In a sign of improving relations with the United Nations, the Foreign Ministry is embarking on a campaign to encourage Israelis to volunteer for various UN bodies as part of a UN Volunteers (UNV) recruitment surge. Visit site

About 190 volunteers from the Czech Republic have operated in UN foreign programmes in the past decade, about 20 every year, Michal Broza, head of the UN Information Centre in Prague, told journalists today. Visit site

Responding to a request by the Chinese government for medical support in wake of the massive 12 May earthquake which struck the East Asian's south-west, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is sending urgently needed supplies and support. Visit site

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