If no focal point is listed for your country, you should contact national volunteering organizations to find out if a national committee exists. If not, you may want to consider setting up a committee. See the Planning for IVD page for ideas on how you can initiate forming an IVD national committee.
Albania
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Fran Deans
Str. 'Deshmortet e 4 Shkurtit'
Villa 35
Tirana
Albania
Tel: +355-4-2276-622
Email: fran.deans@undp.org
Angola
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Noelia Núñez Rios
UNV Programme Officer
UN Building
Rua Major Kanhangulo
197 Luanda
Tel: +244-925226102
Australia
Volunteering Australia
Level 3, 11 Queens Rd
3004 Melbourne Australia
Tel: +61 3 9820 4100
Fax: +61 3 9820 1206
Email: volaus@volunteeringaustralia.org
URL: www.volunteeringaustralia.org
Bangladesh
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Ngozi Otti
UNV Programme Officer
IDB Bhaban
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Tel: +880-2 8118600 Ext:2422
Fax: +880-2 8113196
Email: Ngozi.Otti@undp.org
Barbados
The Barbados Association of NGOs
Roosevelt King
General Secretary
Email: admin@bango.org.bb
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Muraguri Muchira
UNV Programme Officer
UNDP Barbados & OECS
Tel: +246 467 6027
Fax: +246 429 2448
Email: muraguri.muchira@undp.org
Bhutan
Tarayana Foundation
147 Zomlha Complex PO Box 2003
Thimphu
Bhutan
Tel: +975-2-329333
Email: tarayana_bhutan@yahoo.com
URL: www.tarayanafoundation.org.bt/website/index.php
Bolivia
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Cyra Daroca
Calle 14 de Calacoto
Esq. Sanchez Bustamante
Edificio Metrobol II
La Paz
Bolivia
Tel: +591-2-2624517
Email: cyra.daroca@undp.org
Bosnia and Herzegovina
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Stephanie Roels
UNV Programme Officer
48 Marsala Tita
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Tel: +387 33 563 831
Fax: +387 33 552 330
Email: sroels@undp.ba
Botswana
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Sarah Wimaladharma
UN Place
22 Khama Crescent
Gaborone
Botswana
Tel: +267-395-2121 ext 223
Email: sarah.wimaladharma@undp.org
Brazil
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Anika Gärtner
UNV Programme Officer
Tel: +55 61 3038.9043
Email: anika.gaertner@undp.org.br
Ação Voluntária Curitiba
URL: www.acaovoluntaria.org.br
Conexão
URL: www.conexao.org.br
Faça Parte
URL: www.facaparte.org.br
Rio Voluntários
URL: www.riovoluntario.org.br
Burkina Faso
Réseau Africaine de Jeunes
09 BP 324 Ouagadougou 09
Tel: +226 38 66 15
Fax: +226 38 67 83
Email: rajs@fasonet.bf
Burundi
United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB)
Mr. Julien Guillemard
UNV Programme Manager
Bujumbura
Burundi
Tel: +257-22-20-50-72
Email: guillemard@un.org
Cambodia
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Ruby Banez
UNV Programme Officer
UNDP Office - Cambodia
P.O. Box 877
Phnom Penh
Email: ruby.banez@undp.org
Cameroon
UNDP Cameroon
Ms. Sylvie Essola Dzou
Human Resource Associate
UNV Focal Point
Tel: +237 220 08 00 / 01
Fax: +237 220 07 96 / 99
Email: sylvie.essola@undp.org
Canada
Volunteer Canada / Bénévoles Canada
330 rue Gilmour Street
K2P 0P6 Ottawa
Ontario
Tel: +1-800-670-0401 241
Fax: +613 231-6725
Email: ksmith@volunteer.ca
URL: www.volunteer.ca/volunteer/
Central African Republic
Diberet Léon
UNDP Central African Republic
POBox 872 Bangui
Tel: +236.61.19.77 / 61.84.67
Fax : +236.61.17.32
Email: leon.diberet@undp.org
Chad
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Mr. Bachiaka Singare
Email: bachiaka.singare@undp.org
United Nations Mission in Central Africa and Chad
Iram Batool
N'Djamena
Chad
Tel: +235-6900081
Email: batool@un.org
China
Agency for Volunteer Service (AVS)
