Northern Afghanistan: “Things worked differently in other countries I have worked in,” says Tuch, a UNV volunteer Electoral Adviser. “Here you have to find new ways to work with people. You need to put yourself in their shoes.” Read

Western Afghanistan: “This time,” says Shiringi, a UNV volunteer working with UNDP/ELECT supporting the Independent Election Commission, “we are in the co-driver’s seat. The work we are doing with our national counterparts is really building capacity for the future.” Read

Northern Afghanistan: “I am still moved to see people travelling for miles to queue for a registration card and participate in elections,” confesses Jetiti, a UNV volunteer in a region of Afghanistan where security concerns have recently increased significantly. Read

Kabul, Afghanistan: "I have observed that the women are beginning to assume a more substantive role in the emerging Afghan society," says UNV Programme Officer Menchita Caramat, a woman working for peace and development in many ways. Read

Kabul, Afghanistan: Georgeta Silaghi is a UNV Programme Manager at one of the UN's toughest and most high-profile missions – Afghanistan. As well as supporting the UNV volunteers and their commitment to volunteerism, she is also about to introduce a new element to the UN mission. Read

Kabul, Afghanistan: The UNV Country Team in Afghanistan celebrated International Volunteer Day (IVD) in Kabul on 4 December 2008 in the Allaoddin national orphanage. Read

Bonn, Germany: Online volunteers are sharing their professional skills to strengthen human rights advocacy in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. Read

Faizabad, Afghanistan: A UNV volunteer with extensive experience with the World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan looks back on the impact of school feeding programmes she has worked on. Distributing food helped keep girls in education, and kept the schools going. Read

Peshawar, Pakistan: With the help of a UNV volunteer, Afghan refugees in Pakistan are developing sustainable self-governance methods - turning their camp into a community they run and pay for themselves. Read

Kabul, Afghanistan: Ugandan volunteer Maurice Tukamuhebwa explains how his extensive information technology experience is proving invaluable to Afghanistan - a cold but beautiful country that he has already come to love. Read