N'Djamena, Chad: As a UNV volunteer Best Practices Specialist at the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), I collect lessons learned and best practices from my mission as well as other missions, and I help my colleagues connect with their peers around the world. This is how we avoid re-inventing the wheel, by benefiting from lessons learned elsewhere. Read

N'Djamena, Chad: I make sure that everything is ready for the following day's aircraft movements in and out our mission's area of responsibility (AOR). Any time cargo or people have to move from one location to another, we provide the service. Read

Gore, Chad: It's easy to think being a refugee is a short-term situation, but in the camps of southern Chad people could be staying for a while. Helping them with longer-term development is Amadou Boubakar, a UNV volunteer Environmental Officer with UNHCR. Read

Gore, Chad: Just because people are refugees doesn't exclude them from rights or responsibilities. In southern Chad, one UNV volunteer sees to it that people continue to respect each other. Read

N'Djamena, Chad: My team of five looks after an office of over 250 people. I keep MINURCAT connected.

The IT helpdesk supports civilian staff at the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) – looking after both software and hardware. In Chad, almost no IT infrastructure exists... That's why you'll never find any of the IT staff in their offices for more than 30 minutes. We are on the go all the time, ensuring MINURCAT's civilian and police staff are up and running too. Read

Assoungha, Chad: Lina El Azem, a Moroccan-Syrian UNV volunteer, shares her experience of working with internally displaced people in Eastern Chad.
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Koukou, Chad: On this International Women’s Day, as the UN calls for an end to violence against women and girls, we relay the remarkable story of UNV volunteer Véronique Derksen of The Netherlands, who is attached to UNHCR in Chad. Having served in the African country for some six months, Ms Derksen has experienced first-hand the suffering of refugees from nearby Sudan. Read the story in French. Read

Dennis Mairena, a UNV field officer in Colombia and UNV public information officer Sy Koumbo Singa Gali in the Democratic Republic of Congo talk about how UNV volunteers are in the "different dimension" and "go the extra mile". Read

Bonn, Germany: In 2003/2004, UN Volunteers mobilized local volunteer action to promote environmentally-friendly habits. Read

Bonn, Germany: UN Volunteers in Chad take people off the street - and send them straight back in an ambitious clean-up drive. Owing to a lack of public rubbish collection services and latrines, waste has piled up in the capital N'djamena. The UNV team has brought together groups to rid the capital of garbage and the health risks that come with it. Read