La Paz, Bolivia: My name is Teresa Calderón; I’m a social communicator. I joined UNICEF in 2008 as a UN Volunteer to support community health actions with a focus on nutrition.

From this office we support the National Zero Malnutrition Programme, which is currently a priority for the Bolivian Government. Read

La Paz, Bolivia: I have been working as a UN Volunteer in La Paz, Bolivia, since 2009. I work in the Water and Environmental Sanitation section of UNICEF as a UNV Water and Sanitation Officer. Read

Rwanda: My name is Antoine Deliége and I am an international UN Volunteer from Belgium, working closely with Right To Play International, a non-governmental organization (NGO), to implement an UNICEF-funded project to ensure that many Rwandan children and youth will have the opportunity to play. Read

Egypt: "[A]ssisting a team of wonderfully talented and fully dedicated women to bring about positive change in the behavior of many Egyptian children and families (in matters of hygiene, non-violence, nutrition and more) is where I have found the most joy in my experience,” says Dalia Ashour who supports the Communication for Development Section.  Dalia promotes healthy living, hygienic practices and nutrition, and has also participated in emergency responses. Read

Nairobi, Kenya: “It is inspiring to be able to engage with communities and understand the challenges they are facing,"says Daisy Serem, UNV Assistant Communication Officer. Daisy makes regular field trips to highlight the work being done to ensure every child receives proper nutrition and health services, clean water and sanitation facilities, and an adequate level of care and protection. Read

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: "As a volunteer, I have learned a new perspective on how to approach and tackle problems, and so far the experience could not have been more enriching," says Annalisa Staffa, UNV HIV Official Assistant. Annalisa spends most of her time in maternity hospitals making sure new-born babies come to life free of HIV and syphilis. Read

Dili, Timor-Leste: Shoko Fujita, UNV Child Protection Officer with UNICEF Timor-Leste, travels throughout the country conducting interviews with members of child protection networks to prepare for a nationwide advocacy campaign to raise public awareness of children’s rights in 2012. “I expect that the campaign will help children understand their right to access social and legal services,” says Shoko. Read

Dili, Timor-Leste: As part of the UNICEF Child Protection Team, I work on reclassification of crimes in line with the Timor-Leste Penal Code and developing common data collection tools to register criminal cases involving children. This aims to promote better coordination among child protection actors including the Vulnerable Person’s Unit of National Police Timor-Leste (PNTL) and Ministry of Social Solidarity, in order to establish a case tracking system. Read

Egypt: Being a UN Volunteer, working as an Education Specialist with UNICEF Egypt was a very important stage in my life. I had the opportunity to participate in the early childhood development project implemented in the Upper Egypt governorates of Assiut, Sohag, and Qena.  I learned many different things, and also helped to contribute to and ameliorate the lives of a number of children in rural areas. Read

Dili, Timor-Leste: My name is Muhammad Afrianto Kurniawan, and my friends call me Afrianto. I am from Indonesia and this is my first assignment as a UN Volunteer. I have been working for UNICEF Timor-Leste as a UN Volunteer Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Engineer since the end of January, 2010. Read