Pristina, Kosovo:   UNV supported The Ideas Partnership (TIP), a local NGO, with text books and stationery for their catch-up classes to Roma children who are preparing for a test to register into formal schooling.

The UN Joint Programme Empowering the Vulnerable Communities (EVC) of Albania supported the social integration of the most marginalized members of the Roma amd Egyptian community.

The water campaign in Cyprus helps building trust and reconciliation. Everybody has an interest in preserving their shared water resources. Cyprus is a very arid country and goes more arid as time goes by, with less rainfall and more water being used.

Painting the MDGs.

In many cities and town across Uzbekistan, UN Volunteers not only help communities but are simultaneously changing the notion of what it means to volunteer in this part of the world. They visit schools and engage children and youth to volunteer.