"Overall, my visit to Baltistan was incredible. The students and citizens of this region are full of hope for their futures, but are in need of technical support and resources to help them achieve this vision of excellence," explains Kate Anderson Simons, who has been supporting GRACE Association Pakistan as an online volunteer since 2007.

An education consultant focusing on children affected by poverty, armed conflict, and lack of educational opportunities, she hopes that "through continued collaboration, the GRACE staff, partners, and volunteers can make this vision a reality." Read

Freetown, Sierra Leone: There's two UNV volunteers who know from personal experience how difficult Sierra Leone's water and sanitation problem is – and they are among the people tasked to fix it. Read

Islamabad, Pakistan: UNV volunteer Rizwan Latif works as Outreach and Capacity Development Officer at ROZAN, an Islamabad based NGO working on issues related to emotional and psychological health, gender, violence against women and children, and the psychological and reproductive health of adolescents. Read

Bonn, Germany: Online volunteers are sharing their professional skills to strengthen human rights advocacy in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. Read

Peshawar, Pakistan: With the help of a UNV volunteer, Afghan refugees in Pakistan are developing sustainable self-governance methods - turning their camp into a community they run and pay for themselves. Read