Scarborough, Tobago: I remember in my childhood days I perceived the UN as wearing hard hats, having guns and vehicles bearing the big 'UN' logo. So I didn't really know what was meant by the UN, until I met a national UNV volunteer, an engineer, in my country, India. Read

Tabaquite, Trinidad: Volunteering to create change in society is like catalysis - and the volunteer is the catalyst - says UNV volunteer Floriza Palanas-Mendoza, MD. Read

It has struck me in awe how the simple idea of being “Man for Others” from my small world in the eastern corridor of the Philippines, has brought me to the bigger stage where I can contribute as a UNV volunteer. Read

The Sangre Grande hospital has become the new home of Doctor Clement Onuoha, a UNV volunteer who believes volunteering makes a difference in development. Read

Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago: Life is full of surprises and contradictions, says UNV volunteer Fabio Balboni. While working in Trinidad and Tobago as a UNV Specialist on corporate social responsibility, he learned that business and volunteerism actually go hand-in-hand. Read

Port of Spain: Mr. Ad Melkert, UN Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), today awards UNDP Excellence Awards to outstanding UNV volunteers in Trinidad and Tobago for their commitment as ambassadors of volunteerism for development. Read

It took two UNV volunteers – from Nigeria and India – some community work to organize a successful Walk Against Child Hunger in just a month’s time in Trindidad and Tobago. Dr. Onuoha Clement describes how he and Dr. Veena Murlidhar extended voluntary work beyond their assignment as medical doctors to achieve this. Read

Barataria, Trinidad & Tobago: In his native Iran, according to Tooraj's grandfather, "hakim" or healers, doctors are revered almost like holy persons. When it was his turn to heal people as a volunteer doctor in Trinidad and Tobago, Tooraj was torn between the elation of gaining respect and fear of being revered. Read

Bonn, Germany: United Nations Volunteer (UNV) doctor David Musa of Kenya and 15 other UNVs coming from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Egypt, Iran, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Venezuela made the most of International Volunteer Day (IVD) on 5 December, 2004, in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Read