Bangkok, Thailand: As a UNV volunteer Intern at UNESCO Bangkok I saw that my colleagues were perhaps missing the grassroots experience in the community they were working in... That’s why I decided to try to develop a volunteer project that could involve members of my host UN organization. Read

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: My experience as UNV volunteer Intern in Cambodia is really an important step both in my professional career and in my personal life. Working as a UNV volunteer allows me to be closer to the ‘field’, compared to other UN positions which are sometimes distant from the reality of the communities. Read

Barahona, Dominican Republic: We provided them with the instruments and knowledge required to help overcome future natural disasters. Being a UNV volunteer placed me among the people in need and allowed me to walk with them through the difficult path of recovery. Read

Bangkok, Thailand: As part of the UNIFEM team, and first of all as a UNV volunteer, I helped facilitate the training and had the chance to meet young students dedicated to gender issues and committed to ending violence against women. Read

Sao Paolo, Brazil: A volunteer working with UNV under the Seniores Italia programme has been deploying his commercial expertise in Latin America to help people set their small businesses on the path to profit. Read

Bangkok, Thailand: At the beginning of my assignment, I wondered about the rationale for posting me, a UNV volunteer, in a country which has achieved most of the Millennium Development Goals. But despite all the achievements of the past 20 years, development challenges and inequalities still persist in Thailand... Read

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: "A project is first of all the people who work on it day after day." An Italian UNV volunteer Intern shares her experience with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Cambodia. Read

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: This experience has enriched me and has given me a force to continue with volunteer work to improve services for the community. The same spirit and force that I noticed in people with whom I worked. Read

Kadugli, Sudan: A group of UNV volunteers working in Sudan is uniting to volunteer after hours and encourage local people to volunteer in their community. Read

Bondoukou, Côte d’Ivoire: A quarter of the inmates at Bondoukou prison are still awaiting trial. Some have been there for years. A UNV volunteer is helping to ensure that their human rights are recognized. Read