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Emergency relief - Related documents
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Keeping a watchful eye
27 May 2009
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Emergency Assistance Programme coordinates targeted assistance such as this food distribution to mobile and vulnerable populations in Zimbabwe. (UNV)
Harare, Zimbabwe: To inform decision-making on how to assist people fleeing political violence after Zimbabwe’s 2008 elections, one UNV volunteer is helping to keep track of migrant populations. Read
Countries:  Zimbabwe
Reaching for higher ground
30 April 2009
Flooding in Xakao, Botswana, March 2009. (UNV)
Shakawe, Botswana: A UNV volunteer finds that people are in need of his volunteer spirit when flooding hits rural areas in the Okavango Delta. Read
Countries:  Botswana
Preventing crisis with drama
09 April 2009
Local knowledge is invaluable in coming up with creative ways to win people's attention. (UNV)
Kalmunai, Sri Lanka: To take disaster reduction messages to the people and engage local volunteers, one UNV volunteer found himself out on the street. Using his local knowledge, he saw outdoor theatre as a way to capture people's attention. Read
Countries:  Sri Lanka
Inspiration in Indonesia
02 March 2009
Kartini Mansmoor is a national UNV volunteer with the UNDP People-Centred Development Programme. (UNV)
Jakarta and Teluk Mayalibit, Indonesia: Almost half of the total number of UNV volunteers in Indonesia are women, working on a variety of projects: here we introduce two of them. Read
More about: Education  Poverty
Countries:  Canada  Indonesia
A host of events in Brazil
01 January 2009
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: In Brazil, events in four major cities marked both International Volunteer Day and a volunteer week. Organizations and key people from across Brazilian society got involved: there were more than 70 partners; 200,000 e-mails were sent and 1,900 volunteers in 337 cities participated in at least one of the 50 volunteer assignments linked to the volunteer week. Read
More about: Civil society
Countries:  Brazil
UNDP India looks to UNV disaster expertise
08 October 2008
Bihar State, India: Today, 8 October, is the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction. UNDP in India plans to triple the numbers of UNV volunteers working on disaster risk and relief in flood-afflicted Bihar, and UNV volunteers are already at the centre of efforts to get people back on their feet. Read
Countries:  India
Spreading the word in hurricane-hit Haiti
10 September 2008
The UN and UNV volunteers assisted people in Haiti after hurricanes in 2008. (Stock photo: M. Rizzolio/UNV)
Gonaïves, Haiti: After a series of exceptionally severe storms, thousands of people in Haiti are in need of accurate information about how to cope and recover. UNV volunteers are helping to keep them informed. Read
Countries:  Cameroon  Haiti
Other languages: en français  
UNV volunteers support Chinese earthquake relief
21 May 2008
Caring for the millions of homeless after the Sichuan earthquake is an urgent priority for volunteers. (L. Liu/UNV)
Sichuan Province, China: UNV volunteers are working in Sichuan province in China to support medical relief for people displaced by the recent earthquake. One of them is writing an online diary of his experiences (last updated 1 June), and was joined in May by two others. Read
Countries:  China
Other languages: en français  
Volunteers at the forefront of Myanmar cyclone crisis
08 May 2008
Map showing the path of Cyclone Nargis. (ReliefWeb/OCHA)
Bonn, Germany: With a million people in need of urgent aid, thousands of local volunteers are expected to play a vital role in relief efforts in Myanmar.  Among those already active are 20 volunteers of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme currently in the country.  They are providing expertise and organizing local volunteers to help with relief and early recovery efforts. Read
Countries:  Myanmar
UNV volunteers help respond to Haiti food crisis
29 April 2008
Supporting MINUSTAH, UNV volunteer Emmanuel Sannoh checks tickets for food distribution in Haiti. (Mario Rizzolio/UNV)
Cite Soleil, Haiti: With the global food crisis occupying the headlines, UNV volunteers have been helping to manage emergency food distribution in Haiti. Read
Countries:  Haiti
Other languages: en français  

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