Yerevan, Armenia: The first international volunteers have arrived in Armenia and are already at work on their assignments. Meanwhile UNV continues to support efforts to improve the voluntary sector and is actively engaging with the Government and civil society on a number of new initiatives. Read

Windhoek, Namibia: Awareness-raising is key to tackling the HIV/AIDS threat. In Namibia’s public sector, UNV volunteer James Etuwat works across the board to ensure combating HIV/AIDS is on everyone’s minds. Read

Maseru, Lesotho: Janice Lachman serves as an international UNV volunteer at the highest levels in Lesotho to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS can get the nutrition and services they need. Read

Bangkok, Thailand: At the beginning of my assignment, I wondered about the rationale for posting me, a UNV volunteer, in a country which has achieved most of the Millennium Development Goals. But despite all the achievements of the past 20 years, development challenges and inequalities still persist in Thailand... Read

Phnom Penh, Cambodia: "A project is first of all the people who work on it day after day." An Italian UNV volunteer Intern shares her experience with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Cambodia. Read

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: This experience has enriched me and has given me a force to continue with volunteer work to improve services for the community. The same spirit and force that I noticed in people with whom I worked. Read

Pristina, Kosovo: For IVD, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme team in Kosovo commissioned a local artist to come up with a new spin on the Millennium Development Goals. Read

Greenville, Liberia: From helping to protect a juvenile prisoner to organizing events for Human Rights Day, the work of a UNV volunteer Human Rights Officer is never short of interest, as Jon Izaguirre Garcia explains from Liberia. Read

La Paz, Bolivia: You're not seen as a 'hero' who brings wealth and development, but you’re more seen as a person who can support a developing plan initiated at local level by the country’s people. Read

Ougadougu, Burkina Faso: International day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2008. A UNV volunteer with UNIFEM in Burkina Faso is working with regional governments to beat the practice of FGM across national borders. Read