Bonn, Germany: In 2003/2004, UN Volunteers mobilized local volunteer action to promote environmentally-friendly habits. Read

Timbuktu, Mali: The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré and Mohammed Cissé, Mayor of Timbuktu, on 20 December launched the City of Timbuktu’s official internet site www.tombouctou.net at the Timbuktu community Telecenter. The “mayor’s on-line office” is a UN Volunteers e-governance pilot project designed by volunteers. Read

Bonn, Germany: The project “online mayor”is part of the decentralization work of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) in Mali to apply information and communication technology (ICT) for the development of rural regions. A main objective is to help bring government and decision-making closer to the people. Read

Bonn, Germany: Women in Mali wear many hats. They are the household managers, the farm workers in the fields, the potters and the salespersons in the markets or along village streets. Yet despite their many skills, they find it hard to turn a profit because most work alone at home and have not had the chance to learn about marketing. This is where the UN Volunteers, the majority of them national field workers, come in. Read

Bonn, Germany: As a medical doctor and nutritionist in Mali, I am assigned to one of the poorest countries in the world. I work in a deprived rural community of 2,800 inhabitants in the Mopti region, some 800 km from the capital. Read