Monrovia, Liberia and Kinshasa, DRC: Top UN official Helen Clark has joined Liberian Government ministers and community leaders to launch a new UNV-supported volunteering initiative aimed at spreading a message of peace, before making her way to meet UNV's biggest operation. Read

Zwedru, Liberia: In conformity with the Secretary-General’s 'Delivering as One' project, UN agencies in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County, observed an official opening of the UN Joint Office. Read

Totota, Liberia: With UNV support, women volunteers in Liberia are teaming up to build their businesses. The project helps communities pull their financial resources together and involves lending pools drawn from accumulated profits. Read

Monrovia, Liberia: For peace to succeed, people affected by war need to come to terms with what happened to them. As a survivor of conflict herself, UNV volunteer Joyce Kamara has a special empathy. Read

Monrovia, Liberia: For this year's International Volunteer Day (IVD) in Liberia, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme Support Unit, in close cooperation with the UNDP/UNV Country Office Team (COT) coordinated volunteer based events in three different locations in the sectors including Harper as well as the capital city Monrovia. Read

Greenville, Liberia: From helping to protect a juvenile prisoner to organizing events for Human Rights Day, the work of a UNV volunteer Human Rights Officer is never short of interest, as Jon Izaguirre Garcia explains from Liberia. Read

Zwedru, Liberia: From Liberia, Emmanuel Bryma Momoh, a UNV volunteer Human Rights Officer with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Human Rights and Protection Section, shares his thoughts and activities from 16 days dedicated to promoting human rights. Read

Monrovia, Liberia: The President of Liberia has praised the UNV-supported National Youth Volunteer Service (NYVS) programme at a ceremony in Monrovia, and pledged to further support the scheme. Read

Grand Gedeh County, Liberia: Women continue to face insecurity occasioned by rape, domestic violence and other forms of physical abuse. Very few cases are properly prosecuted... This leads to impunity and perpetrates a vicious cycle of violence against women. I am helping them to break out of it. Read

Monrovia, Liberia: In River Gee the prison facility is managed by volunteers. I always try to identify myself with them, to appreciate and recognize their contribution. I also caution them to always use their skills and time to bring positive change within their communities. Read