Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: During the past three years, as a UNV Interpreter under the UNHCR in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during the US Citizen and Immigration Services interviews, Ngun Si (Myanmar/ROK) learned more about the plight and struggles of refugees from Myanmar in Malaysia, and gained a new understanding of how UNHCR, the United States and other countries provide protection and resettlement for refugees. Read

Yangon, Myanmar: International Volunteer Day (IVD) was celebrated together with World Aids Day celebrations at UNDP premises in Myanmar. Read

Mawlamyine, Myanmar: UNV volunteers serving in their own countries offer the UN skills and access to communities that international staff often cannot. The sheer variety of work performed in Myanmar is just one example.

There are currently nine national UNV volunteers supporting UNHCR in Myanmar. Their roles range from community field monitoring to technical assistance and community social services. Read

Mawlamyine, Myanmar: To mark World Environment Day, national UNV volunteers in Myanmar together with UNHCR core staff and working partners planted indigenous mango tree saplings in the premises of the UNHCR hub. Read

Maungdaw, Myanmar: While Myanmar suffers from the effects of Cyclone Nargis, it also struggles with ethnic tensions in the northern part of Rakhine State, where society has been divided for some time. But UNV volunteers working there think they have found a way to help heal the rift among youth: football. Read