Côte d'Ivoire: “A strong stance on gender-based violence was taken, in an area were rape has been used as a weapon in the internal armed conflict as well as in the post-conflict environment” Read

The NGO La ferme aux arbres de Dekese works to support the population of Dekese, a war-torn and isolated region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Three online volunteer IT experts (Alex Théodore Kambou, Ali Siribié and Bernard K. Allouan) helped the organization develop software to capture and analyze population related data. Read

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: Two UN Volunteers who had been stationed in Liberia came to help the people of Côte d’Ivoire. Dr. Mahesh Babu Pullukollu and nurse Florence Najula Ojwang had never been in a situation like this before. Read

Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire: In post-conflict Côte d'Ivoire, enabling the democratic process means a lot of work preparing for the upcoming elections. In the UN Mission Electoral Team, 124 of 175 staff are UNV volunteers. Read

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: You might assume that the Transport Section at a United Nations peacekeeping mission would be an exclusively male domain. But UNV volunteers in Côte d'Ivoire are breaking gender barriers. Read