Magude, Mozambique: Ignorance, disease and poverty are the three principal archenemies of man. So I have devoted myself to fighting against these all my life. I read economics at college, then studied banking and rural credit management. Read

Bonn, Germany: Some 1.5 million landmines are estimated to be buried in Mozambique. Assemu Tameru, a UNV cartographer from Ethiopia is working with the National Demining Commission (CND), detecting surveys and interviews with people in mined areas help to determine the exact coordinates of the minefields. Read

Bonn, Germany: Justino Segredo, born in Mozambique, a refugee for ten years in Zambia, returned to home when the civil war came to end. Many things had changed and destroyed. He became a UNV Field Worker in a Community Development project to fight against poverty in his homecountry. Read

Several hundred United Nations Volunteers have since assisted in Mozambique on its difficult path from violence and destruction towards reconciliation and reconstruction. Read

Bonn, Germany: "The UNVs were the first to roll up their sleeves and work day and night when cholera broke out. They really demonstrated what volunteerism is about." It is with deep respect that Luciano Lisboa, Director of the Institute of Health Services in Beira recalls the dedication of the UNV tutor nurses Aisha Mtwana from Tanzania, and her Cuban colleagues Julia Isabel Vazquez Prieto and Mayda Rosa Font during the two months when the epidemic hit Mozambique’s second largest city. Read

Bonn, Germany: Business promotion is crucial in Mozambique where 60% of the population are estimated to be unemployed and the per capita GDP is less than USD 100, making Mozambique one of the poorest countries in the world. Read

Bonn, Germany: When night falls, the sound of an antelope’s horn is transmitted on Radio Mozambique. It is the symbol for the municipal elections at the end of June, calling on people to cast their vote. Read