Managua, Nicaragua: UNV volunteers are helping to reduce food insecurity for Nicaragua's most vulnerable families by strengthening local governance. The ultimate goal is to ensure food security projects are integrated into all short- and long-term local planning. Read

Aden, Yemen: With 20,000 new mouths to feed this year alone, one UNV volunteer working with the World Food Programme (WFP) in Yemen plays a vital part in managing a little-reported emergency. Read

Quito, Ecuador: Since 2006, UNV has been cooperating with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Ecuador on teaching English to displaced people. The project mobilizes local volunteers who help refugees prepare for life in English-speaking destinations. Read

Lome, Togo: The UN recently met in Rome  to discuss the global food crisis, and the World Bank has allocated funding for six countries in particular distress. One of these is Togo, where a UNV volunteer has helped launch an impromptu programme to meet immediate needs. Read

Beijing, China: UNV, the Beijing Youth League, the China Red Cross and MSI have joined forces with people living with HIV to train Olympic volunteers on HIV prevention and anti-discrimination. Read

Tashkent, Uzbekistan: A UNV volunteer nutrition specialist from Djibouti is helping the Government of Uzbekistan to develop better ways of preventing malnourishment and ill-health among mothers and children. Read

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Policy makers and senior officials this week praised a UNV programme designed to foster regional integration, social cohesion and poverty reduction in the Balkans. Read

Bonn, Germany: Peace and development are inexorably linked and volunteerism can significantly contribute to both, said Donna Keher, Chief of the UNV Partnerships and Communications Group, at the 2008 Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) today. Read

Bonn, Germany: Volunteers are making a significant impact on environmental programmes through the internet. Since 2000, online volunteers engaged via the UNV Online Volunteering service have undertaken 1,350 environmental assignments. On World Environment Day, 5 June, more than 100 online volunteers are involved in current initiatives. Read

New York, USA: The UN Peace Building Fund has granted US$ 1 million to the Emergency Volunteer Scheme (EVS), which will promote conflict resolution in Kenya. The financial support allocated in late May gives a substantial boost to a pilot initiative underway in deprived areas of the Rift Valley. Read