Maseru, Lesotho: Janice Lachman serves as an international UNV volunteer at the highest levels in Lesotho to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS can get the nutrition and services they need. Read

Sao Paolo, Brazil: A volunteer working with UNV under the Seniores Italia programme has been deploying his commercial expertise in Latin America to help people set their small businesses on the path to profit. Read

Chimborazo, Ecuador: Ecuadorian women looking to improve their livelihoods and food security have benefited from the business expertise of Italian volunteers working with the United Nations Volunteers programme. Read

Jakarta, Indonesia: UNV will play a major part in a new initiative in Indonesia, working alongside the Government and nine UN partners in the fight against poverty. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Indonesia, El-Mostafa Benlamlih, said: "This programme shows how we can maximize our impact by combining our strengths." Read

Tullahought, Ireland: A woman working as an UNV volunteer intern in Cambodia is showing how Irish people are making a real difference in some of the poorest communities in the World, according to Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin. Christina Duggan is one of 42 volunteers to have gained experience under the Irish UNV internship programme since 2006. Read

Ulaangom, Mongolia: A UNV volunteer has teamed up with Japanese partners to help Mongolians market some products with unusual benefits -  such as the second most nutritious fruit in the world. Read

Siem Reap, Cambodia: Tonle Sap, South-East Asia's largest freshwater lake - is under pressure from its human population. UNV volunteers are working alongside local people to help reduce their impact on its complex ecosystem. Read

Lome, Togo: The UN recently met in Rome  to discuss the global food crisis, and the World Bank has allocated funding for six countries in particular distress. One of these is Togo, where a UNV volunteer has helped launch an impromptu programme to meet immediate needs. Read

Apia, Samoa: To bring world-class ice cream expertise to Samoa, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is sponsoring an Italian ice cream production expert to provide short-term advisory services to Supreme Ice Cream under the Corporate/Private Sector Programme (CPS), formerly known as the United Nations International Short-Term Advisory Resources. Read

Bonn, Germany: On the premise that the needs of people living with AIDS are best understood by those affected, UN Volunteers have been providing support to the Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GIPA), an ongoing initiative of UNDP and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Working within local communities in twelve countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, the volunteers – many of whom are HIV positive – support health and homebased care, challenge stigma and discrimination, strengthen the capacity of self-help networks, and promote prevention programmes. Read