New York, London: On 15-16 October, more than 23.5 million people, in over 80 countries around the world set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of people to “Stand Up Against Poverty”. Read

Cairo, Egypt: Representatives of the Egyptian Government, civil society and different United Nations agencies gathered on the banks of the Nile for the official launch of the Sailing the Nile project, a national initiative to raise awareness and encourage action towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s). Between October 29th and December 7th eight feluccas will sail the Nile from Aswan to Cairo, making eight stops en route, each of which will represent one of eight MDG’s. Read

65 volunteers came together in Alexandria for three days, from the 27th to the 29th of July, to discuss raising awareness of human rights in Egypt. Read

Cairo, Egypt: Many of Cairo’s citizens are confronting urban-related problems, e.g., poverty, lack of housing and sanitation facilities, and internal migration through volunteering. Below are three projects showing how volunteers, through the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, contribute and mobilize fellow Cairenes in developing their 'triumphant city'. Read

Cairo, Egypt: UNV and UNDP, in partnership with the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM), are working with communities to stop Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Egypt. The joint 'FGM Free Village Model' project discourages the practice by raising awareness of the harmful mental, physical and social side effects of FGM. Read

Cairo, Egypt: The Hope Village Society, an Egyptian organization dedicated to working with street children and a partner of UNICEF, is running a programme to train homeless children as mentors for even more vulnerable children on the streets in a suburb of Cairo.  Not only is this programme assisting vulnerable youth, it is also raising awareness regarding the plight of street children to address the problem. Read

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