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Bosnia and Herzegovina - Related documents
Eco-volunteers take action in Bosnia
11 June 2009
Over 100 children and youth from Sarajevo-Novi Grad participated in the WED 2009 festivities. (UNV)
Sarajevo-Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Eco-volunteers of all ages and more than a hundred children and youth from volunteered to help UNV and its partners celebrate World Environment Day. Read
More about: Environment
A global gathering in Mostar
17 April 2009
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina: "We wanted to show people we live quite normal lives." The Mostar International Model United Nations (MOSTIMUN) was one of the first ever university events of its kind in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Read
A global gathering in Mostar
14 April 2009
Supported by UNV, the Mostar International Model United Nations (MOSTIMUN) was one of the first of its kind in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (UNV)
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina: When Victoire Rio came to Mostar and announced her intention to organize a model UN, the feedback was rather negative. "They thought it is simply impossible here," recalls Ms. Rio. Fortunately, they were not right. Read
Countries:  Netherlands
Three women: three UNV assignments
02 March 2009
UNV volunteer Karla Koutkova from the Czech Republic works in UNDP’s Research and Development Unit and the UNV office. (UNV)
Sarajevo, Foca and Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Three UNV volunteers in Bosnia and Herzegovina talk about their varying assignments for UNDP and UNHCR. Read
UNV volunteers club together for Bosnian orphans
13 February 2009
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: UNV volunteers took time out to assist an orphanage as part of their International Volunteer Day (IVD) activities. Read
More about: Children
IVD paves the way for lasting volunteerism in Bosnia and Herzegovina
13 February 2009
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: International Volunteer Day (IVD) was marked in 10 localities across the countrie - from Sarajevo to Banja Luka, Bihac, Doboj, Foca, Livno, Srbrenica, Trebinje and Tuzla. Read
More about: Poverty
Getting together for volunteerism in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
11 July 2008
UNDP Ukraine Resident Representative Francis O'Donnell (left) and Deputy Resident representative Joanna Kazana-Wisniowiecka (centre) discuss proceedings with UNV senior programme specialist Jamshed Kazi. (Philip Sen/UNV)
Kiev, Ukraine: Building civil society in the former Eastern bloc countries presents some unique challenges. Along with local partners, UNV and UNDP are working together to boost the role of volunteerism there. Read
More about: Civil society  Youth
Other languages: en français  
Officials praise UNV programme in South Eastern Europe
10 June 2008
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Policy makers and senior officials this week praised a UNV programme designed to foster regional integration, social cohesion and poverty reduction in the Balkans. Read
More about: Youth
Countries:  Albania  Croatia  Kosovo  Montenegro  Serbia
Youth voluntary action changes street children’s lives
19 November 2007
UNV has been working with the NGO Zemlja djece (Children's Earth) to improve the psycho-social condition of street children and youth, through a spectrum of various educational, counseling and recreational activities. Picture shows a local volunteer teaching a street child how to write.
Tuzla, Bosnia: Since the beginning of 2007, UNV has been working with the NGO Zemlja djece (Children's Earth) to improve the psycho-social condition of street children and youth, through a spectrum of various educational, counseling and recreational activities offered at the TELEX Teenage Centre. For Jasminka Cikaric and Hava Suljic, the Centre in Tuzla was their first real school.  The two former street children had never had formal education before coming here. (Read attached stories below) Read
Japanese Government funds youth project in Bosnia and Herzegovina
04 May 2001
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Japanese Government has pledged US$400,000 to extend a confidence-building initiative among ethnically divided young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Read
More about: Youth

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