Managua, Nicaragua: Finding the link between poverty and the loss of biodiversity is simple: the small producers inhabiting rural Nicaragua need firewood to survive, and have no other option than to find it in the forest. Read

Managua, Nicaragua: UNV volunteers are helping to reduce food insecurity for Nicaragua's most vulnerable families by strengthening local governance. The ultimate goal is to ensure food security projects are integrated into all short- and long-term local planning. Read

Victoria Díaz-García, an Irish Aid sponsored UNV intern and Urs Bernhard, a Swiss sponsored UNV intern, have done the arduous six-day-long trip along Río Coco to provide gender training and technical monitoring to the indigenous Miskitu communities of Raití and Walakitán, two of the most Northeastern communities located in the department of Jinotega. Read

Bonn, Germany: UNVs helped governments put the rights of children and young people onto their agendas. Read

León, Nicaragua: A UN Volunteer in Nicaragua has significantly raised public awareness of issues concerning children and youth by negotiating free weekly air time for child rights advocates. Tanya Urquieta from the United States, who has just completed a 15-month assignment as a UN Volunteer, arranged radio spots of up to 30 minutes each week and five short programmes daily to sensitize the local population on child and youth issues. Read

Bonn, Germany: Thanks to an initiative employed by UNV and UNDP in Nicaragua, 50 young Nicaraguan students have traded classrooms for the field to help with the reconstruction of their country in the aftermath of hurricane Mitch. They have been part of a special brigade formed to support the Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project, aimed at addressing the country’s dire needs after this devastating natural disaster. Read