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Koenraad Vancraeynest's story
20 November 2011
A family is constructing a toilet using their own means and local materials in Potosí. The Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) methodology is used to encourage families to construct their own toilets. (Alejandro Lujan, CLTS Consultant)
I have been working as a UN Volunteer in La Paz, Bolivia, since 2009. I work in the Water and Environmental Sanitation section of UNICEF as a UNV Water and Sanitation Officer. Read
More about: Children  Health
Countries:  Bolivia
Antoine Deliége's story
20 November 2011
My name is Antoine Deliége and I am an international UN Volunteer from Belgium, working closely with Right To Play International, a non-governmental organization (NGO), to implement an UNICEF-funded project to ensure that many Rwandan children and youth will have the opportunity to play. Read
More about: Children
Countries:  Rwanda
Shoko Fujita's story
20 November 2011
As part of the UNICEF Child Protection Team, I work on reclassification of crimes in line with the Timor-Leste Penal Code and developing common data collection tools to register criminal cases involving children. This aims to promote better coordination among child protection actors including the Vulnerable Person’s Unit of National Police Timor-Leste (PNTL) and Ministry of Social Solidarity, in order to establish a case tracking system. Read
More about: Children
Countries:  Timor-Leste
Samar Wahba's story
20 November 2011
UNICEF Egypt provides training to this teacher in the Upper Egypt Governorates in a project which aims to increase enrollment in early childhood education by improving the quality of education in the area.
Being a UN Volunteer, working as an Education Specialist with UNICEF Egypt was a very important stage in my life. I had the opportunity to participate in the early childhood development project implemented in the Upper Egypt governorates of Assiut, Sohag, and Qena.  I learned many different things, and also helped to contribute to and ameliorate the lives of a number of children in rural areas. Read
More about: Children
Countries:  Egypt
Muhammad Afrianto Kurniawan's story
20 November 2011
Raising children awareness of WASH issues through giant snake and ladder games/ ©SUrresta 2010
My name is Muhammad Afrianto Kurniawan, and my friends call me Afrianto. I am from Indonesia and this is my first assignment as a UN Volunteer. I have been working for UNICEF Timor-Leste as a UN Volunteer Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Engineer since the end of January, 2010. Read
More about: Children
Countries:  Timor-Leste
Julia Noethiger's story
20 November 2011
Julia (top left) with Guatemalan youth. (Photo: UNICEF/2011)
During two days, we worked with 170 adolescents (from ages 13 to 18; from rural and urban areas; indigenous and non-indigenous; female and male) using innovative, playful and creative methodologies in identifying the main issues that concern them in their family environment, at school and at the community level. Read
More about: Children
Countries:  Guatemala
Ewout Erik Stoefs' story
20 November 2011
Ewout, presenting group work at a staff workshop. (UNICEF/2011)
I am currently working as a Capacity Building and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for UNICEF in Ha Noi. I work for a programme called the ‘Provincial Child Friendly Programme’ which aims to strengthen the capacities of Viet Nam’s provinces to tackle children’s issues. Read
More about: Children
Countries:  Viet Nam
Dalia Ashour's story
20 November 2011
Dalia (third from left), with the UNICEF Egypt Emergency response team in Salloum. (Photo: UNICEF/March 2011)
When thinking of a volunteer, what usually comes to mind is a young person working in the field of an emergency zone. The link between the words ‘volunteer’ and ‘desk job’ is--to say the least--not very common. Well, I am one of those volunteers. I have been a national UN Volunteer, at a desk with office hours, in UNICEF Egypt’s Communication for Development (C4D) Section for a little over two years now. Read
More about: Children
Countries:  Egypt
Covering news for UNMIT in Timor-Leste
10 November 2011
Within media relations at UNMIT Sandra Black is part of a production team tasked with developing the Daily Media Review, the twice daily summary of all national and international news related to Timor-Leste, sent to the more than 2,700 UNMIT staff and 15 United Nations agencies present in Timor-Leste. (UNV, 2011)
Within media relations at the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), I am part of a production team that puts out the Daily Media Review, the twice daily summary of all national and international news related to Timor-Leste, sent to the more than 2,700 UNMIT staff and 15 United Nations agencies in Timor-Leste. Read
Countries:  Timor-Leste
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A way for repatriates' integration into society
23 September 2011
Nurbakhit Atan, national United Nations Volunteer serving as UNV Community Exchange Worker, has organized workshops and trainings for repatriates, conducted joint volunteer actions, and advised more than 500 repatriates on diverse issues. (UNV, 2011)
Through a state programme, the Government of Kazakhstan is making efforts to encourage the repatriation of ethnic Kazakhs from abroad. A former repatriate himself, UN Volunteer Nurbakhit Atan has advised more than 500 repatriates and conducted joint volunteer actions in the Ulan district. Read

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