Peace Corps/Burkina Faso 1995-2017 Legacy Book
Peace Corps has published a Legacy Book for Peace Corps Burkina Faso honoring the 22 year accomplishments of Peace Corps Volunteers and the communities and people with whom they worked. The program was suspended in late 2017 for security reasons. In preparation for the suspension of the program, the country staff began to collect examples of the work done by Volunteers and their communities over decades. The stories ranged from the building of a computer lab for a school to programs seeking to eradicate guinea worm disease. It became a collaborate effort when:
“U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso, H. E. Andrew Young described the need to collect and immortalize the history of Peace Corps/Burkina Faso after the suspension became official in December 2017. Additional ideas for content and format were provided by the Peace Corps Acting Regional Director for Africa, Mr. Tim Hartman and the Country Desk Officer for Burkina Faso, Ms. Katie Gehron during their visit to Ouaga- dougou in March 2018.”
The entire book can be read on the Peace Corps offical website: https://files.peacecorps.gov/documents/burkina-faso-legacy.pdf
It begins with this statement from Director Olsen:
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