Raffaela Schiavello, a Swiss fully funded UNV intern at UNFPA in Nepal, recounts her first impressions of the country and its people, and how this affected her work. Read

Eight months have already passed since I landed at Cairo International Airport to undertake a UNV position at UNAIDS Egypt. It was February, the weather was unexpectedly cold and rainy and I had a whirlwind of thoughts in my mind. I was at the same time excited for my first assignment within the UN system and concerned about my being at the height of that. Read

An enthusiastic youth camp was organized by the Global Motion non-governmental organisation in cooperation with UNICEF, UNIFEM, UNFPA, the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports and the UN Volunteers Team in Kosovo.  100 youth gathered at Banja Peja, Kosova Park Hotel to discuss leadership for the future. Read

As a Fully Funded Japanese UNV, I was assigned as a Programme Officer in Kosovo.  This is my first UNV assignment and it has been a great opportunity for me to learn more about volunteerism.  Since the beginning, the most occupying task has been related to formulation of the Youth Project. Read

Euclides Monteiro describes the challenges he faced and the rewards he received while working on an assignment in Timor-Leste. Read

Dr Amita Pradhan Thapa, a UNV volunteer from Nepal, describes how she was able to save the life of a young lady in Timor-Leste, despite the lack of sophisticated facilities. Read

The conflict in Iraq has produced a largely silent exodus:  an estimated 40,000 Iraqis flee to Syria every month.  In Douma, they are received by 30 UNV volunteers working as registration clerks at the country’s largest registration centre for Iraqis refugees.

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As a UNV volunteer working in a refugee camp in Quetta, Pakistan, Lynda Lim tries to encourage women to speak up, provide protection and ensure their basic rights are met. And this Malaysian lady "never gives up." Read

Juliette Murekeysoni describes the rewards and challenges of her work as UNV volunteer Field Officer in Tindouf, Algeria. Read

Lina El Azem, a Moroccan-Syrian UNV volunteer, shares her experience of working with internally displaced people in Eastern Chad.
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