20 March 2013
Lomé, Togo: 750 new Togolese volunteers took an oath during the 12 March ceremony in Lomé organized by the National Volunteering Programme in Togo (PROVONAT) and the Government of Togo. PROVONAT was established and implemented by a team of UN Volunteers with funding from UNDP and technical support from UNV. Read
Countries: Togo
18 September 2012
Bangui, Central African Republic:
On 15 September 2012, Annie-Gisèle Nam, the Central African Republic’s Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Literacy, launched Operation Clean Schools, a week of activities to encourage the public to voluntarily clean-up school grounds throughout the nation. Read
Countries: Central African Republic
12 August 2012
Freetown, Sierra Leone: The youth IMPACT Volunteer club aims to address the needs of marginalized communities in Freetown and sub-areas by encouraging young graduates to use their knowledge and skills at the grassroots community level. The project aims to contribute to the peaceful coexistence of communities by creating environmentally-friendly livelihood opportunities in a selected number of communities. Read
More about: MDGs: General Volunteering for Development
Countries: Sierra Leone
25 July 2012
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Read
The objective of the workshop Training of Trainers on writing English correspondence and reports in a peacekeeping mission, which took place in the Integrated Mission Training Centre (IMTC) in Log Base, MINUSTAH (Port-au-Prince), was to become more familiar with the uses of each type of written communication in the United Nations. It included several sections on editorial conventions related to abbreviations, capitalization, editing tips or spelling
Countries: Haiti
15 June 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: In the lead-up to Rio+20, UNV was actively involved with the Government of Brazil and UNDP in the training of 1,200 young volunteers for the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development taking place from 20 to 22 June in Rio de Janeiro. Read
