Dili, Timor-Leste: There comes a time in your life that, for personal or professional reasons, you need your work to count more than the number of drunk drivers, or chest pains seen in one hour... When you are on a personal and professional path that includes volunteer work, that path is never complete without the UN, so I volunteered with UNV simply because it made sense. Read

Luanda, Angola: Rebuilding literacy after 27 years of war is a major challenge for Angola. A UNV volunteer is forging links between Government, NGOs and private companies to help redress the balance. Read

Bengo Province, Angola: A UNV volunteer's community development work in Angola aims to empower refugee communities in terms of self-help, self-management and self-reliance. These strategies are particularly necessary for women, girls and children, who constitute the majority of the refugees there. Read

BONN: Where there is respect for human rights, there is no room for war. Where there is war, as in Angola, the work of UN Volunteers investigating human rights abuses becomes virtually impossible. Read

Bonn, Germany: Gladys Higa, an experienced sociologist who was worked with extreme poverty in her native Argentina has just returned from six months in Angola. Read