Cherkassy: From 27 to 31 July, 2009, 24 volunteers ages 16-25 from Cherkasy region worked on the riverside and forested areas along the Dnipro River near the village of Sokyrne in Cherkasy. In this way the organisers, UNDP project “Youth Social Inclusion for Civic Engagement”, Cherkasy Region Youth Resource Centre, Oblast Department of Family, Youth and Sports, and Cherkasy National University, taught  young people about the problems and solutions regarding pollution. Read

On Sunday, 18th May, 2008, Kiev hosted the opening of the Living Library in Ukraine in Tarasa Shevchenko park. The Library functioned much like a conventional library as we all know it, the only difference – in the Living Library the “books” were human beings, each of them with own life stories to share: adventures, love, incredible dreams and real horrors. Read

Kyiv: The first International Volunteer Promotion Campaign was held from August 27 to September 10, 2007, in Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Chernihiv oblasts. During the two week campaign, volunteers from Poland, Serbia, France, Germany, Denmark, Turkey and Japan joined Ukrainian peers to work on solving actual problems of Ukrainian rural communities. The initiative was sponsored by the UN Volunteers Programme and the Ukrainian Association for Youth Cooperation Alternative-V, with additional support from United Nations Development Programme projects “Human Security for Ukrainian Youth” and Chornobyl Recovery and Development Programme (CRDP). Read

While on her home visit to the United States of America, International UN Volunteer Ann M. Merrill organised a number of presentations for University students. Read

A workshop was held on 19 November, 2005 with youth organizations in Kiev. Topics discussed included the concept of volunteerism and the challenges of establishing a better volunteer network in Ukraine. Read