It took two UNV volunteers – from Nigeria and India – some community work to organize a successful Walk Against Child Hunger in just a month’s time in Trindidad and Tobago. Dr. Onuoha Clement describes how he and Dr. Veena Murlidhar extended voluntary work beyond their assignment as medical doctors to achieve this. Read

Barataria, Trinidad & Tobago: In his native Iran, according to Tooraj's grandfather, "hakim" or healers, doctors are revered almost like holy persons. When it was his turn to heal people as a volunteer doctor in Trinidad and Tobago, Tooraj was torn between the elation of gaining respect and fear of being revered. Read

Bonn, Germany: United Nations Volunteer (UNV) doctor David Musa of Kenya and 15 other UNVs coming from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Egypt, Iran, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Venezuela made the most of International Volunteer Day (IVD) on 5 December, 2004, in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Read