11 January 2007
Volunteerism acts as an effective gateway between the United Nations system and the global citizen, writes Donna Keher, UNV's chief of the Partnerships, Communications and Resources Mobilization Group. Read
11 January 2007
Dennis Mairena, a UNV field officer in Colombia and UNV public information officer Sy Koumbo Singa Gali in the Democratic Republic of Congo talk about how UNV volunteers are in the "different dimension" and "go the extra mile". Read
05 December 2006
On the occasion of International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2006, UNV Executive Coordinator Ad de Raad marks the fifth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers and salutes the millions of volunteers around the world for their social and economic contributions. Read
IVD adr ara (132 kb) ADR ynv ivd2006 en 01 (23 kb) Message de Ad de Raad, Coordonnateur Exécutif, VNU sur la JIV 2006 (24 kb) ADR unv ivd2006 esp 01 (26 kb) Other languages: en español
28 March 2006
The European Volunteer Centre (CEV) launches today its new "Manifesto on Volunteering in Europe" at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belguim. The new Manifesto explains why volunteering matters and how volunteering contributes to European Union's development. Read
Promoting MDGs and Volunteerism among children through the Circus
09 January 2004
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme along with the Circus of Tirana, the Albanian Youth Council, and the NGOs MJAFT! and VIS have used the power of the Circus to bring the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) closer to the children of Albania. Read
