Maputo, Mozambique: More than 20 UN Volunteers in Mozambique have stepped up efforts to assess emergency needs and coordinate relief efforts in the country's central region where an estimated 80,000 people have been displaced by ongoing flooding, the Bonn-based United Nations Volunteers (UNV) announced today. Read

San Salvador, El Salvador: Off we went into the sky, in the midst of several Salvadorian volcanoes, to monitor destroyed areas of impossible access because the roads were blocked by landslides. I never expected what was to follow. Read

San Salvador, El Salvador: A team of six UN Volunteers (two international UNVs and four national UNVs) working for the World Food Programme (WFP) was reinforced with three new international UNVs. UNVs work with WFP after El Salvador quake.  Read

San Salvador, El Salvador: The earthquake that shook El Salvador on 13 January 2001 has left widespread damage in more than 14 states throughout the country. According to information from the El Salvador's National Committee of Volunteers work together following January 2001 earthquake.  Read

Kathmandu, Nepal: Kristiina Mikkola, a UN Volunteer from Finland, is fully-funded by her Government for her assignment as programme officer in the environment and natural resources management section of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in Nepal. Read

Georgetown, Guyana: Sanna-Leena Rautanen's title of environmental researcher is a bit of a misnomer. The UN Volunteer's teaching responsibilities at the University of Guyana range from courses in civil engineering to social studies -- a tall order in the "Land of Many Waters". Read

Bonn, Germany: UN Volunteers in Chad take people off the street - and send them straight back in an ambitious clean-up drive. Owing to a lack of public rubbish collection services and latrines, waste has piled up in the capital N'djamena. The UNV team has brought together groups to rid the capital of garbage and the health risks that come with it. Read

Bonn, Germany: In December 2000, the UN General Assembly adopted its first resolution calling on Member States to promote volunteerism. It specifically encourages the greater involvement of youth and older people. Read

Maputo, Mozambique: To help alleviate suffering of the people of Mozambique in the wake heavy rains and flooding which started in early February, United Nations Volunteers in the southern African country responded quickly to reallocate manpower and supplies for the victims. Read

Bonn, Germany: Pierre Galo Coffi, an international UNV specialist in rural development, has tapped the energy of youth football teams to plant trees in a heavily deforested area of Madagascar. The 42-year-old from Benin and his colleagues have invested three years in a regional development plan that seeks to get residents involved in reforestation campaigns. Local authorities have expressed their support and interest. The approach is working. Read