Nairobi, Kenya: Fighting poverty and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals is a global responsibility where everyone has a role to play. Governments’ efforts can only complement what ultimately will depend on the full involvement of people all over the world, stressed UNV Executive Coordinator Ad de Raad in his address at the Stand Up Against Poverty Concert in Nairobi. Read

Nairobi, Kenya: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is supporting a new initiative by the Nairobi-based Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations (KARA) to increase local knowledge of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and encourage public engagement in voluntary activities that contribute to the goals' achievement. Read

Francis Kariuki Muigai hails from Kiambu, Central Province, in Kenya. Currently, he is employed as a United Nations Volunteer (UNV) Water Treatment Engineer with the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known as MONUC. Read

Nairobi, Kenya: Through the work of United Nations Volunteer Nurul Huda Chowdhury, more than 3,000 Kenyans have launched small income-generating activities through the Trickle-Up Programme, a U.S.-based initiative that provides US$100 grants to poor people to start their own businesses. His third initiative in Kenya was with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/ World Bank MicroStart initiative. Read

The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) in Kenya supports the Government's National Eradication Plan--a 16-year plan that takes into account the development priorities identified under the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Kenya. In addition, 10 UN Volunteers are supporting Kenya's national HIV/AIDS programme as HIV/AIDS specialists, public health officers and HIV/AIDS district coordinators. Read