Bekaa Valley, Lebanon: Women food cooperatives in the region of Bekaa produce high quality natural foods. Despite good manufacturing facilities and excellent products, marketing and sales continue to be a challenge. Two UN corporate/private sector Volunteers from Kraft Foods helped the cooperatives find ways to boost sales. Read

Beirut, Lebanon: Before Live Lebanon, “It was harder for Lebanese expats to send remittances directly to development projects,” says Kareen Baydoun, national UNV volunteer. Read

Beirut, Lebanon: The 13 national UNV volunteers worked nonstop, six days per week, to provide fast, efficient and accurate information on the 2010 Municipal Elections. Read

Beirut, Lebanon: UNV led the UN system in Lebanon's 'Teach-in' initiative during 'Education for All' Week (23-30 April 2010). The activity was supported by the National Commission for UNESCO with the participation of 14 UN agencies active in the country. Read

In the end of August, Hanna Gabriella Snarberg, a UNV volunteer Press Officer with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Naqoura and the UNIFIL cameraman Bob Sullivan traveled with the Indian battalion’s (INDBATT) Public Information Officer Maj. Pandey and five other Indian military officers through their area of operations in South East Lebanon. The purpose: to get first-hand information on the level of destruction during the war  and to report on UNIFIL humanitarian assistance in South Lebanon. Read