This three-part volunteer story, written by Jessica Teicher, speaks of the joys of teaching English to Uzbek kids and knowing Uzbek culture and its people while volunteering. But it was dampened when the government refused to extend the volunteers' visas. They left after only five weeks instead of staying for two years as planned.  Read article

United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme recently released the “Volunteers and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Uzbekistan". The brochure contains concrete examples on how international and local volunteers are helping communities address issues on poverty, gender equality, education and HIV/AIDS.  Read article

This booklet from the UN Volunteers programme contains concrete examples of how international and local volunteers are helping communities address issues on poverty, gender equality, education and battling the spread HIV/AIDS in Uzbekistan.  Read article