Library Resource Center

fbf — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:48:40 +0000

Library Resource Center fbf Mon, 04/13/2015 - 10:48

2015, IT, Peace Corps, Yelbouga, education

Burkina Faso’s educational system rarely, if ever, exposes students to computers or teaches them IT skills at the village level. In 2015, a PCV posted a project on the Peace Corps Partnership Program (PCPP) platform to address this vacuum in the village of Yelbouga. His proposal, developed in collaboration with the principal of Yelbouga’s middle school, created a library resource center. FBF’s support enabled the school to purchase three computers, a printer, and a solar-powered electricity system needed to power the electronic equipment and lighting for the students to use for after-hour studying in the library.

Community Libraries in Rural Villages

fbf — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:43:05 +0000

Community Libraries in Rural Villages fbf Mon, 04/13/2015 - 10:43

2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, Béléhédé, Niankorodougou, Peace Corps, Pobe-Mengao, Sebba, education

Public libraries can make a huge difference in the lives of villagers, both young and old. School-age and school-attending youth benefit the most from their use of community libraries because the access to books enables them to deepen their education on their own. In recent years, FBF has teamed up with the Friends of African Village Libraries and Peace Corps volunteers (to build and equip community libraries in the villages of Niankorodougou (2008). Pobe-Mengao (2009), and Béléhédé (2011). Last year (2015), FBF assisted a returned Peace Corps volunteer (RPCV) and his Burkinabe wife to build a FAVL library in her home village of Sebba.