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

Kaneshie-Accra, Ghana: Online news portal helps connect African NGOs and earns its Ghanaian creator the prestigious United Nations Volunteer award. Read

Kumasi, Ghana: Young volunteers engaged via UNV Online Volunteering service are supporting the communication and outreach activities of Young People We Care, a youth-led NGO based in Ghana that empowers young people to take action for the MDGs. Read

Accra, Ghana: Through UNV Online Volunteering service's website, online volunteers help Paajaf, a Ghanaian foundation, to hold an international youth conference in Ghana. Read

Spriggs-Payne Airfield, Monrovia, Liberia: I chose to be a volunteer because the only way to close the gap is through volunteerism. Read