United Nations Volunteers has united with the families of victims of the Haiti earthquake, their former colleagues and friends to express empathy for their grief.

In a memorial service led by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri and senior UNV staff attended to express their support for the families of UNV volunteers Nicole Bahaya (30) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mamadi Conde (43) of Guinea and Nivah Odwori (36) of Kenya. Read

Fak Fak, Papua, Indonesia: Listiati Rumatupa is a national UNV volunteer. As a Community Mobilization Worker, she helped 80 women of the Fak Fak District make a better living – supporting the transformation of a way to survive into a real business. Read

New Delhi, India: To empower women, you also need to educate men. UNV volunteer Rajeev Narayan explains his role in the Partners for Prevention project and the importance of one message: 'Not all men are violent'. Read

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: To be a volunteer means more than doing what's expected of you. In the days and weeks after the Haiti earthquake, UNV volunteers made sure they got involved from the word go. Read

Pretoria, South Africa and Georgetown, Guyana: It's been demonstrated time and time again how important voluntary action is in the aftermath of natural disasters. UNV volunteers have been making a difference. Read