Kyiv, Ukraine: Igor Petrovsky, a doctor from Vinnytsa, travelled to South Africa to work for a year as a United Nations Volunteer. Now awaiting his next UN assignment, he sat down to talk with What’s On about his African adventures. Read

Kiev, Ukraine: For Olga Kolosyuk, clean water represents progress in a post-Chernobyl Ukraine. The fact that her village of 1,000 has safe drinking water demonstrates what the community has accomplished—most notably the refurbishment of a local water supply—since taking the lead in improving their situation. She is one of numerous volunteers who, with the help of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, set up a community organization in the village. Read