Lomé, Togo: 750 new Togolese volunteers took an oath during the 12 March ceremony in Lomé organized by the National Volunteering Programme in Togo (PROVONAT) and the Government of Togo. PROVONAT was established and implemented by a team of UN Volunteers with funding from UNDP and technical support from UNV. Read

Benin: Online volunteers are supporting the Benin-based NGO, Fondation Joseph the Worker, in making documents that promote democracy and human rights available in the most widely spoken languages of West Africa. “Translation is crucial to making knowledge accessible at the grassroots level”, says Joseph Mevognon, the foundation’s Executive Director. Read

Sometimes, UN Volunteers and UN online volunteers work hand in hand. As a UNV Programme Manager in Togo, Sonia Rigaud (France) called on Elise Gourier, a French translator living Switzerland, to translate material through UNV's Online Volunteering service.  Read

Bonn, Germany: Volunteerism is one of the longest traditions in environmental activism, and community initiatives are invariably volunteer-based. Volunteers are to be found in conservation efforts around the world. Read

Lome, Togo: The UN recently met in Rome  to discuss the global food crisis, and the World Bank has allocated funding for six countries in particular distress. One of these is Togo, where a UNV volunteer has helped launch an impromptu programme to meet immediate needs. Read