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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Karena Cronin, CIVICUS UNV volunteer Outreach Associate, reflects on volunteers' role in strengthening civil society organizations' accountability, a topic discussed during the recent CIVICUS World Assembly. Read

The commitment and motivation of 70-year old Toshiyuki Yamana has earned him the title ‘King of Volunteers’. Read

Kevin Gilroy, head of UNV's Special Operations, pays tribute to the thousands of men and women volunteers who serve in the UN Peacekeeping Operations on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, 29 May. Read

Violence is part of a favela's daily life. Can this be changed? How do the residents' cope? Anika Gärtner, a German volunteer working with the UN Habitat in Brazil, tries to answer this question after visiting a slum (favela) in Rio de Janeiro. Read