Sohag: At the Rowing Club on the banks of the Nile in Sohag Governorate – about 500 kilometres south of Cairo- celebrations took place on Monday as the eight feluccas of the “Sailing the Nile for Development” project approached the bank  Read article

Cairo, Egypt: Many of Cairo’s citizens are confronting urban-related problems, e.g., poverty, lack of housing and sanitation facilities, and internal migration through volunteering. Below are three projects showing how volunteers, through the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, contribute and mobilize fellow Cairenes in developing their 'triumphant city'.  Read article

Cairo, Egypt: The Hope Village Society, an Egyptian organization dedicated to working with street children and a partner of UNICEF, is running a programme to train homeless children as mentors for even more vulnerable children on the streets in a suburb of Cairo.  Not only is this programme assisting vulnerable youth, it is also raising awareness regarding the plight of street children to address the problem.  Read article

Cairo, Egypt: Over 3,000 Egyptian youth gathered at Al Azhar Park on Saturday to explore how and where they can volunteer to help Egypt achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.   Read article

Cairo, Egypt: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Egypt and Save the Children have signed an agreement to grant "UN Volunteers Associate" status to more than 130 employees from companies such as British Petroleum, Barclays, Procter and Gamble, Pepsi and Shell. The new volunteer associates will teach preparatory school students skills to enhance their job opportunities.   Read article