Limpopo Province, South Africa: "We worked hard," said Halima Chande, one of the organizers. "But with work, songs, drama, local dances and a good lunch with drinks, it was not viewed as a social function by the young generation. I was so moved that after establishing almost one acre of orchard, these young people did not feel tired..."  Read article

Valera, Guinea-Bissau: About 4,000 young people celebrating the 1 May holiday at Varela beach in the north of Guinea-Bissau were touched by the cleaning-up activity that UNV organized in cooperation with local development association Associação para Desenvolvimento de Varela.  Read article

Pavlodar, Kazakhstan: "By making good things, you add to the world’s goodwill box one important thing, two sincere smiles and endless belief in humanity."  Read article

Le Programme des Volontaires des Nations Unies (VNU) au Cap-Vert a choisi de célébrer la Journée internationale des Volontaires (JIV) à l'île Fogo, l'une des îles les plus reculées du pays. Les informations de promotion du volontariat sont parvenues aux endroits les plus isolés du pays, jusqu’aux jeunes résidant sur d'autres îles, le but étant de les motiver à se consacrer au volontariat.   Read article

Cairo, Egypt: In Egypt, as well as the spectacular 'Sailing the Nile' central event, there were a host of other IVD activities tackling different aspects of the Millennium Development Goals with a special emphasis on raising awareness among youth.  Read article