Tashkent, Uzbekistan: UNDP and UNV have created a legal support website in Tashkent which is run by pro-bono legal clinicians and is designed to help the city’s residents obtain the legal advice and support they require. Read

São Paulo, Brazil: It is such an honour to be a UN Volunteer, serving in my own country, and seeing the positive impact that the Cisco Networking Academy ICTs educational programme is having. Read

Bonn, Germany: UNV today announced the winners of the 'Online Volunteering Award 2009', honouring the 'outstanding' contributions of volunteers who work over the internet for peace and development. Read

Bangkok, Thailand: A UNV volunteer has won a national award for a project that helps people record their lives through photography. “This is about the opportunity to tell a story,” she said. Read

Tejutla, Guatemala: The theme of World Food Day 2009 is ‘Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis’. A UNV volunteer in Guatemala is harnessing the skills of online volunteers to improve livelihoods. Read

Iligan, the Philippines: Through his work with the Cisco Networking Academy, UNV volunteer Roy Lopez Pamitalan aims to bridge the digital divide and offer conflict-affected people alternative futures. Read

Amhara, Ethiopia: To mark the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on 17 June, UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri has been in Ethiopia to observe volunteering for our planet at first hand. Read

Santa Catarina, Brazil: World Environment Day is widely unknown in Brazil. A Brazilian UNV volunteer is working to turn this around.

Her aim is to help stimulate civil society to join forces and assume responsibility for environmental preservation, and to increase knowledge about the negative impacts our daily behaviour can have. Read

Porto Novo, Benin,: Combining their expertise in engineering, life sciences and international commerce, seven online volunteers have been helping an NGO develop a sustainable solution to environmental pollution. Read

Mindanao, the Philippines: Filipino national UNV volunteers are playing a vital role in peace-building and promoting sustainable development in conflict areas of Mindanao. Read