Tabaquite, Trinidad: Volunteering to create change in society is like catalysis - and the volunteer is the catalyst - says UNV volunteer Floriza Palanas-Mendoza, MD. Read

Maputo, Mozambique: UNV volunteers are helping ensure stable food supplies in Mozambique in the face of a global food crisis. Working with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), volunteers such as Annette Jaitner, a Food and Nutrition Security Officer, are teaching and facilitating at projects such as Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) and implementing other educational programmes. Read

Bonn, Germany: UNV volunteer bone specialist Dr. Robert Lapyam Ayelle describes his work in Malawi as "fighting a war". "We are working under very difficult conditions. The doctors now working in Africa are really tired. You are stretched beyond your limits," he says. Read

It has struck me in awe how the simple idea of being “Man for Others” from my small world in the eastern corridor of the Philippines, has brought me to the bigger stage where I can contribute as a UNV volunteer. Read

The Sangre Grande hospital has become the new home of Doctor Clement Onuoha, a UNV volunteer who believes volunteering makes a difference in development. Read