Tabaquite, Trinidad: Volunteering to create change in society is like catalysis - and the volunteer is the catalyst - says UNV volunteer Floriza Palanas-Mendoza, MD. Read

Bonn, Germany: When UN Volunteer Manu Longo of Italy first came to the Philippines in 2003, she quickly realized how ‘young’ the country was: one-third of the Philippine population is between the age of 15 and 30 years old. And while she was amazed at the number of youth organizations active in the country, she was equally surprised when she discovered that, according to a survey conducted by the National Youth Council, only two out of every five youth volunteer. Read

BONN: Former cockatoo poachers have become unpaid wardens in the Philippines, a rare role switch to protect a bird they once endangered. Thanks to the efforts of Peter Widdmann, a German Development Service (DED) volunteer and executive director of the Philippine Cockatoo Conservation Programme (PCCP), the birds are being bred in Narra on Palawan's Raza Island in the Sulu Sea. Read