Ecuador: From April 16th to 27th 2007 John Kelly (from Tarrytown, NY) and I (Curitiba, Brazil) participated in a joint United Nations – Kraft Volunteer mission in Ecuador supporting FINE (Fundación para la Integración del Niño Especial), a non-profit, socially engaged organization operating in the Quito region, which helps poor and handicapped people, in particular youths over 15 years with Down syndrome. Read

Ha Noi, Viet Nam: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in Viet Nam and the U.S. non-governmental organization Health Volunteers Overseas today launched a joint initiative to boost public awareness of people with disabilities and efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read

Bonn, Germany: Two years ago, the National Centre for Disabled Persons was founded in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Centre was very much needed in Cambodia. The devastating civil war and the hazardous pervasiveness of landmines have taken a heavy toll. One in every 250 Cambodians has lost a limb to a mine, and while casualties have fallen from around 500 to 150 a month, over five million mines are believed to remain undetonated. Read