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Building on the success of Beijing
03 April 2009
UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri (left) greets the visiting delegation from Beijing. (UNV)
Bonn, Germany: A delegation from Beijing has visited UNV headquarters to strengthen the UNV-China relationship and exchange ideas on how to improve upon the success of the 2008 Olympic Volunteers initiative. Read
More about: Culture & sports
Countries:  China
Giving a face to older people in poverty
27 March 2009
Alieva Aysha, 63: "Usually my pension is not enough to buy food for a month, so I get food in advance and then I pay for it after I get enough money." (A. Nakahira/HelpAge/UNV)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: A Japanese University volunteer in Kyrgyzstan has used photography to raise awareness of the problems of the elderly, and to demonstrate their importance to the community. Read
More about: Poverty
Countries:  Japan  Kyrgyzstan
Combating women trafficking
26 March 2009
Poster of the cinema forum about violence against women celebrated in La Paz in November 2008. (UNV)
La Paz, Bolivia: "In Bolivia, many women do not know what people trafficking really means," says Sara Rodríguez-Argüelles, a UNV volunteer working with UNIFEM. But her work helps prevent women from finding out the hard way.

"Prevention is the key because, although trafficking is categorized as a crime in Bolivia, it is extremely difficult for someone to be arrested for it." Read
More about: Children  Gender  Human rights
Countries:  Bolivia
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Volunteers help clean up Zimbabwe town
20 March 2009
Volunteers get to work in Norton, Zimbabwe, where cholera has claimed 40 lives. (UNV)
Norton, Zimbabwe: The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has affected thousands of people. To combat the threat in one town, UNV helped mobilize volunteers to take preventative measures. Read
More about: Health
Countries:  Zimbabwe
Access to democracy in Côte d'Ivoire
12 March 2009
Women queue to be registered for Côte d'Ivoire's 2009 elections, the first for eight years. (UNV)
Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire: In post-conflict Côte d'Ivoire, enabling the democratic process means a lot of work preparing for the upcoming elections. In the UN Mission Electoral Team, 124 of 175 staff are UNV volunteers. Read
Serving the women of Uganda
06 March 2009
Essential to solving the problem of SGBV is involving men as well as women. In her SGBV work, Sarah Stella Suffer-Okuni (here seen working with the Ugandan Army) ensured that men were involved in SGBV prevention and response programmes. This meant finding male trainers and role models in communities to engage in male-to male focus group discussions on SGBV. The UNV volunteer was further involved in establishing SGBV male peer groups who contributed to the SGBV reporting and referral mechanism. Other men's empowerment programmes she worked on included skills training in carpentry, building, mechanics, animal rearing and crop production. The idea was to address the general problem of poverty and vulnerability - which often results in violence against women by disempowered men.
Kampala, Uganda: Empowering women and sensitizing communities to the threat of Gender-Based Violence is a long process. But UNV volunteer Sarah Stella Suffer-Okuni has made an undoubted impact. Read
More about: Gender  Poverty
Countries:  Uganda
Beijing tribute to UNV and Olympic Volunteers
27 February 2009
UNV volunteer Liu Hui was selected from a list of 30 nominees for the annual ‘Beijing Top Ten Volunteer’ award. (UNV)
Beijing, China: The work of UNV in China towards promoting volunteerism for development has been recognized with multiple awards. The UNV Programme Officer becomes only the second foreign national to receive a prestigious youth prize, while a national UNV volunteer is to receive a Government honour. Read
Countries:  China  United States
UNV volunteers praised for contribution to UNMEE
27 February 2009
In 2005, UNV volunteers and military personnel alike spent time rehabilitating a local orphanage. (UNV)
Asmara, Eritrea and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) is now at an end. UNV volunteers were an integral part of the mission from the outset. Read
Countries:  Eritrea  Ethiopia
Tomorrow's leaders get the volunteer spirit
19 February 2009
A group discussion about HIV/AIDS at City College of Calapan. (UNV)
Vigan, the Philippines: UNV is reaching out to young Filipino leaders to get them involved in development issues, particularly HIV/AIDS awareness, through voluntary action. “This is truly the most unforgettable training I’ve attended in my entire college life," said one student council president. Read
More about: Civil society  HIV/AIDS  Youth
Countries:  Japan  Philippines
UNV chief visits key mission in Sudan
18 February 2009
UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Paniseri (left) meets the Special Representative to the Secretary-General Ashraf Qazi in Khartoum. (J. Hattingh/UNMIS)
Khartoum, Sudan: UNV Executive Coordinator, Flavia Pansieri, has spent five days in Sudan, meeting one of the largest contingents of UNV volunteers in the field. Read

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