Since the beginning of 2007, UNV has been working with the NGO Zemlja djece (Children's Earth) to improve the psycho-social condition of street children and youth, through a spectrum of various educational, counseling and recreational activities offered at the TELEX Teenage Centre. For Jasminka Cikaric and Hava Suljic, the Centre in Tuzla was their first real school.  The two former street children had never had formal education before coming here. (Read attached stories below) Read

The United Nations Volunteers Programme (UNV) in China has translated the guide "Climate Crisis Solutions" into Chinese as a practical tool to help address environmental challenges in China. The translation is part of UNV's contribution to the Live Earth event, a series of concerts worldwide on 7 July to raise awareness about the climate crisis and mobilise millions of people. Read

Collaboration between UNV and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) dates back to the early 1990s and has been expanding progressively over the past years as humanitarian crises continue to unfold.  In 2000, 362 UNV volunteers were deployed in 46 UNHCR operations.  By 2006, this figure had doubled, with almost 796 UNV volunteers deployed in 74 countries.  So far in 2007, over 600 UNV volunteers have been deployed in 69 countries, half of these serving in their own countries.  Read

UNV volunteers are considered core staff of UNHCR's confidence building measures. Within this framework, UNV volunteers undertake an array of tasks --  from ensuring smooth phone calls in Tindouf to selecting beneficiaries of family visits to provide 24-hour support to the families during the visits. Read

This book, jointly published by the UN Volunteers programme and UN Development Programme in Brazil, contains 50 practical and successful projects on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It aims to encourage people to get involved in development and volunteering, establish new development projects and help civil society organizations with their work towards achieving the MDGs. (Read the original article in Portuguese here) Read