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

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

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

Sarajevo, Foca and Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Three UNV volunteers in Bosnia and Herzegovina talk about their varying assignments for UNDP and UNHCR. Read

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina: UNV volunteers took time out to assist an orphanage as part of their International Volunteer Day (IVD) activities. Read

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

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

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

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

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