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Loai Farajallah, Jordan, builds an online education network and databases to help Teach A Man To Fish organization assist schools in developing countries increase their financial self-sufficiency. (UNV)
Building an online educational network from Jordan
20 July 2010
Amman, Jordan: Through the UNV Online Volunteering service, a volunteer in Jordan is building an online education network and databases for a British non-government organization (NGO).  In this way, he is helping the organization assist schools in developing countries become more financially independent. Read
The Fundación CA artists, and the Guatemalan UNV volunteers who worked on the digital display that will be shown at the Shanghai 2010 Expo until October. (Eny Rolando Hernández)
Development through creative industry
30 June 2010
Shanghai, China: Communicating the importance of the creative sectors for economic and social development is the objective of the digital display created by a group of 14 Guatemalan UNV volunteer artists. Shown at the United Nations pavilion of the Shanghai 2010 Expo, this multimedia display aims to make the visitor reflect on ways in which the creative industries contribute to building peace and development. Read
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Marketing Armenian cheese
22 July 2010
Elena Vasseur Garcia (left), from Kraft Latin America, and Peter Hofsaess, from Kraft Germany, travelled to Armenia as Private/Corporate Sector volunteers to share their expertise with local cheese manufacturers. (UNV)
Yerevan, Armenia: Private/Corporate Sector volunteers from Kraft Latin America and Kraft Germany travelled to Armenia to share their expertise with local cheese manufacturers, helping to improve the know-how of cheese companies and the livelihoods of rural producers. Read
Helping International Humanitarian Efforts from Hanoi
20 July 2010
By being an online volunteer graphic designer through the UNV Online Volunteering service, Luu Thi Ngoc Anh in Vietnam is able to combine her love of doing something creative in her free time with her support for Caritas International's work to bring disaster and humanitarian relief to vulnerable communities. (UNV)
Hanoi, Viet Nam: By being an online volunteer graphic designer through the Online Volunteering service, Luu Thi Ngoc in Vietnam is able to combine her love of doing something creative in her free time with her support for Caritas International's work to bring humanitarian and disaster relief to vulnerable communities. Read
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