World Heritage sites are the natural and cultural wonders of the world. Find out how you can protect these special places and learn about the communities who live near World Heritage sites.
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, discusses the value of the United Nations Foundation as he visits Foundation staff and tours the office.
The Vodafone Foundation and the United Nations Foundation work together to improve disaster relief communications and health data collection around the world through the use of mobile technology.
The UN Foundation-Vodafone Foundation Partnership supports DataDyne.org's groundbreaking mobile data products that serve public health and international development.
The World Heritage Alliance is a membership based organization that works to support World Heritage conservation, sustainable tourism, and local economic development for communities in and around World Heritage sites.
The UN Foundation is working with MTV to make sure you've got up-to-date information, ways to stay involved, and other social issues that affect young people all over the world. You can stay in touch with all the latest from the UN Foundation through our think.MTV page and by signing up for email alerts.
Kevin Starace of the UN Foundation and Nothing But Nets travels to Chad for an emergency distribution of bed nets to IDPs displaced by the conflict in Darfur. He Explains the distribution process and how our partner, the Mentor Initiative makes it happen.
Joel Selanikio of the DataDyne group and Paul Margie of the UN Foundation discuss the creation of DataDyne and how they work with country governments and use technology to improve health data systems.
The UN Foundation connects people, ideas and resources to the United Nations. Our successes this year have helped millions of people around the globe. You can join our life-changing work at www.unfoundation.org .
Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment talks about the positive impact of the all-female UN peacekeeping force in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, a great example of how women in leadership roles can have a huge impact.
Traveler Megan Lantz-Oh describes her experience doing volunteer work in Vietnam. This story shows the value of giving back to local communities. You can find out more about voluntourism and traveling responsibility online at www.friendsofworldhe ritage.org
