Guatemala City, Guatemala: My work as a UN Volunteer with the WFP has been very interesting, challenging and rewarding. Guatemala has one of the world’s highest rates of chronic under nutrition in children below the age of five. My work has been rewarding because our efforts do have an impact. Read

Ha Noi, Viet Nam: In Viet Nam – a UN 'Delivering as One' pilot country - UNV volunteers are right at the heart of working gender into the mainstream of development programming. Read

Bonn, Germany: The Experimental Center for the Development of the Small and Medium Rural Companies is a non-governmental organization (NGO), formed by indigenous and non –indigenous women and men, with the objective to improve the quality of life for rural families of the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Read

Bonn, Germany: Finnish President Tarja Halonen was one of thousands of visitors to a four-day "People and Development" conference and fair arranged by Finland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Helsinki. While at the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) exhibition, President Halonen told UNV staff members of her interest in development and of her knowledge of the situation in Guatemala, where UNV has a long-standing programme in support of human rights. Read