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2527 3825
Email: avs@avs.org.hk
URL: www.avs.org.hk
BIVA Beijing International Volunteers Association
N0.18 Bei San Huan Zhong Lu
100011 Beijing
China
Tel: +86 1-6342
Email: wang.miao@civa.org.cn
URL: www.civa.org.cn
Colombia
DanSocial
Carrera 10 # 15 – 22
Bogotá
Colombia
Tel: +571 3275252 Ext. 232 o 233
Fax: +571 3275252 Ext. 222
URL: www.dansocial.gov.co
Red Nacional de Voluntariado
6162211 Ext 130 y Carrera 17 # 91 – 32
Congo – Brazzaville
UNDP Congo – Brazzaville
Odile Ambroise
UNV Focal Point
Attachée au Personnel
Tel: +242 667 33 81
Email: odile.ambroise@undp.org
Cote d'Ivoire
ONUCI
Ms. Alejandra Castillo
UNV Programme Manager
Ancien Hotel Sebroko
Boulevard de la Paix
Attecoube
Abidjan
Cote d'Ivoire
Tel: +225 05990555
Email: castillo6@un.org
Cyprus
Pan Cyprian Volunteerism Coordinative Council
Ms. Christiana Karkoti
Administrative Officer
9 Andrea Avraamide Str.
2024 Strovolos
Nicosia
Tel: +357-22-514-786
Fax: +357-22-514-788
Email: info@volunteerism-cc.org.cy
URL: www.volunteerism-cc.org.cy
Czech Republic
Polytechna Consulting, a.s.
Thamova 20
186 00 Praha 8-Karlin
Czech Republic
Tel: +420-224827047
Fax: +420-224826054
Email: nkmunv@polytechna.cz
URL: www.nkmunv.polytechna.cz
Dominican Republic
Alianza Ong
Caonabo no. 22
Gazcue
Santo Domingo
República Dominicana
Tel: +809 221 9192
Fax: +809 221 0004
Email: info@alianzaong.org.do
URL: www.impulsar.org
Democratic Republic of the Congo
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Mr. Ludovic Le Moing
Immeuble Losonia
Bd du 30 Juin la Gombe
Kinshasa
Kinshas province 00 243
DRC
Tel: + 242-81-069-71-38
Email: Ludovic.lemoing@undp.org
Ecuador
SEGESVOL
Lucia De di Domenico
Edificio Torres de la Colón
Av. Colón 1346 y Foch
Oficina 5
Planta Baja
Tel: +5932 2522862
Fax: +5932 2906432
Email: segesvol@interactive.net.ec
Egypt
Ms. Itziar Gomez Carrasco
UNV Programme Officer
Email: itziar.gomez@undp.org
Fiji Parish
UNDP Multi Country Office
Reserve Bank Building
Pratt Street
Private Mail Bag
Suva
Tel: +679 331 2500
URL: www.undp.org.fj/unv
Gambia
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Fiel-Fraulein Bandekar
UN House
5 Kofi Annan Road
Cape Point
Banjul
The Gambia
Tel: +220 449 4775
Email: fielfraulein.bandekar@undp.org
Germany
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Postfach 260 111
D-53153 Bonn Germany
Tel: +49 228 815 2000
Fax: +49 228 815 2001
Email: information@unvolunteers.org
URL: www.unv.org
Ghana
Care Unation
P.O Box 5857
Kumasi Ghana
Tel: + 233 24 376017
Fax: + 233 51 33233
Email: careunation@hotmail.co
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Norma Messam
UNDP Office - Ghana
P.O. Box 1423 Accra
Ghana
Email: messam.norma@undp.org
Guatemala
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Franklin Gregory
5a Ave. 5-55, Zona 14
Edificio Europlaza
Torre IV
Nivel 1014
Guatemala
Tel: +502-2384-3100
Email: franklin.gregory@undp.org.gt
Guinée-Bissau
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ainhoa Jaureguibeitia
CP 179- Bissau
Tel: +245 20 13 62 / 20 35 72 Ext. 202
Email: ainhoa.jaureguibeitia@undp.org
Guinéa-Conakry
National Committee
Mrs. Macaulay Diallo
Office of the Prime Minister
Email: afidiallo@yahoo.fr
Guyana
Ministry of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation
Vanessa Dickenson
Foreign Trade Officer for the Permanent Secretary
Tel: +592-227-7726
Email: vdickenson73@yahoo.com
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
Agency for Volunteer Service
602 Duke of Windsor Social Service Building
15 Hennessy Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong SAR
Tel: +852 2527-3825
Fax: +852 2866-2721
Email: avs@avs.org.hk
URL: www.avs.org.hk
India
Primepoint Foundation
14 (old No 8) Wason Street T. Nagar
Chennai
India
Tel: 91 44 2814 2005 / 2814
Email: prpoint@vsnl.com
URL: www.primepointfoundation.org/
Indonesia
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Stefania Sini
Email: stefania.sini@undp.org
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran Center for Future Research (ICFR)
No. 32 - Goldan St. Africa Ave.
