Maputo, Mozambique: UNV volunteers are helping ensure stable food supplies in Mozambique in the face of a global food crisis. Working with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), volunteers such as Annette Jaitner, a Food and Nutrition Security Officer, are teaching and facilitating at projects such as Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) and implementing other educational programmes. Read

Hargeisa, Somalia : The sounds of algebra and sewing machines ring out and the smell of freshly-baked cakes wafts through the Shamsudin Skills Development
Center.  Women from nearby camps of Internally Displaced People (IDPs)
are learning valuable skills that can help them earn an income here in
Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland. Read

Nouakchott, Mauritania: The Education Caravan initiative is based on a project for strengthening volunteer initiatives for education in cities and rural areas, based on agreements signed between UNDP, UNV and the Marième Diallo Institute, a partner of the Mauritanian students’ Amicale. The objective was to raise awareness on the importance of education for local development. Read

Pristina, Kosovo: An environmental awareness campaign in Kosovo, led by UNV volunteers, focused on children. In groups, the children were inspired to examine environment issues, making use of the opportunity to exchange ideas and opinions about the Millennium Development Goals and means of harnessing volunteerism to achieve them. Read

Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire: UNV has organized a girls’ education project, teaching illiterate girls working at the Yamoussoukro market, basic writing, reading and math skills. Read