Nairobi, Kenya: Some 900 volunteers will take part in a countrywide peace and reconciliation drive in areas that were hard hit by the post-election violence. The United Nation Volunteers is sponsoring the programme, which targets 21 districts. Read

Nairobi, Kenya: Neighbourhood volunteers supported by UNV and the UN's Peacebuilding Fund are fostering coexistence after the ethnic violence that gripped Kenya earlier this year. Sixth months on from the peace agreement, a 'Peace Day' was held to recognize their achievements. Read

Nairobia, Kenya: Policies are being made to streamline measures on respective Environmental Acts of African governments that will eventually form the backbone of the continent's economic activities. This has been done through the support of UNEP and I have been fortunate to be part of this campaign. Read

Kitgum, Uganda: I was to assist people internally displaced by the 20-year conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army group and the Government of Uganda. Referring to my Terms of Reference – I would be working as an Associate Protection Officer – it was like a dream come true. Read

New York, USA: The UN Peace Building Fund has granted US$ 1 million to the Emergency Volunteer Scheme (EVS), which will promote conflict resolution in Kenya. The financial support allocated in late May gives a substantial boost to a pilot initiative underway in deprived areas of the Rift Valley. Read

Nairobi, Kenya: Fighting poverty and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals is a global responsibility where everyone has a role to play. Governments’ efforts can only complement what ultimately will depend on the full involvement of people all over the world, stressed UNV Executive Coordinator Ad de Raad in his address at the Stand Up Against Poverty Concert in Nairobi. Read

Nairobi, Kenya: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is supporting a new initiative by the Nairobi-based Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations (KARA) to increase local knowledge of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and encourage public engagement in voluntary activities that contribute to the goals' achievement. Read

Francis Kariuki Muigai hails from Kiambu, Central Province, in Kenya. Currently, he is employed as a United Nations Volunteer (UNV) Water Treatment Engineer with the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known as MONUC. Read

Nairobi, Kenya: Through the work of United Nations Volunteer Nurul Huda Chowdhury, more than 3,000 Kenyans have launched small income-generating activities through the Trickle-Up Programme, a U.S.-based initiative that provides US$100 grants to poor people to start their own businesses. His third initiative in Kenya was with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/ World Bank MicroStart initiative. Read

The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) in Kenya supports the Government's National Eradication Plan--a 16-year plan that takes into account the development priorities identified under the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Kenya. In addition, 10 UN Volunteers are supporting Kenya's national HIV/AIDS programme as HIV/AIDS specialists, public health officers and HIV/AIDS district coordinators. Read