Bonn, Germany: Since 2000, about 50 UN Volunteers living with HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean have confronted the discrimination related to the epidemic. In Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago they have played active roles in a network of seropositive persons who have learned to summon their courage. Read

Bonn, Germany: Thirty UN Volunteers arrived in Guyana late yesterday to take up two-week assignments as short-term observers for parliamentary elections on Monday, 19 March. Read

Georgetown, Guyana: Sanna-Leena Rautanen's title of environmental researcher is a bit of a misnomer. The UN Volunteer's teaching responsibilities at the University of Guyana range from courses in civil engineering to social studies -- a tall order in the "Land of Many Waters". Read

Bonn, Germany: UN studies note that a record 2.6 million people died from the HIV/AIDS pandemic in 1999 and another 5.6 million became infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The fight against HIV/AIDS is not only medical. The stigma of AIDS and its effect on societies is also an enemy UN Volunteers are combating. UNVs -- many of them infected with HIV -- have stepped into the open to give a human face and voice to the epidemic. Read

Bonn, Germany: Ophthalmologist Dr. Sunil Sachdeva, a 34year-old UNV, devotes his time to improving eye care in Guyana. He is working to strengthen virtually non-existent ophthalmic services in this South American country of 750,000 citizens. Read