56. The Africa region now absorbs close to 50 per cent of the volunteers. This percentage will be further enhanced as the emergency assistance project (RAF/84/024) becomes fully operational. (See paragraphs 10-14 above). 57. Three countries (Madagascar, Nigeria and Zaire) requested United Nations volunteers for the first time and Angola received the first three of eight UNVs financed under its IPF. In Portuguese and Spanlsh-speaking countries requests have registered a 37 per cent increase. Noteworthy within these countries has been the co-operation effected through the regular programmes of WFP and UNICEF and through projects financed by the Emergency Operations Trust Fund (UNEOTF). 58. Botswana will shortly have one of the largest contingents of UNVs on the continent. Steady expansion is also projected for Lesotho, where support is being sought for the health and agricultural sectors. In co-operatlon with UNESCO, UNV is involved in strengthening the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of Burundi. In Gabon, the first phase of the school construction project, to which had been assigned a team of 10 UNV architects and civil engineers from China, was completed; the second phase will also benefit from the services of United Nations volunteers. With UNEOTF funding, a team of UNV specialists from China has been assigned to increase cereais production and to demonstrate new techniques in one of Rwanda’s poorest regions. The Pan African Congress (PAC) has requested the UNV programme execute a project designed to establish the Multipurpose Training Centre located at Masuguri-Kitonga in the United Republic of Tanzania, where two UNVs, a clvil engineer and an architect, will be the only internationally recruited personnel. Other notable areas of UNV activity in Africa are Guinea, where an education sector project is currently being developed; Gulnea-Bissau and the Central African Republlc, where education projects are being extended and broadened; Mall, which hosts UNVs in minerals exploration,
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the deployment of United Nations Volunteers (UNVs) in various African countries, focusing on their involvement in projects related to education, health, agriculture, and infrastructure development. The text highlights the expansion of UNVs in several countries, including Botswana, Lesotho, Rwanda, and Tanzania, among others. This suggests that the category that best fits the text is likely to be related to humanitarian aid, development, and international cooperation.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education