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UNV honours outstanding Online Volunteering teams
On December 5th 2007, the United Nations Volunteers Online Volunteering service announced the winners of the “Online Volunteering Team of the Year Award”.  The ten winning teams, comprising online volunteers and their volunteer managers at the host organizations, made an exemplary impact on human development through their efficient online collaboration and commitment to volunteering.  

A jury of experts in volunteerism, development and online collaboration selected the winners of the Online Volunteering Team of the Year Award based on the volunteers’ commitment, the organization’s approach towards online volunteer involvement, the online collaboration and its impact on the organizations’ development activities.

The purpose of this annual award is to recognize the contributions of online volunteers to human development, to demonstrate how development organizations can strengthen their activities through effective online collaboration with volunteers, and to showcase the diversity in which online volunteers can support development organizations.

Further information about the winning teams is available on the UNV Online Volunteering service website: www.onlinevolunteering.org
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RESPECT Team: 30 online volunteers from around the world run the RESPECT University project, which provides refugees and internally displaced persons with an opportunity for personal, academic and community development by offering high school graduates free post-secondary courses by correspondence. From left to right: Organization’s representative Marc Schaeffer (Canada) and online volunteers Nadia El Sherbini (Egypt), Perry Zilbershats (Israel), Kenneth S.Donahue (U.S.A.), Ashok Pillai (India), Veronica Patience Fynn (Liberia), Elizabeth Radziszewski (U.S.A.), Isha Miranda (Canada), Adassey Adama Adjomayi (Benin), Shakeel Ahmed (Pakistan), Louise de Brisson (France), Raphael Sadiwa (Philippines/USA).RESPECT Team: 30 online volunteers from around the world run the RESPECT University project, which provides refugees and internally displaced persons with an opportunity for personal, academic and community development by offering high school graduates free post-secondary courses by correspondence. From left to right: Organization’s representative Marc Schaeffer (Canada) and online volunteers Nadia El Sherbini (Egypt), Perry Zilbershats (Israel), Kenneth S.Donahue (U.S.A.), Ashok Pillai (India), Veronica Patience Fynn (Liberia), Elizabeth Radziszewski (U.S.A.), Isha Miranda (Canada), Adassey Adama Adjomayi (Benin), Shakeel Ahmed (Pakistan), Louise de Brisson (France), Raphael Sadiwa (Philippines/USA).


