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

Rajasthan, India: In India's Rajasthan State, national UN Volunteer and water specialist Kulwant Singh is deeply involved in reviving traditional rainwater conservation practices and stirring local activism as a sustainable solution to the region's recurrent water shortages Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) has been nominated as a finalist for the Stockholm Challenge Award for its efforts to support rehabilitation efforts in the wake of a devastating super cyclone in Orissa, India. Read

Gujarat, India: Anyone passing these days through Anjar, Bacchau, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Rapar, Maliya and Morbi towns in Gujarat, India, would be shocked at the devastation caused by the earthquake of 26 January 2001 that measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale. Over 100 high-rise apartments built during the past five years have either been reduced to rubble or damaged enough to be declared unsafe. Even the upper-class houses that have withstood the earthquake have suffered severe cracks. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) are recruiting 107 National UN Volunteers to help coordinate the distribution of relief items in the earthquake stricken region of Gujarat in northwestern India. Read

BONN: A joint project supported by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV), seeks to restore cultural heritage and develop a sense of community amongst people from different religious and social traditions in Punjab, India. Read

Orissa, India: The state of Orissa in eastern India was devastated by a cyclone on 29 October 1999. Efforts have been in full swing to help the affected people of Orissa first through immediate relief measures. Several agencies under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have come together here to work. The UN's mission in Orissa, however, could not have been such a success were it not for the efforts of the 13 national United Nations Volunteers (NUNVs). Read