The Burkina Connection is the newsletter of the Friends of Burkina Faso, edited by Kristen Combs-Bicaba.
Issues of the Burkina Connection begin with The President's Yiri by Aaron Buchsbaum, current President of the Friends of Burkina Faso. Contributors include RPCVs from 1967 all the way to PCVs currently in the field. Other notable authors have included Jeanine Jackson, U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso (2006 - 2009), Shannon Meehan, Director of Peace Corps-Burkina Faso (2010- 2012), and many more.
Burkina Connection includes updates on the state of Burkina Faso and PCV work there, reports from FBF project committees and workgroups, the latest news on FBF meetings and reunions, stories and pictures from our archives, favorite West African recipes, and much more!