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

“Women and children are most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.  As a woman, I feel encouraged when I am empowered to speak out about my daily life and our everyday work …” Read

When fighting broke out in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) late last month, UNV Programme Manager Jan Snoeks was responsible for ensuring the continuity of the administration of over 600 volunteers, monitoring their safety and maintaining the flow of information.  His emails to the volunteers both in and outside Kinshasa illustrated events as they unfolded. Read