Kyiv: Kyiv Post staff writer Kateryna Grushenko met with Ukrainian nationals returned from their international UNV assignments. Read her story. Read

Over five days, from 6 to 10 July, the Cherkasy region hosted “The Success Workshop” – a day camp for children between 8 and 12 years from large families in Zolotonosha city. Inside the urban youth centre, as well as having fun, 20 children improved their creative skills and learned new things, contributing to their development as successful members of society. Teenagers just a few years older – volunteers aged between 15 and 18 – took up the role of camp leaders. One of the leaders, Anastasia Kim, shared her impressions of the work. Read

The Kiev Post, in Ukraine, reviews the involvement of Ukrainian citizens in international volunteering and recounts the experiences of three former UNV volunteers during their postings in Africa and Asia. Visit site

A photography exhibition arranged by young volunteers during the “Itinerant Camp of the Friends of Nature” opened its doors on 6 July. Having started in the town of Tomashgorod, the exhibition will travel to the other youth centres in the Rivne region. Read

This Annual Report highlights the results achieved by UNV globally in 2009 in gender and youth empowerment, environment and climate change adaption, as well as health, peacekeeping and humanitarian response. Read