Burkina Faso videos

This is a short documentary about life and music in Burkina Faso, a country in Western Africa seen through the eyes of a middle class American. It shows the positive side of Africa that we rarely see: their beautiful musical culture. .:- www.melloajello.com -:.

The shock of soaring food prices hit Burkina Faso particularly hard. In normal years, villagers produce enough to take care of themselves. But last year the rains didnt come - until the season ended with floods which destroyed most of the crops. FAO is supporting the government, with a distribution of four hundred tonnes of seed and fertilizer to 1200 families in the arid Center North region.

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This DVD features a case study from West Africa where the Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative (PPLPI) of FAO was a key partner in a regional policy process to harmonise the animal health and food safety regulations across eight countries. The 2007 UEMOA Regulation on food safety and animal health will help an estimated 20 million poor livestock keepers to access growing urban markets in the region. Produced by WRENmedia and J Dijkman, PPLPI.

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Rachel Hill served in the Peace Corps in Burkina Faso, Africa, from 2003-2005. Rachel is a graduate student at the University of Arizona in Landscape Architecture. While in Burkina Faso, she worked at a health center and with a women's group. She was involved in helping the people improve their children's nutrition and overall health. She found her Peace Corps experience challenging as well as something that has had a great impact on her life. Rachel's photo of Burkina Faso fishermen mending ...

Alizeta Ouedraogo is a 16-year-old girl from Burkina Faso selected to be a young delegate to the BioVision Children's Forum, part of the BioVision 2007 World Life Sciences Forum in Lyon, France, in March 2007. The Children's Forum tackled the issues of water, agriculture, environment and energy, providing a platform for young voices to be heard by leaders in science and industry. Alizeta's story illustrates the harrowing effects of climate change on human security and development. To read ...

Coulibaly Samadou explains the tuning of a baan and demonstrates how it can speak; ends with a performance. "These are the best musicians the Sambla commuity has ever known." Konkolikan Sambla is west of Bobo Dioulasso.

Issouf Kone scored twice in four minutes to give Burkina Faso a sensational 2-1 away win over Tunisia Sunday in a 2010 World Cup-African Nations Cup qualifier

www.euronews.net French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visits Burkina Faso as Global Fund ambassador.

February 1995 A million people attended the 25th Pan-African Film Festival (FESPACO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It is Africa's most important cultural event, second only to the annual soccer championships. Winnie Mandela and other leading African lights are expected to attend. South Africa takes part officially for the first time. Watch a film in an African city and the chances are it will be open-air with giant insects swooping overhead and an enthusiastic audience shouting encouragement ...

Video and stills from our trip through Burkina Faso (of Amazing Race fame) in December 2005.

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Supported by UNICEF, St Camille, set up by an Italian religious order, has been the pioneering facility in Burkina Faso for HIV and AIDS care since 2001. From providing testing and counseling to giving ARV treatment and helping people living with HIV and AIDS, the Centres services extended to the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission with its special need for addressing the anxiety and fear of stigma experienced by HIV positive mothers After my husband died, said Celine, I was getting ...

euronews.net Floods in Mauritania and Burkina Faso.

UNICEF correspondent Nina Martinek reports on breastfeeding and nutrition programmes in Koupela, Burkina Faso Credits: Producer:Nina Martinek

Gold mining in Burkina Faso - Goldrush Resources, a mineral exploration company, is focused on gold exploration in Burkina Faso, West Africa with an established organization of people and projects to enable aggressive growth.

In this video, Agnes Kabore of Burkina Faso's Ministry of Social Work and National Solidarity talks about current developments in child protection strategy. To read the full story, visit: www.unicef.org

Mar 2008 Many African refugees refused entry into Europe are environmental migrants, forced from their once fertile homes by spreading deserts. A Swiss aid agency has launched a new initiative to stem the sands. *By fencing land into manageable portions to protect it from marauding herdsmen and animals, villagers hope that trees and bushes will grow back of their own accord. Remarkably, the plan is working. One year on, the land is green again. The villagers are thrilled with their success ...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, 9 April 2008 -- A women's association in Burkina Faso is helping single mothers and widows to reclaim their independence through various types of employment. The UNICEF-supported group, known as 'Association Rintereb Som', provides donkey-drawn carts, which allow the women to make money by removing litter from homes in the community. Additionally, the women make soap and cosmetics using local materials. They also tend to small plots and raise crops, which they use ...

Unconditional -Kirk Franklin- dance at a Burkina Faso college during our trip in west Africa... Ceifa

www.bbc.co.uk Tuesdays, 9pm, BBC Three Last Man Standing Playlist: www.youtube.com Series in which a group of twenty-something athletic adventurers compete for glory against tribal champions in some of the remotest corners of the globe. Jarvis finds his roots and Wolé seems to have found himself an admirer

AFRICA FROM AZ : BURKINA FASO

AFRICA FROM AZ : BURKINA FASO