For International Volunteer Day 2005, Voluntary Service Overseas is highlighting the important contributions of local and national volunteering – and also the contributions of international volunteers – with a campaign entitled "Volunteers for Development: Building Communities Together".   Read article

Describes a project which aims to improve food security by targeting women’s groups in Malawi and to empower these women.   Read article

Bonn, Germany: Social anthropologist Lesley Holst is trying to sensitize more than 100,000 farmers in Malawi on gender issues. The UN Volunteer from Denmark is now working as a gender adviser with the National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM).   Read article