18 October 2008
To mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, UNV and the children of Prayas staged a play on some of the causes of poverty and how we can work towards eradicating it. Read
Countries: Nepal
09 October 2008
I have understood the real meaning of my presence in Nicaragua. Now I organize training for university students, for teenagers, for UN staff talking about HIV, trying to fight stigma and prejudice through the only winning gun: awareness. Read
Fighting poverty, protecting biodiversity: Community-based tourism in Nicaragua
07 October 2008
Finding the link between poverty and the loss of biodiversity is simple: the small producers inhabiting rural Nicaragua need firewood to survive, and have no other option than to find it in the forest. Read
More about: Environment Poverty
Countries: Nicaragua Switzerland
01 October 2008
Women continue to face insecurity occasioned by rape, domestic violence and other forms of physical abuse. Very few cases are properly prosecuted... This leads to impunity and perpetrates a vicious cycle of violence against women. I am helping them to break out of it. Read
Countries: Liberia Sierra Leone
24 September 2008
My collaboration with the organization, logistical coordination and supervision of UNIFEM's events provides me with the chance to actively promote and participate in the creation of debate areas, supporting social mobilization and strengthening the net, and to learn more about victimized women and the existing policies affecting Colombia. Read
Countries: Colombia Switzerland
24 September 2008
What I do at the office complements and is complemented by what I learn every day out in the streets of Port of Spain. Since I arrived here I have tried to live this experience to the fullest by meeting people from across the entire spectrum of this society. Read
More about: Human rights Refugees & displaced people
Countries: Italy Trinidad and Tobago
23 September 2008
UNV and local NGO Prayas set up a special event to both mark the International Day of Peace and to get street children engaged in activities. UNV's Programme Support Officer with UNMIN in Nepal, Karma Loday, talks about what the day meant to him and to the children themselves. Read
Countries: Nepal
23 September 2008
I was approached by the Rotary Club of Princes Town to assist in a free medical outreach project at Williamsville, one of the remote areas in the south of the country. This 'camp' was assisted by one of the UNV volunteer doctors living near me. It was only the beginning... Read
Countries: India Trinidad and Tobago
22 September 2008
I remember in my childhood days I perceived the UN as wearing hard hats, having guns and vehicles bearing the big 'UN' logo. So I didn't really know what was meant by the UN, until I met a national UNV volunteer, an engineer, in my country, India. Read
More about: Peace & conflict resolution Poverty
19 September 2008
I provide advice on policies and legislations; conduct monitoring activities on economic, social and cultural rights, particularly the right to food; and facilitate training on the Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) to programming, as well as my advocacy work. Read
More about: Human rights Peace & conflict resolution






