Bonn, Germany: The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) today announced that it is contributing US$2.6 million to support the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in providing immediate recovery and long-term rehabilitation assistance to victims of the 26 December tsunamis in Indonesia, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Read

Bonn, Germany/Geneva, Switzerland: The UN Volunteers (UNV) programme will increase its immediate and long-term support to countries devastated by the 26 December tsunamis thanks in part to a US$ 5-million contribution today announced by the Government of Japan. Read

Bonn, Germany: On 5 December, International Volunteer Day, the first City with a Heart Award will be presented to those cities that have demonstrated the remarkable contributions civic engagement through voluntary action can make to urban development, especially in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read

Bonn, Germany: Quotes on the crucial role volunteerism play not in only in development but also its impact of people's lives, especially the volunteers. Read

Bonn, Germany: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) campaign is an effort by the United Nations to encourage countries to do more and to join forces in the fight against poverty, illiteracy, hunger, lack of education, gender inequality, child and material mortality, disease and environmental degradation.
Online volunteering activities contribute in many ways to each of the MDGs, directly or indirectly. For example: Read

Bonn, Germany: Ad de Raad has been appointed Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme. The announcement was made today by Mark Malloch Brown, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Read

BONN: Message of the Executive Coordinator a.i., United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programmeAd de Raad . Read

Bonn, Germany: Reaching out to the most remote parts of Kyrgyzstan, UN Volunteers are helping some 30,000 people to organize and become an effective force in the community. As part of the National Poverty Alleviation Programme, UN Volunteers are supporting individual initiatives such as micro-loans to generate income and improve livelihoods as well as communal schemes, like building roads to better access farm lands. Read

Bonn, Germany: Building trust and promoting understanding and tolerance among youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina are the key objectives of the UNDP and UNV Integrated Youth Programme. UN Volunteers are working in 15 municipalities where people displaced by the war continue to return to their former homes. Read

Bonn, Germany: On the premise that the needs of people living with AIDS are best understood by those affected, UN Volunteers have been providing support to the Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA), an ongoing initiative of UNDP and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Working within local communities in twelve countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, the volunteers – many of whom are HIV positive – support health and homebased care, challenge stigma and discrimination, strengthen the capacity of self-help networks, and promote prevention programmes. Read