Cairo, Egypt: One hour per week for ten weeks. That is what 130 Injaz (‘achievement’ in Arabic) United Nations Volunteer (UNV) Associates have devoted to youth in classrooms throughout Egypt. Read

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

Under the slogan “My responsibility as an Egyptian”, the International Day of the Volunteer 2005 will represent a milestone opening up a series of events for the whole 2006, aimed at raising awareness on the meaning of the Millennium Development Goals while at the same time creating adequate channels for youth to contribute to achieving the MDGs through volunteerism. Read

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

Cairo: Egypt’s Ministry of Youth, Volunteer Network Egypt and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is organizing the launching of “Cairo Guide for Volunteers” for International Volunteer Day on 9 December 2004 at the Cairo International Convention & Exhibition Center in Egypt. Read

Cairo: Cairo , 16 Dec 2003--Celebrating its second year in Egypt, Open Volunteer Day (OVD) is promising to become a tradition with the country’s civil society organizations. Read

Details of Egypt's International Volunteer Day 2003 celebration. Read

Cairo: Given the importance of volunteerism as a development tool and the coincidence that the international celebration of voluntary work took place in 2001 (UN international year of volunteers), the Institute of Cultural Affairs "Middle East and North Africa" developed a pilot project entitled the "Volunteer Child". Read

Cairo: With the slogan "Together we can Protect our Environment", United Nations' staff in Egypt celebrated the UN World Environment Day by assisting residents of Old Cairo in cleaning up the district. Read

Cairo: Egypt’s Human Development Report (HDR), published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), reports that the country needs its citizens to become actively involved in civil groups, including volunteer organizations, to improve the quality of life. Read