Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Energy efficiency programmes combined with the development of renewable energy sources will boost energy supply in Kyrgyzstan. Under the Shell 'Project Better World' initiative in cooperation with UNV, I served as an energy efficiency consultant to an environmental NGO. Read

Monrovia, Liberia: Thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous speech, I was never in doubt why a single man's dream was strong enough to change the entire world. It was a dream backed with an undying passion... I knew I had a dream too. It was a dream of equal access to safe drinking water and improved public health outcomes for the world's poor. Read

Zomba Central Hospital, Malawi: Prevention is better than cure. A UNV volunteer doctor in Malawi is putting this adage into practice with a health education programme that harnesses the volunteer spirit. Read

Dili, Timor-Leste: I operate and maintain the Mission’s communications infrastructure... That means I keep people in touch.

UNMIT's Integrated Mission Support Services are as advanced as they are vibrant and I contribute in no small measure towards meeting UNMIT’s communications needs. This is ensured by a continuous and systematic approach and responding to daily demands and requirements, often meeting tight and difficult deadlines. Read

Bonn, Germany: With National Assembly and Presidential Elections to be held on 20 and 27 February in Nigeria this year, the EU decided to give further support to the electoral process in the country. It would assist the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with international monitors. The EU requested UNV to recruit and field 100 Electoral Monitors on its behalf. UNV had already provided support to the UN Electoral Assistance Secretariat by assigning 24 Electoral Officers to Nigeria in early December last, 12 of them National UNVs. Read

Bonn, Germany: One hundred electoral monitors recruited by the United Nations Volunteers programme left for Nigeria to render support to the National Assembly and Presidential elections. Read

Bonn, Germany: One hundred electoral monitors recruited by the United Nations Volunteers programme will leave for Nigeria on 12 February to render support to the National Assembly and Presidential elections. Read