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The right to an identity
06 May 2010
Inés de Ros Casacuberta (right) works as a UNV volunteer with the International Organization for Migration, promoting the right of Nicaraguans to identification. (UNV)
Managua, Nicaragua: Identification is crucial to providing citizens with access to public services and letting them fully exercise their constitutional rights, such as the right to vote. Read
Video - a language for youth
13 April 2010
Anielka Sánchez (right) and José Calderón - members of the Totogalpa House for Adolescents and Youth - learn how to use the video camera in Madriz, Nicaragua. (Mario Murillo/UNV)
Estelí, Nicaragua: Working in direct contact with those who represent the future of Nicaragua has enriched my two-year experience as a UNV volunteer. Read
More about: Education  Youth
The impact of mining on the environment
22 November 2009
River polluted by mining activity in the region of Bonanza, Nicaragua. (UNV)
Bonanza, Nicaragua: Nicaragua’s north east Bonanza region suffers high levels of pollution caused mainly by mining. This is resulting in a reduction of the soil’s fertile layer and decreasing the quality of water available for human consumption. (Story in Spanish) Read
More about: Environment
Knowledge is our weapon: HIV/AIDS awareness in Nicaragua
09 October 2008
Rita Palombo is fully funded by the Italian Government and works as a UNV volunteer intern with UNAIDS, also working with WHO, PAHO and local NGOs. (UNV)
Managua, Nicaragua: 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
More about: Gender  HIV/AIDS
Countries:  Italy
Fighting poverty, protecting biodiversity: Community-based tourism in Nicaragua
07 October 2008
Swiss national Andrea Siclari (right) is a UNV volunteer intern fully funded by the Swiss Development Corporation. (UNV)
Managua, Nicaragua: 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:  Switzerland

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