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Online volunteer for Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa
15 December 2011
(Photo: Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa, 2011)
Sharing her long-standing editorial experience, Yolanta Cwik from Canada conceived a website and posters for the Deworm Ghana Campaign run by the Ghana-based NGO Volunteer Partnerships for West Africa (VPWA). 3,900 children were dewormed as a result of this campaign, which was the first in a series that the organization will replicate in other West African countries. Read
Countries:  Ghana
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
Inspiration in Indonesia
02 March 2009
Kartini Mansmoor is a national UNV volunteer with the UNDP People-Centred Development Programme. (UNV)
Jakarta and Teluk Mayalibit, Indonesia: Almost half of the total number of UNV volunteers in Indonesia are women, working on a variety of projects: here we introduce two of them. Read
Countries:  Indonesia
Former UNV head remembered for her inspirational life and work
04 November 2008
The plaque unveiled on 4 November 2008 at the memorial tree for former UNV Executive Coordinator Sharon Capeling-Alakija. (UNV)
Bonn, Germany: The life and work of former UNV Executive Coordinator Sharon Capeling-Alakija was celebrated today in a memorial ceremony held in Bonn. Ms. Capeling-Alakija headed UNV from 1998 until her death exactly five years ago. Read
Countries:  Germany
Jack of all trades: Reporting from Rwanda
17 July 2008
During June 2008, over 200 Rwandan Returnees were repatriated from a camp closing in Tanzania. Here they board trucks that will take them to their hometowns. (J. Pollonais/UNV)
Kigali, Rwanda: Acting as an organizational and communications focal point in the country for the field offices, regional UNHCR offices and headquarters in Geneva, I often feel like Shiva incarnate, my four arms at the ready as I multi-task with the various reporting and public relations tasks on my plate. Read

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