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In this slideshow
African Conservation Foundation Team: The two online volunteers contributed to the conservation of rainforest and the protection of critically endangered populations of great apes in South West Cameroon, providing technical expertise in geographic information systems and remote sensing. From left to right: Organization’s representative Arend de Haas (Netherlands) and online volunteers Magali Moreau (France), Lauriane Cayet (France).
African Conservation Foundation Team: With the help of the maps and data produced by the online volunteers of the African Conservation Foundation Team, project staff is evaluating the forest vegetation of the great apes’ habitat.
Bureau for Reconstruction and Development Team: Working closely with the Director of the Bureau for Reconstruction and Development, Yin Mei Wong helped to enhance the NGO’s organizational capacities and the quality of its services in the areas of human rights and capacity building in support of civil society organizations, local NGOs and the Government of Afghanistan, sharing her skills in strategic business planning, project/team management and proposal development. From left to right: Organization’s representative Khan Agha Dawoodzai (Afghanistan) and online volunteer Yin Mei Wong (Singapore).
Bureau for Reconstruction and Development Team: The manual used in this training session on human rights delivered to a grassroots NGO by the Afghan organization Bureau for Reconstruction and Development was created by an online volunteer under Yin Mei’s direction.
Community Empowerment Collective Society Team: 154 online volunteers helped the Community Empowerment Collective Society, composed entirely of online volunteers, to empower low-income communities by providing training material for community workers in more than 30 languages. From left to right: Organization’s representative Phil Bartle (Canada) and online volunteers Eliane Garcez (Brazil), Mirinha Lara Víchalo (Brazil), Kathrin Schubert (Germany), Fabiola Ferreira Oliveira (Brazil), Silke Reichrath (Germany), Luiz Claudio Correia dos Anjos (Brazil).
Community Empowerment Collective Society Team: Training material illustration of a rope pump system created by an online volunteer.
Conscious Generation Team: The Burundian grassroots organization Conscious Generation engaged three online volunteers in writing a proposal for a youth centre, which is now being reviewed by potential donors for funding. The project drew on the volunteers’ expertise in civil engineering and project management. From left to right: Organization’s representative Ferdinand Habonimana (Burundi) and online volunteers Martin Gauthier (Canada), Tommy Ye (U.S.A.), Deborah Hubscher (Italy).
Lawyers without Borders Team: Lawyers without Borders engaged an online volunteer to promote the work of this group of volunteer lawyers worldwide who stand ready to support non-profit organizations, rule of law initiatives, legal capacity building projects and human rights work around the globe. Bonnie Taher designed website graphics, logos and other branding images. From left to right: Organization’s representatives Christina Storm and Michael Lockaby (U.S.A.) and online volunteer Bonnie Taher (U.S.A.).
Lawyers without Borders Team: Online volunteer Bonnie Taher created images that support Lawyers without Borders’ project models and artistically depict their work.
MAPU Team: MAPU Association (Spain) aims to support the self-determination of local communities and the protection of human and environmental rights in those communities. 10 online volunteers helped MAPU, which had joined forces with an Argentinean civil movement, the Assembly of self-organized Neighbours against mega mining, to raise international awareness on the consequences of mining projects in Argentina. From left to right: Organization’s representative Fernanda Rojas (Spain) and online volunteers Silke Reichrath (Germany), Marion Kipiani (Austria), Carmina Velasco (El Salvador).
MAPU Team: The Argentinean civil movement Assembly of self-organized Neighbours benefits from the MAPU team’s support in raising international awareness on the consequences of mining projects in Argentina.
RESPECT Team: 30 online volunteers from around the world run the RESPECT University project, which provides refugees and internally displaced persons with an opportunity for personal, academic and community development by offering high school graduates free post-secondary courses by correspondence. From left to right: Organization’s representative Marc Schaeffer (Canada) and online volunteers Nadia El Sherbini (Egypt), Perry Zilbershats (Israel), Kenneth S.Donahue (U.S.A.), Ashok Pillai (India), Veronica Patience Fynn (Liberia), Elizabeth Radziszewski (U.S.A.), Isha Miranda (Canada), Adassey Adama Adjomayi (Benin), Shakeel Ahmed (Pakistan), Louise de Brisson (France), Raphael Sadiwa (Philippines/USA).
RESPECT Team: A group of RESPECT University students in Ghana receives the instructions of their online volunteer tutor through the local course coordinator.
Shine a Light Team: Seven online volunteers translated material created by 300 grass-roots organizations serving marginalized children in Latin America. This facilitated knowledge sharing between the organizations, which form part of the ‘Shine a Light network’ and who work in a number of languages from Portuguese and Spanish to Aymara and Tzotzil. From left to right: Organization’s representative Kurt Shaw (U.S.A.) and online volunteers Ludmila Cieszkowsky (Brazil), Sara Gomes (Portugal).
Shine a Light Team: Thanks to the online volunteers who translated from Portuguese street argot into English, community workers worldwide can learn from the songs of a rap album composed, recorded, and performed entirely by children from the streets and favelas of Brazil.
UNDP International Poverty Centre Team: 23 online volunteers from 17 countries built the UNDP International Poverty Centre’s directory of 2,800 research centres worldwide dealing with poverty and social development. It is now a key tool for fostering South-South cooperation and knowledge sharing, particularly among developing countries. From left to right: Organization’s representative Francisco Filho (Brazil) and online volunteers Mania Misirli (Greece), Bev Byron (Australia), Pierre Kingiriti (DR Congo), Afshan Mirza (Pakistan), Sabria Regragui Mazili (Morocco), Sakhi Dodhia (U.K.), Daniel Fiott (U.K.), Youngmi Kim (South Korea).
UNDP International Poverty Centre Team: The UNDP International Poverty Centre’s online directory of 2,800 research centres worldwide dealing with poverty and social development built by online volunteers is now a key tool for fostering South-South cooperation and knowledge sharing, particularly among developing countries.
Youth for Technology Foundation Team: Six online volunteers supported the Youth for Technology Foundation in establishing the Sironko Digital Village, a community technology and learning center in Uganda, by creating a webpage, mobilizing supporters and providing strategic advice. From left to right: Organization’s representative Njideka U. Harry (Nigeria) and online volunteers Katy Weprin (U.S.A.), Oliver Smith (U.K.), Anja Lohrer (Germany), Danielle Brunin (U.S.A.), Jaime Chapman (U.S.A.).
Youth for Technology Foundation Team: Children at the Sironko Digital Village, a community technology and learning center in Uganda, established with the help of online volunteers.
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