19668 Tehran
Iran
Tel: +98 911 2996896
Email: amir@farmanesh.ir
Ireland
Volunteering Ireland
Coleraine House
Coleraine Street
Dublin 7
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 872 2622 24
Fax: +353 1 872 2623
Email: sandra@volunteeringireland.com
URL: www.volunteeringireland.ie
Italy
Divisione III, Voluntariato
Direzione Generale per il Volontariato
l'Associazionismo e le Formazioni Sociali Via Fornova, 8
00192 Roma
Tel: +39 0636754144
Email: volontariato@welfare.gov.it
Japan
National Network of Organizations Promoting Volunteering
c/o National Volunteer Promoting
Centre Japanese Council of Social Welfare
Shin-Kasumigaseki Building, 3-3-2,
Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku
100-8980 Tokyo Japan
Tel: 03-3581-4656
Fax: 03-3581-7858
Jamaica
Winsome Wilkins
IVD Secretariat & CEO
Council of Volunteer Social Services
122 Tower Street
Kingston
Jamaica
Tel: +876- 9679484.
Email: wowilkins@yahoo.com
Jordan
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Hyeran Kim
Tel: +962-(0)6-530-0499 ext. 224
Email: hyeran.kim@undp.org
Kazakhstan
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Eenjin Batsuren
26 Bukei Khan
Astana 10000
Kazakhstan
Tel: +7-7172-592550 ext 22523
Email: eenjin.batsuren@undp.org
Kenya
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
P.O. Box 30218
Nairobi
Kosovo
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Blerim Azizi
Payton Place 14
Pristina
Kosovo
Tel: +381-38-249-066 ext 120
Email: blerim.azizi@undp.org
Kyrgyzstan
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Achim A. Merlo
UNV Programme Officer
UN House
# 160 Chui Prospect
720040 Bishkek
Kyrgyzstan
Tel: +996-312-61-12-05 / 61-12-13
Fax: +996-312-61-12-17 / 61-12-18
URL: http://www.unv.org.kg
Lao PDR
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Elizabeth Bransfield
345 Avenue Kayazone
Vientiane 345
Laos
Email: elizabeth.bransfield@undp.org
Lebanon
Permanent National Committee for Volunteerism
Ministry of Social Affairs
Volunteerism Unit
Mr. Mohamad Kdouh
Head of Unit
Tel: + 961 1 611258
Fax: + 961 1 612858
Lesotho
Lesotho National Volunteer Commission
Ms. Evelyn B. Mokhosi
Ministry of Youth, Gender Sports and Recreation
Kingsway, Maseru
Liberia
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Ms. Rukaya Mohammed
UN Drive
Mamba Point
Monrovia
Email: rukaya.mohammed@undp.org
Madagascar
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Immeuble Galaxy Plaza
Rue DR Raseta- Andraharo Route de Majunga
101 Antananarivo Madagascar
Tel: 261 331137080
Email: dagny.mjos@undp.org
Malawi
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Patricia O'Loghlen
P.O. Box 30135
Lilongwe 3
Malawi
Email: patricia.ologhlen@undp.org
Mali
Programme des Volontaires des Nations Unies (VNU)
UNDP Mali
Immeuble Bambi
BP 120 Bamako
Tel: +223 222 01 81
Centre Kassoum Coulibaly (CKC)
Kalabancoura Rue 87 Porte 270
BP 155 Bamako
Mali
Tel: + 223 646 51 77
Fax: + 223 222 39 50
Email: c.kassoum@gmail.com
Mauritius
Halley Movement for Social and Community Development
Cite Pitot
Curepipe Road
P.O. Box 250
Curepipe
Mauritius
Tel: +230 674 6504
Fax: +230 677 8544
Email: halley@intnet.mu
URL: www.halleymovement.org
Mongolia
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Gilbert Anguyo
UNV Programme Officer
UN House
12 United Nations Street
P.O. Box 46
1009 Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia
Tel: +976 11 327585 / 325911
Fax: +976 326221
Email: gilbert.anguyo@undp.org
Montserrat
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed
Email: ahmedi@gov.ms
Mozambique
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Nurobibi Magide
UNV Country Office Assistant
Email: nurobibi.magide@undp.org
Namibia
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Charles Makunja
UNV Programme Officer
