London, United Kingdom: The 70,000 volunteers who served the London 2012 Paralympic Games, included persons with disabilities.  In their trademark purple t-shirts, they helped athletes on and off the sports fields and visitors throughout the vast metropolis. Read

Bonn, Germany: A fact sheet providing an overview of UNV's Arab Youth Volunteering for a Better Future Programme is now available in Arabic, English and French. The initiative aims to facilitate young people's participation in five Arab states through volunteerism as a positive and sustainable mechanism for effecting social change. Read

Mapel, South Sudan: After reintegration counselling and training women who are former ex-combatants or were associated with armed groups now operate successful restaurants in South Sudan. Read

Wau, South Sudan: For a UN Volunteer accumulating data on people's integration for UNDP's Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration program in South Sudan, success stories are the best part of the job. Read

Tirana, Albania: In Albania – the country with the highest percentage of youth in Southeast Europe – Roma youth face heavy discrimination. Their exclusion from sports competitions, school events, vocational training and community life often has a negative impact on their self-confidence. Four Albanians enlisted as UN Volunteers to share their experience directly with youth from nearly 2,000 Roma and Egyptian families. Read