Bonn, Germany: The Imbakucha-San Pablo Lake basin is home to four villages and no less than 38 different indigenous groups. To on-going inter-ethnic strife, poverty and pollution are serious obstacles to overcome.To address these challenges, a team of National UNVs is joining efforts with CEPCU, a local NGO which has sought for the last six years to establish a framework of co-operation between the local authorities, community-based and international organisations and the Lake's inhabitants. Read

Bonn, Germany: A cooperation framework agreement to scale-up the activities of Cultural Heritage Volunteers was signed by Brenda Gael McSweeney, UNV-Executive Coordinator, and Federico Mayor, Director General of UNESCO. Read