28 October 2008
Carapicuíba, Brazil: UNV and its partners in Brazil are harnessing school volunteers to raise awareness of nutrition and Millennium Development Goal (MDG) number one: 'Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger'. Read
24 October 2008
New York, USA: A UN General Assembly committee has adopted a new UN resolution that calls on governments to mobilize support for volunteerism research and asks the UN system to integrate volunteerism into its programmes. Read
More about: Civil society
08 September 2008
Luanda, Angola: Rebuilding literacy after 27 years of war is a major challenge for Angola. A UNV volunteer is forging links between Government, NGOs and private companies to help redress the balance. Read
More about: Education MDG 2: Universal primary education
Countries: Angola
06 June 2008
Abyei, Sudan: After years of north-south war, the signing of Sudan's peace agreement in early 2005 meant refugees could go back to their places of origin. As a 'triple R' officer, I assist people as they come home and guide them as they begin to rebuild their lives. Read
Countries: Sudan
02 January 2008
"Built on sandy hills with 328 sunny days, one of the Brazilian favorite place for tourists looking for relax and good beaches". This is what I read nine months ago on Google search, just a moment after the phone had rung and a voice on the other part had told me that my duty station would have been this Brazilian northeast coast city. Read
More about: Children
15 June 2007
This book, jointly published by the UN Volunteers programme and UN Development Programme in Brazil, contains 50 practical and successful projects on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It aims to encourage people to get involved in development and volunteering, establish new development projects and help civil society organizations with their work towards achieving the MDGs. (Read the original article in Portuguese here) Read
MDG Brazil Editorial/Sumario (2.28 mb) MDG 1: Acabar com a fome e a miseria (479 kb) MDG 2: Educacao basica de qualidade para todos (351 kb) MDG 3: Igualdade entre sexos e valorizaca da mulher (309 kb) MDG 4y5: Reduzir a mortalidade infatil y Melhorar a saude das gestantes (376 kb) MDG 6: Combater a AIDS, a malaria e outras doencas (164 kb) MDG 7: Qualidade de vida e respeito ao meio ambiente (419 kb) MDG 8: Todo mundo trabalhando pelo desenvolvimento (691 kb) Coloboradores (41 kb) More about: MDGs: General
21 May 2007
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 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
More about: Poverty
05 December 2006
Bonn, Germany: Every day, countless citizens volunteer their time, energy and skills in response to crises or people in need. International Volunteer Day (IVD) was instituted to make visible and recognize the contribution of these unknown heroes, who, by their engagement, bring their countries one step closer to the Millennium Development Goals. Read
UNV Executive Coordinator's message for IVD 2006 (23 kb) UN Secretary General s message for IVD 2006 (63 kb) UNDP Administrator s message for IVD 2006 (43 kb) Other languages: en français
25 November 2004
Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, the Inter-American Development Bank’s Inter-American Initiative on Social Capital, Ethics and Development and the UN-Habitat will launch “Cities with Heart” on International Volunteer Day, 5 December. Read
More about: MDG 7: Environmental sustainability
09 August 2004
Sao Paolo, Brazil: United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme distributed information kits on volunteerism and the Millennium Development Goals to some 20,000 schools and 5,000 state in Brazil. Read