United Nations Development Programme – Namibia
Sanlam Centre
154 Independence Avenue
Private Bag 13329
Windhoek
Namibia
Tel: +254 61 204 6224
Fax: +254 61 204 6204
Email: charles.makunja@undp.org
Nepal
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Christian Simmelkiaer
UNV Programme Officer
P.O. Box 107
Kathmandu
Nepal
Tel: +977-1-5523200 Ext 1060
Email: christian.simmelkiaer@undp.org
URL: www.unv.org.np
New Zealand
Volunteering New Zealand
PO Box 24
526 Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: 04 4715739
Fax: 0274 127852
Email: ed@volunteeringnz.org.nz
URL: www.volunteeringnz.org.nz
Nicaragua
Programa de Voluntarios Naciones Unidas (VNU)
Ms. Marzia Baldassari
Apartado 3260
Managua
Nicaragua
Tel: +505 266 1701, ext. 601
Fax: +505 266 6909
Email: marzia.baldassari@undp.org
Niger
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Timothee Tabapssi
Maison des Nations Unies
BP 11207
Niamey
Niger
Tel: +227-20-73-47-00
Email: timothee.tabapssi@undp.org
Nigeria
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. W. Joe Adusei / Ms. Lena Okon
UNV Unit
C/o UNDP, United Nations House
Diplomatic Zone, Plt 617/618,
Central District Area
PMB 2581, Garki,
Abuja
Nigeria
Tel: +234-9-461-6274
+234 9 461 6233
Mob: +234-806-887-1496
+234-702-572-7828.
Email: joe.adusei@undp.org / joeadus@yahoo.com
URL: www.undp.ng.org
Pakistan
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Rafia George
Tel: +92-51-280-0133 Ext 2256
fax: +92-51-280-0031
Email: rafia.george@undp.org
The Philippines
Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA)
NEDA Complex
EDSA
Diliman n.a.
1104 Quezon City
Metro Manila
Tel: +63-2 435-7999/3851729
Email: pps.pnvsca@yahoo.com
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Hiroyuki Takita
30th Floor, RCBC Plaza Tower I
Ayala Avenue
Makati City
Metro Manila
Philippines
Tel: +63- 9 183541340
Email: hiroyuki.takita@undp.org
Portugal
Conselho Nacional para a Promoçao do Voluntariado
Rua Castilho, 5
1250 066 Lisboa Portugal
Tel: + 351 21 313 95 40
Romania
Pro Vobis National Volunteer Center
21 Calea Dorobantilor, 3rd floor
400117 Cluj Napoca
Romania
Tel: +40264 412897
Fax: +40364 401188
Email: provobis@provobis.ro
URL: www.provobis.ro
Rwanda
IVD committee
- Association des Volontaires du Muhuma
Archimede Sekamana
- Association des scouts du Rwanda
Bonaventure manirakiba
- Croix rouge rwandaise
Denis Bayiranga
- United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Amadou Lamine Diallo, UNV PO
Samoa
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Henrik Boldsen / Ms. Fumie Arimizu
Chair of the IVD Committee 2008
UNDP Samoa Multi Country Office for Cook Islands
Niue, Samoa, Tokelau
Tel: +683-23670
Fax: +683-23555
Email: henrik.boldsen@undp.org / fumie.arimizu@undp.org
Senegal
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
UNDP Immeuble Fayçal Rue Parchappe
BP 154 Dakar
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Yugoslavia
Email: olivera.ivanovic@undp.org
Sierra Leone
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Andrew Chishakwe
UNV Country Office
United Nations Development Programme
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Tel: +232-22-231-311 ext.1124
Email: andrew.chishakwe@undp.org
Singapore
National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre
7 Maxwell Road #05-01 MND Building Annex B
069 111 Singapore
Tel: +65-325 0955 / 0965
Fax: +65-221 0625
URL: www.nvpc.org.sg
Email: gabriel@nvpc.org.sg
Somalia
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Carola Vergero
UNDP Office - Somalia
UNDP Mogadiscio, Somalia
P.O. Box 28832
Nairobi
Kenya
Email: carola.vergero@undp.org
South Africa
Volunteer South Africa
South Africa
Email: Mzwandiler@socdev.gov.za
Spain
Plataforma para la Promoción del Voluntariado en España
C/ Francisco Silvela, 3, 3º Dcha.
