Tashkent, Uzbekistan: It was a great honour for me, as the national IYV+10 Coordinator in Uzbekistan, to participate in the celebration of the birth of the United Nations. We provided our visitors with information about UNV activities and initiatives, and I referred people to our Facebook page, which I was happy to find most of them were already following.

These posts not only include reports about our activities, but also contain links to various competitions, educational opportunities, contests, projects and programmes that people can get involved in. Read

Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Volunteers from across Uzbekistan met to share knowledge and skills on IVD. "Today’s event shows volunteerism is alive and well in Uzbekistan. We face global challenges, from food price rises to human trafficking and the spread of HIV/AIDS. Volunteers are vital in tackling these," said Edin Elgsaether, the United Nations Volunteers programme Officer in Uzbekistan. Read

Kiev, Ukraine: Building civil society in the former Eastern bloc countries presents some unique challenges. Along with local partners, UNV and UNDP are working together to boost the role of volunteerism there. Read

Tashkent, Uzbekistan: A UNV volunteer nutrition specialist from Djibouti is helping the Government of Uzbekistan to develop better ways of preventing malnourishment and ill-health among mothers and children. Read

There were four of us, UNV Interns, at the Sub-Regional Retreat organized in the summer of 2007 by the UNV country offices in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. We had a retreat recently, and it was a wonderful experience. We had the possibility to get to know the realities in these three countries, to bond and feel like ONE Central Asia Team and to enjoy the glorious scenario of Issyk-Kul lake, in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

For us, it was the perfect occasion to share our feelings and experiences and to compare how each succeeded in adapting to a completely new working and living reality. We discussed similarities and differences of the three Central Asian countries and compared our UNV experiences, which we found very different among each other, though  equally challenging and important in the personal growth of all of us. Read

Bonn, Germany: Whether hosting his show on national television or knocking on doors of potential partners, Claude Ntanta is a visible advocate for the emerging online generation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Exposing women's groups and students to the power of information systems, Claude is helping the war-torn country step into the digital age. Read

A seven-page booklet prepared by UNV Uzbekistan highlighting ways in which volunteers are helping the country achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Read