Apia, Samoa: UNV volunteer Dr. Willy Morrell has been helping to plant trees as part of a carbon-offsetting initiative at the South Pacific Games, held from 25 August to 8 September in Samoa. The project is helping to green the local environment and also offset the carbon emissions of the thousands of spectators, competitors and officials who have traveled from more than 22 countries to attend the Games. Read

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: It is not everyday that UNV volunteers and fishermen rub shoulders with an international celebrity. But the visit last week of Ms. Misako Konno, Japanese actress and writer, brought some rare glamour and excitement to a UN Volunteers project on Tonlé Sap Lake. Read

Beijing, China: The United Nations Volunteers Programme (UNV) in China has translated the guide "Climate Crisis Solutions" into Chinese as a practical tool to help address environmental challenges in China. The translation is part of UNV's contribution to the Live Earth event, a series of concerts worldwide on 7 July to raise awareness about the climate crisis and mobilise millions of people. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers programme (UNV) is mobilizing volunteers to support the Live Earth concert in Shanghai, China on 7 July, which aims to empower individuals to take decisive action to combat climate change. Read

Bonn, Germany: UNV Deputy Executive Coordinator Joyce Yu join Executive Secretary of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Yvo de Boer in launching the “Cycling to work” campaign. Read

Lubumbashi, DR Congo : Elections stole the headlines in 2006, but volunteers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are quietly giving back to nature what it had been stripped of in the years before. Read

Banda Aceh, Indonesia: Norimasa Tochibayashi arrived in Indonesia on February 23, 2005. He had no job, no idea where he was heading and how he could help, and no contact numbers of people who would be willing to support him. He was only certain of one thing: he wanted to help those who most needed it after the December 26 tsunami. Read

Bonn, Germany: In Goma, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 300 local volunteers are cleaning and refurbishing markets in Virunga and Kahembe, two densely populated districts affected by poor sanitary conditions. Read

Zwedru, Liberia: Over 1,000 people, including UNV and local volunteers, participated in a clean up campaign initiated by UNV in Liberia on 17 November.
The one-day campaign was launched by UNV Programme Officer Ilaria Carpen and Programme Manager Olufemi Olugbemi at the city hall of Zwedru. Grand Gedeh County’s superintendent Chris Bailey, Mayor Ophelia Geedy, and UNV volunteers based in the city also attended the event. Read

Ha Noi, Viet Nam: When I visited the UNV stand at the Shell Project Better World (PBW) Lustrum event (or 5-year anniversary) in early 2004, I didn’t expect that within 12 months, I would be the first Shell corporate volunteer working on assignment with UNV. Read