsästyksestä tuli laitonta. Parissakymmenessä vuodessa norsukanta onkin kasvanut nopeasti. Elefantteja oli 1980-luvulla jäljellä enää 350, mutta nykyään kanta on kasvanut jo noin 5 000 yksilöön.
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From: Suomen IPS
Related topics/regions: [Animals]
22.04.2004 Films produced by young students from Burkina Faso, India, Israel, Mexico and Romania to promote peace will now be exhibited internationally and online.The perceptions of young minds on global issues like conflict and violence are reflected through these films.
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From: UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Southern Africa] [Asia and the Pacific] [South Asia] [Europe] [Latin America & Caribbean] [India] [Israel] [Mexico] [Romania] [Capacity building] [Culture] [ICT] [Civil society]
23.01.2004 Amigos de África ofrece becas de estudio a niños de Burkina Faso para darles formación y asistencia y facilitarles el acceso a un trabajo y a un futuro más digno. La beca cubre los gastos de formación, vestuario, atención a la salud y manutención. Además, un sistema de compensación permite que niños sin beca también puedan beneficarse de la ayuda. Las personas que colaboren con la iniciativa recibirán correspondencia con información del niño y de las actividades realizadas durante el curso.

From: Amigos de África - Andalucía
Related topics/regions: [Education]
23.01.2004 Amigos de África ofereix beques d'estudi a nens de Burkina Faso per donar-los formació i assistència i facilitar-los l'accés a un treball i a un futur més digne. La beca cobreix les despeses de formació, vestuari, atenció a la salut i manutenció dels petits. A més, un sistema de compensació permet que nens sense beca també puguin beneficiar-se d'ajuts. Les persones que col·laborin amb la iniciativa rebran correspondència amb informació del nen i de les activitats realitzades durant el curs.

From: Amigos de África - Andalucía
Related topics/regions: [Education]
17.10.2003 "Lutte contre l'impunité, vérité et justice pour Thomas Sankara". C'est sous ce thème que les Sankaristes ont décidé, le 15 octobre, de se tenir en rangs serrés pour commémorer le 16e anniversaire de la disparition tragique du "père de la révolution burkinabè" et de ses compagnons.
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From: allAfrica.com
Related topics/regions: [Human rights] [Activism] [Civil society] [Justice and crime]
24.07.2003 A UK-based development organisation has launched guidelines for peer education programmes based on the experiences of five youth projects from Burkina Faso, Senegal, Ghana and Indonesia.
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From: International Planned Parenthood Federation
Related topics/regions: [Ghana] [Indonesia] [Senegal] [Africa] [Education]
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