Yuko Kamo Shell Coporate volunteer has travelled to the steppe in Kazakhstan to help with the development of internet projects. Read

Life is full of surprises and contradictions, says UNV volunteer Fabio Balboni. While working in Trinidad and Tobago as a UNV Specialist on corporate social responsibility, he learned that business and volunteerism actually go hand-in-hand. Read

UNV volunteer Kathrine Lassen has always been attached to Africa. Having lived there as a kid and returning several times for visits, internships and travels. This time, she's working as a Gender Specialist for UNV. Read

As a Swiss fully funded UNV intern, Corinne Demenge has the opportunity to support the work and efforts of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in India. She is acting as the focal point for WFP’s nutritional intervention for People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) in rural Bihar. The aim of this project is to improve the nutritional status of PLHAs by providing them with home take rations of fortified food, and by enabling them to access free counselling services at the Community Care Centre in Nazareth Hospital, Mokama. Read

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

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

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

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