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Women's empowerment in Zambia
12 September 2008
More than 3,000 women in Zambia have benefited from the Micro-finance Poverty Reduction Project (MPRP), designed in line with the Millennium Development Goals and targeting poor women to receive loans in order to improve their socio-economic status. Visit site
More about: Gender  MDGs: General
Countries:  Zambia
UNV discusses volunteerism on Syrian national TV
03 September 2008
UNV volunteers have appeared on a weekly talk show in Syria, 'People to People', to speak about volunteerism and their work with UNV. Read
More about: Civil society
Countries:  Syrian Arab Republic
Volunteers get ready to teach India
31 August 2008
Joshua Immanuel, a coordinator for UNV, said volunteers wanted to know when they could start teaching children.

"All the non-governmental organizations work in localities across the city. Some of the organisations have a specific syllabus charted out for volunteers to use so that the programme would be more structured. After today's session, they say they have gained an idea of their role in the campaign. We even advised them on the do's and don'ts that ought to be followed when working with children," he said.

Visit site
More about: Children  Education
Countries:  India
Making something beautiful out of broken pieces
21 August 2008
The dramatic and inspiring life story of Yvette Reyes, whose involvement in 2004 with the United Nations Online Volunteers program won her a UN citation for outstanding work. Visit site
Countries:  Philippines
Xekong develops good governance
20 August 2008
Government management and service to communities are being improved by the Government Public Administration Reform Project  supported by UNV, in Xekong province. Read
More about: Governance
Countries:  Lao PDR
Recognizing volunteers at the Beijing Olympics
18 August 2008
The UN's Olympic volunteer celebration on 7 August, organized by UNV and UNDP, was covered by China's top prime time news programme 'Xinwen Lianbo' and leading English newspaper, China Daily. Visit links to English-language coverage. Read
More about: Culture & sports
Countries:  China
Peace drive in Kenya
17 August 2008
Some 900 volunteers will take part in a countrywide peace and reconciliation drive in areas that were hard hit by the post-election violence. The United Nation Volunteers is sponsoring the programme, which targets 21 districts. Read
Countries:  Kenya
World Youth Day and UNV in Sana'a
12 August 2008
The Youth Media Forum (YMF) in collaboration with United Nations Volunteers organized an open day under the logo of 'youth, life, hope' on the occasion of the International Youth Day on August 12. Visit site
More about: Youth
Countries:  Yemen
Passing the torch, passing volunteerism
31 July 2008
David Brettel, director of the volunteer programme of the Sydney Organizing Committee for Olympic Games, sees that volunteerism has grown into a thriving tree in Beijing. Visit site
Countries:  China
Teach India: 55,000 sign up
18 July 2008
In just 11 days, the 'Teach India' campaign facilitated by UNV has already attracted a whopping 55,000-plus individual volunteers. Visit site
More about: Education
Countries:  India

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Below is a list of articles about UNV published in other web sites and online newspapers.
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