People living with or affected by HIV/AIDS are faced with a multitude of challenges:  they must deal not only with medical problems, but also with social discrimination and economic difficulties.  In Zambia, the Microfinance for Poverty Reduction project made financial services accessible to poor people, largely women, living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Read

Lusaka, Zambia: American actor Matt Damon was in Zambia recently to visit a UNDP/UNV poverty reduction project as part of a listening and learning trip on efforts to fight extreme poverty in Africa. Damon’s five-day trip was sponsored by DATA (Debt AIDS Trade Africa), the Africa advocacy group co-founded by U2 lead singer Bono. Read

Lusaka, Zambia: UN Volunteers working with Zambia’s National AIDS Council are now able to extend their services to the remotest parts of the country, thanks to 54 vehicles recently given by UNDP and the World Bank. Read

Lusaka, Zambia: "I was a UN Volunteer in the Maldives for more than 2 years supporting rural atoll islands under the Maldives government poverty alleviation project of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP)." Read

The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) has been in Zambia since the 1970s and works with a number of partners including the Zambian Government, other UN agencies, development banks and non-governmental organizations. Since 1991, UNV has made significant contributions to Zambia's health sector reform programme through two UNV-executed projects: HIV/AIDS prevention and care and paramedical training. Read