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Making dates for coffee in Morocco
05 August 2010
Ralph Schmidt, a food production engineer with Kraft Foods and a UNV corporate volunteer, helped the Al Mostakhbal Women’s Cooperative in Jorf, Morocco, improve its manufacturing and quality assurance processes for making a coffee-like product from date pits.  Ralph is shown here with (left) the cooperative’s director, Miriam Moussaoui, and co-op member, Aziza Bakki. (UNV, 2010)
Jorf, Morocco: As UNV corporate volunteers, Kraft employees, Ana Maria Martin Mosquera (Spain), and Ralph Schmidt (Germany), helped a Moroccan women's cooperative make a better "coffee" beverage from date pits. Read
More about: Focus on food
Countries:  Morocco
Marketing Armenian cheese
22 July 2010
Elena Vasseur Garcia (left), from Kraft Latin America, and Peter Hofsaess, from Kraft Germany, travelled to Armenia as Private/Corporate Sector volunteers to share their expertise with local cheese manufacturers. (UNV)
Yerevan, Armenia: Private/Corporate Sector volunteers from Kraft Latin America and Kraft Germany travelled to Armenia to share their expertise with local cheese manufacturers, helping to improve the know-how of cheese companies and the livelihoods of rural producers. Read
More about: Poverty
Countries:  Armenia
Development through creative industry
30 June 2010
The Fundación CA artists, and the Guatemalan UNV volunteers who worked on the digital display that will be shown at the Shanghai 2010 Expo until October. (Eny Rolando Hernández)
Shanghai, China: Communicating the importance of the creative sectors for economic and social development is the objective of the digital display created by a group of 14 Guatemalan UNV volunteer artists. Shown at the United Nations pavilion of the Shanghai 2010 Expo, this multimedia display aims to make the visitor reflect on ways in which the creative industries contribute to building peace and development. Read
More about: Culture & sports
Countries:  China  Guatemala
Supporting small businesses in Armenia
04 June 2010
Paolo Faberi (left) provides training on marketing tools for three sectors whose products have a high potential to be successfully exported: cheese, canned fruits and vegetables, and honey. (UNV)
Yerevan, Armenia: As highly skilled experts, UNV volunteers are spreading the image of capable professionals coming to Armenia full of enthusiasm to give a hand for development. Read
Countries:  Armenia
A new image
01 June 2010
A garment factory in Cambodia. Japanese volunteer Rie Miura worked with the ILO on a project to improve working conditions. (R. Miura/UNV)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Before I visited Cambodia, the image I had of people there was not very clear. I just considered them as people living in a developing country. After spending a couple of days there, I began to understand what the Cambodians were like. Read
Countries:  Cambodia  Japan

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