There’s one thing in common to all IT managers in the capital; when they have a problem, they run to Mama.

Mama Takuma, 38, is a UNV volunteer, specialized in computer software, hardware and programming, presently assigned with Bhutan Post. Visit site

The UNDP Growing Sustainable Business (GSB) initiative and United

Nations Volunteers (UNV) recently teamed up to support local

small-scale businesses improve the quality and range of their products.

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UN Volunteers (UNV) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have brought together 120 national leaders from around Kenya for a peacebuilding workshop following the violence and unrest that broke out after the country’s recent election. Visit site

United Nations Volunteers (UNV) working in Haiti have helped provide emergency relief to elderly and handicapped residents suffering from the current global food crisis.

Working with the Community Violence Reduction (CVR) section of the UN mission in the Caribbean nation, known as MINUSTAH, UNV assisted in providing some 1,000 elderly and handicapped people with rice and beans. Visit site

A new and innovative volunteer scheme that brings together national leaders in various professions such as sports, music, media and education as well as faith organisations, is changing lives in post-election Kenya. Read

Young Egyptians are identifying creative means of engaging themselves in the development process, and activities supported by UNV build on Egypt's existing volunteering and civic participation potential. Read

A ceremony paying tribute to outgoing UNV Honorary Ambassador Takehito Nakata took place on 8 April.  As a result, there was widespread news coverage from major newspapers and television stations in Japan. Read

Takehito Nakata is to retire as an honorary ambassador of the UN Volunteers (UNV) program on April 8--the 15th anniversary of the day his son, Atsuhito, was shot dead at the age of 25 while working as a UN election monitor in Cambodia. Read

Total and UNDP will engage four Chinese national UNV volunteers, who will provide targeted technical assistance and build the outreach capacity of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working with vulnerable groups such as those with HIV/AIDS. Read

The Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV), Flavia Pansieri, visits Honduras to observe the development work of UNV and its partners. (Spanish) Read