Bonn, Germany: Reaching out to the most remote parts of Kyrgyzstan, UN Volunteers are helping some 30,000 people to organize and become an effective force in the community. As part of the National Poverty Alleviation Programme, UN Volunteers are supporting individual initiatives such as micro-loans to generate income and improve livelihoods as well as communal schemes, like building roads to better access farm lands. Read

Bonn, Germany: UN Volunteers is empowering local people: Decentralization and governance. Read

Kampala, Uganda: In early 2003 Tariq Mohammed completed his service as a UN Volunteer under the UNITeS initiative in Uganda. The former Harvard research assistant Tariq Mohammed helped Ugandan students learn how to use information and communications technology (ICT) under the Cisco Networking Academy Programme. The following article is a reflection of his trials and triumphs during his stay in Uganda. Read

Bonn, Germany: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has announced the 2004 "Online Volunteers of the Year". The 10 individuals who come from Australia, India, Kenya, the Philippines, Spain, the United States and Zimbabwe, were recognized for their outstanding contributions to organizations in Asia, Africa and Latin America, via UNV's Online Volunteering (OV) service. Read

Mexico City, Mexico: Mexico’s Universidad de Colima and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing the first regional network of universities in Latin America to participate under the United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS) university network. Read

Bonn, Germany: The Online Volunteering (OV) service has been relaunched at a new URL, www.onlinevolunteering.org. The OV service, managed by the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, resumes its mission of connecting online volunteers with non-governmental organizations, UN organizations and academic institutions serving people and communities in the developing world. Read

Timbuktu, Mali: The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré and Mohammed Cissé, Mayor of Timbuktu, on 20 December launched the City of Timbuktu’s official internet site www.tombouctou.net at the Timbuktu community Telecenter. The “mayor’s on-line office” is a UN Volunteers e-governance pilot project designed by volunteers. Read

Remarks by Ad de Raad, Executive Coordinator, a.i.,
United Nations Volunteers on the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society Geneva, 10-12 December 2003 Read

Bonn, Germany: Imagine an organization serving street children in Latin America that involves dozens of volunteers from all over the world – but never meets the volunteers in-person. These volunteers engage in on-line advocacy campaigns for the organization, produce web pages and translate materials in Spanish and English, all without ever leaving their homes. Read

Bonn, Germany/New York, USA: The Online Volunteering (OV) service, jointly developed and operated by NetAid and the UN Volunteers (UNV) programme, will move entirely to UNV early 2004. Read