Kathmandu, Nepal: Following Nepal's first democratic elections, UNV volunteers are exploring opportunities to sustain volunteerism and civil society in the country. Read

Kathmandu, Nepal: "The ones who are now going to school are the ones who were sniffing glue and sleeping in the streets." Read

Kathmandhu, Nepal: The theme of the day was highlighting the human rights of street children, and to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, substance abuse and poverty. All these messages were reflected in plays and songs performed by the former street children of Prayas ('effort'), now going to school. Read

Kathmandu, Nepal: To mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, UNV and the children of Prayas staged a play on some of the causes of poverty and how we can work towards eradicating it. Read

Tuzla, Bosnia: Since the beginning of 2007, UNV has been working with the NGO Zemlja djece (Children's Earth) to improve the psycho-social condition of street children and youth, through a spectrum of various educational, counseling and recreational activities offered at the TELEX Teenage Centre. For Jasminka Cikaric and Hava Suljic, the Centre in Tuzla was their first real school.  The two former street children had never had formal education before coming here. (Read attached stories below) Read