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

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

Shanghai, China: Lessons learned from the Beijing Olympic volunteers will be on show in Shanghai this year, as more than a million volunteers gather to support the 2010 Expo. Read

New Delhi, Kolkata, Ranipet, Orissa and Jharkand, India: With 'Volunteering for our Planet' in mind, major steel company Arcelor Mittal aimed to institutionalize ‘volunteerism’ into the organization’s mainstream corporate responsibility agenda. Read

Sao Paolo, Brazil: A volunteer working with UNV under the Seniores Italia programme has been deploying his commercial expertise in Latin America to help people set their small businesses on the path to profit. Read

Kolkata, India: We believe that by giving practical knowledge and this certification to disabled students, we are making not only economically independent workers but self-sufficient citizens - of this city, of this country and of the world. Read

La Toden, Burkina Faso: Women's associations in Burkina Faso are benefitting from a UNV-supported national volunteer programme. One microcredit project has helped a group of rural women double their incomes. Read

Totota, Liberia: With UNV support, women volunteers in Liberia are teaming up to build their businesses. The project helps communities pull their financial resources together and involves lending pools drawn from accumulated profits. Read

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Energy efficiency programmes combined with the development of renewable energy sources will boost energy supply in Kyrgyzstan. Under the Shell 'Project Better World' initiative in cooperation with UNV, I served as an energy efficiency consultant to an environmental NGO. Read

Kolkata, India: A Spanish university volunteer working with Cisco in India talks about his experiences as an 'after hours' volunteer in Lapierre's 'City of Joy' - Kolkata. Read