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

Bonn, Germany: Gabriela Elroy is a Swedish UN Volunteer fully-funded by her government who is working as a gender specialist with the Middle East Nonviolence and Democracy (MEND), a Palestinian NGO in Jerusalem. 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

Gaza/West Bank: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) has been working in the Palestinian Territories since late 1994 following the signing of theOslo Peace Accords. The signing of the peace accords for Gaza and Jericho in 1993 gave a new inout for rehabilitation and development in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Read

Gaza/West Bank: To celebrate the International Volunteer Day (IVD) in the Palestinian Territories the United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) in consultation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP decided to gather all serving national and international UN Volunteers in the West Bank and Gaza. Read