28028 Madrid Spain
Tel: 34 91 401 19 11
Fax: 34 91 401 44 13
Email: ppve@arrakis.es
Sri Lanka
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Sharmalee Jayasinghe
202-204 Bauddhaloka Mawatha
Colombo 7
Sri Lanka
Tel: +94-11-2580691 Ext 217
Email: sharmalee.jayasinghe@undp.org
Sudan
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
UNDP Sudan
House 7, Block 5,
Gama'a Avenue
Khartoum
Sudan
Tel: +249-0-9-12-50-14-60
Email: unv.sudan@undp.org
Suriname
Stichting Bureau voor de Dienstverlening aan NGOs (Bureau Forum NGOs)
Mrs. Sheila Ketwaru
Tel: +597 422610 / 475992
Email: Sheila_Ketwaru@hotmail.com
Syria
Syrian Environment Association (SEA)
Ms. Dina Nabhan, Board Member
Email: dina-n@scs-net.org
Tanzania
Ministry of Labour, Youth and Sports Development
Mrs. Joyce Shaidi
Director Youth Development
P.O. Box 1422
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
Tel: +255-22-2111467
Email: kazi@africaonline.co.tz
Thailand
National Center for Volunteering and Giving (NCGV)
Volunteer Spirit Network
Mr. Win Mektripop
Secretariat
2044/21 New Petchburi Road
Bangkapi
Huay Kwang
Bangkok 10310
Thailand
Tel: + 66-2-319-5017
Fax: + 66-2-319-5019
Email: win@volunteerspirit.org
URL: www.konjaidee.com / www.volunteerspirit.org
Togo
Centre International de Volontariat (CIV)
P.O. Box 80208
Togo
Tel: +228 251 06 23
Email: civtogo@yahoo.fr
Trinidad and Tobago
Network of NGOs for the Advancement of Women Trinidad and Tobago
Ms. Hazel Browne,
Tel: +868-627-4807 / 686-7710
Email: natashanunez@yahoo.com
Turkey
Corporate Volunteer Association of Turkey
İnkilap Mahallesi
Ömer Faik Atakan Caddesi
Yilmaz Plaza, No:3
Ümraniye-Istanbul
Tel: +90 216 524 52 70
Fax: +90 216 524 52 34
URL: www.osgd.org
Email: osgd@osgd.org
Ukraine
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
1 Klovsky uzviz
Kyiv 1021
Ukraine
Tel: +38-044-253-9363
Email: unv@undp.org.ua
Uganda
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Patrick Mwangi Mathenge
UNDP Office - Uganda
P.O. Box 7184
Kampala
Email: cot@unvuganda.org
United Arab Emirates
International Humanitarian City (IHC)
P.O. Box 66466
Dubai
UAE
Tel: +971 4 368 0202
Fax: +971 4 368 1099
E-mail: info@ihc.ae
URL: www.ihc.ae
United Kingdom
Volunteer Development Scotland
Stirling Enterprise Parc
FK7 7RP Stirling
Scotland
United Kingdom
URL: www.vds.org.uk
United States
Points of Light Foundation
1400 Eye Street
NW Suite 800
DC 20005 Washington
Tel: + 1 202 729 8000
Fax: + 1 202 729 8100
Email: info@pointsoflight.org
URL: www.pointsoflight.org
Uruguay
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Antonio Graziano
J. Barrios Amorin 870
Montevideo 11200
Uruguay
Tel: +598-2-4123356
Email: antonio.graziano@undp.org
Uzbekistan
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Mr. Edin Elgsaether
Programme Officer
UNV Uzbekistan
4 Shevchenko Str.
700029 Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Tel: +998-120-34-50, ext. 144
Fax: +998-120-34-85
Email: edin.elgsaether@undp.org
Viet Nam
Health Volunteer Overseas
Ms. Vu Thi Binh Minh,
Project Coordinator,
ATS Hotel
33b Pham Ngu Lao
Ha Noi
Viet Nam
Tel: +84-4-933-0329
Email: minhbinhvu@gmail.com
URL: www.hvousa.org
United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Ms. Luu Thi Ngoc Anh
Communications Specialist
25-29 Phan Boi Chau
Ha Noi
Viet Nam
Tel.: +84-4-942-1495
Fax: +84-4-942-2267
Email: luu.thi.ngoc.anh@undp.org
URL: www.un.org.vn/unv
Yemen
Mr. Amir Obeid
UNV Programme Officer
Email: Amir.obeid@undp.org / unvyemen.info@undp.org
Zambia
National Committee
Ms. Mary Nandazi
CEO
Micro Bankers Trust
Tel: +260-1-97394177
Email: marynandazi@zamtel.zm
