As a Swiss fully funded UNV intern, Corinne Demenge has the opportunity to support the work and efforts of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in India. She is acting as the focal point for WFP’s nutritional intervention for People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) in rural Bihar. The aim of this project is to improve the nutritional status of PLHAs by providing them with home take rations of fortified food, and by enabling them to access free counselling services at the Community Care Centre in Nazareth Hospital, Mokama. Read

Bonn, Germany: Less than two weeks since tsunamis struck on 26 December, the support of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and presence of UN Volunteers continues to mount in the devastated countries in the Indian Ocean region. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, in coordination with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Offices and the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR), is deploying teams of UN Volunteers in several South Asian countries to help governments, NGOs and other UN agencies provide relief to thousands of people who have lost their homes and family members in the tsunamis of 26 December. Read

Bonn, Germany: In 2000, a team of Indian UN Volunteers working under the United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) used their ICT skills to help the people of Orissa, India, recover from a devastating cyclone that hit the state. Read

Bonn, Germany: Answering an urgent request from the Assam Relief Commissioner, a team of UN Volunteers dispatched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) responded rapidly to assess damage after a powerful cyclone killed at least 36 people and left thousands homeless in India’s north-eastern region. Read