Taro Island, Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands: This year, the Honourable Jackson Kiloe, Premier of Choiseul Province in the Solomon Islands, launched Internet services and a public telephone on Taro Island on 5 December, International Volunteer Day. With these communication facilities, the remote Taro Airport Terminal became the first and only airport in the Solomon Islands to provide Internet, public telephone and top-up services. Read

Bonn, Germany: Volunteerism is one of the longest traditions in environmental activism, and community initiatives are invariably volunteer-based. Volunteers are to be found in conservation efforts around the world. Read

Jane Story of Ontario, Canada, served as a UNV volunteer in the Solomon Islands where she worked in post-conflict and communications with the UN Development Programme (UNDP). She completed her six-month assignment in June 2006, which was funded through the UNV-Canada Corps Trust Fund. Read

Bonn, Germany: Making a decent living is becoming an increasingly difficult task. United Nations Volunteers are making this challenge easier for more than 1,500 Pacific islanders, however, by providing training on how to plan and manage a business and save money. Read

BONN: In December 1998, the Microcredit Scheme for Women, Solomon Islands Programme (UNDP-SIG SIMIWODS) - an income-generating initiative implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - was introduced to the Lord Howe Settlement. Read