In the end of August, Hanna Gabriella Snarberg, a UNV volunteer Press Officer with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura and the UNIFIL cameraman Bob Sullivan traveled with the Indian battalion’s (INDBATT) Public Information Officer Maj. Pandey and five other Indian military officers through their area of operations in South East Lebanon. The purpose: to get first-hand information on the level of destruction during the war  and to report on UNIFIL humanitarian assistance in South Lebanon. Read

Victoria Díaz-García, an Irish Aid sponsored UNV intern and Urs Bernhard, a Swiss sponsored UNV intern, have done the arduous six-day-long trip along Río Coco to provide gender training and technical monitoring to the indigenous Miskitu communities of Raití and Walakitán, two of the most Northeastern communities located in the department of Jinotega. Read

It took two UNV volunteers – from Nigeria and India – some community work to organize a successful Walk Against Child Hunger in just a month’s time in Trindidad and Tobago. Dr. Onuoha Clement describes how he and Dr. Veena Murlidhar extended voluntary work beyond their assignment as medical doctors to achieve this. Read

Deepty from India. Francesca from Italy. They belong to a multinational team of over 60 UNV volunteers helping local communities rebuild their houses in Indonesia’s Aceh and Nias provinces. They are also living the life of the local people and enjoying every bit of the experience. Read

In Viet Nam, where HIV/AIDS is still viewed as a social evil, a soft-spoken 26-year-old mother has become one of the most vocal supporters of people living with HIV/AIDS. UNV volunteer Pham Thi Hue has been hailed an 'Asian hero', but not without suffering discrimination and isolation for being HIV positive. Read

Volker Pabst of Switzerland is a UNV volunteer human rights specialist with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Kazakhstan. Read

Denika Blacklock of Saskatchewan, Canada, is a UNV local governance and minority rights specialist with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Pristina, Kosovo, where she develops projects to promote democratic practices and the participation of minorities in government. Read

Jane Story of Ontario, Canada, served as a UNV volunteer in the Solomon Islands where she worked in post-conflict and communications with the UN Development Programme (UNDP). She completed her six-month assignment in June 2006, which was funded through the UNV-Canada Corps Trust Fund. Read

Chantal Robichaud of Quebec, Canada, is a UNV volunteer governance specialist with the UN Development Prorgamme (UNDP) in Tunis, Tunisia. Her assignment is funded through the UNV-Canada Corps Trust Fund. Read

Vern Weitzel. It’s a name familiar to anyone who’s ever trawled the Internet for information on Viet Nam, from information technology to development, it seems that all roads lead to Vern. Read