Juba, Sudan: As a Civil Affairs Officer working  in the field, I am most involved in peace building work. Many of the communities in this area are engaged in conflicts over cattle rustling and grazing lands... Read

El Obeid, Sudan: It is a great pleasure being a UNV volunteer and contributing to peace in Sudan in the same way as those who volunteered to build peace in my own country. Read

Juba, Sudan: Being a volunteer means serving without conditions, accepting certain sacrifices, and offering unselfishly one's talents to assist and support mission programmes. Read

Juba, Sudan: I wear two caps: I have both administrative and technical responsibilities. As the Officer-in-Charge, I am responsible for the daily running of the office... As technical staff, my daily tasking includes performing spatial analyses as part of mission spatial decision support systems. Read

Khartoum, Sudan: I realized I was making a big difference in my job. Read

Khartoum, Sudan: "Whoever drinks from the Nile will always return." Working with the Sudan Information Campaign for Returnees in Khartoum I saw that, one day, everyone must come back. Read

Torit, Sudan: Grace Ikirimat, a UNV volunteer Census Officer with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) describes her role in collecting these essential figures in anticipation of the 2009 Sudan elections. Read

Abyei, Sudan: After years of north-south war, the signing of Sudan's peace agreement in early 2005 meant refugees could go back to their places of origin. As a 'triple R' officer, I assist people as they come home and guide them as they begin to rebuild their lives. Read

Bonn, Germany: The UN Volunteers programme (UNV) is preparing to deploy the first of almost 600 UNV volunteers to the Darfur region in Sudan to provide substantive and mission support ranging from human rights and child protection to medical services, communications and logistics. Read

“Midwife Bahga, I will never forget how I have suffered and still do," said 13-year old Mehad, “I underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) at your hands.”  Addressing an awareness-raising session at a girls’ school, Midwife Bahga confessed, “I did not do this out of ill will, but out of ignorance.”  FGM is a fundamental violation of human rights that causes severe pain, trauma, sexual dysfunction, birth and other health complications.  Around 89% of women in the Sudan are affected by FGM. Read