We Volunteer Do You

It’s a big step to have come from a place called Phipsoo, a small isolated village under Singye Gewog in Sarpang Dzongkhag, to being active with the United Nations in countries I had never dreamt of. My first school was Phipsoo Forest Primary School which was created by my parents and other villagers in the [...]

“I am helping people by sharing my knowledge and experience, and at the same time I am developing and improving my own professionalism.” Dr. Tashi is a UNV Medical Doctor serving in Timor Leste since December 2008. Timor Leste is a lower middle income economy, and continues to suffer the aftereffects of decades-long independence struggle against [...]

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. A teacher at Mongar Lower Secondary School, Ms. Karma Lhamu is a volunteer member of the Mongar Women’s Association since its establishment in 1996. “Finding time to volunteer is challenging as I am a teacher which is a very [...]

  “I want to return the generosity shown to me by many people after the loss of our father at my age of 11” said Ms. Leki Wangmo, one of the long serving volunteers with the National Women’s Association of Bhutan (NWAB) in Bumthang. Ms. Leki joined as a volunteer member of the organisation in September 1985 [...]

“I cannot refuse anyone for I am here to help, all who need my assistance.”   Mr. Mama, UNV IT Specialist, is the most well known UNV volunteer in Bhutan as it was rightly mentioned in Kuensel published on May 26, 2008, “There is one thing in common to all IT Managers in Thimphu; when they have [...]