New York, USA: Today, the United Nations General Assembly will listen to the testimonies of volunteers as they explain the impact they make on the communities they work with. Read

Rabat, Morocco: Adélise Gobillot from Belgium is a UN Volunteer intern who provides support to the UNAIDS office in Rabat, Morocco. She actively participates in the work carried out by UNAIDS together with communities, government and other UN agencies to reduce the number of new HIV infections, advance human rights in the response to HIV/AIDS, and address the vulnerability of women, girls and sexual minorities in Morocco. (Full story in French) Read

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: In Honduras, the UNAIDS Volunteer Network was founded through the initiative of international UN Volunteer Michela Polesana, serving in the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The network promotes social activities aiming to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and human rights. Read

Bogota, Colombia: Music, art, graffiti and other artistic expressions were at the centre of a Hip Hop festival organized to raise awareness amongst youth about HIV/AIDS prevention and encourage them to fight against stigma and discrimination. (Full article in Spanish) Read

Malawi: Today, 35 of the 55 UNV Doctors currently in Malawi make up the driving force behind the Malawi Government’s projects to strengthen the health system and continue and improve HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the country. Read

World AIDS Day is marked on 1 December each year and is an opportunity to unite people worldwide in the fight against HIV/AIDS, showing support for people living with HIV/AIDS, and commemorating those who have died.  Voluntary action is an integral part of the fight against HIV/AIDS.

UNV applies people-centred approaches in its collaboration with UNAIDS, UNDP, NGOs, community-based organizations, volunteer involving organizations, networks of people living with HIV/AIDS and national HIV/AIDS programmes. Visit site

Bogota, Colombia: More than 40 volunteers from various NGOs and ten UN Volunteers supported a commemoration event on World AIDS Day. The successful event, which gathered hundreds of people despite the rain, was a joint effort between a number of UN agencies and civil society organizations. Read

Hanoi, Viet Nam: "Being a UN Volunteer changed my life," says Nguyen Thi Dieu Hang, a national UN community Volunteer in Viet Nam working with the UNV project "Promoting Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV (GIPA)."  When Hang was expecting her first child, she found that both she and her child had been infected with HIV by her husband. Read

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Preparations for International Volunteer Day 2011 are well underway in Guatemala, where local volunteer involving organizations are registering for IVD 2011 activities by presenting photos to illustrate their volunteer efforts and the letters AIV+10 ('IYV+10' in Spanish).

By mid-November, 23 local volunteer involving organizations had sent their photos, confirming their support for IVD 2011 and highlighting the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10). Read

Tashkent, Uzbekistan: The Ecological Boomerang project is training volunteers on issues related to ecology, sustainability and environmental responsibility. This is only the first step towards the realization of a large project aiming to have a positive impact on the environment. Read