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Hydroelectricity empowers Laotian village
13 May 2011
Seungho Han (Korea), UNV Environment Specialist with UNDP, photograhs the opening ceremony for a new hydro power system at Houay Ngou, Lao PDR. (UNV, 2011)
Seungho Han (Korea), a former UNV Environment Specialist with UNDP in Lao PDR, recalls his last field vist to a remote village where the community joyously launched a small hydro power system they had built themselves.   Read
Countries:  Lao PDR
Empowering grassroots governance
29 June 2010
This water tank in Saru (Hinjilicut block) was completed in 2009 at the request of the villagers themselves. It is used as a fish farm for small business development, not to mention its usefulness as a water storage facility for washing and other activities. Many of the people here belong to India’s ‘Scheduled Tribes’. The women of Saru joined together in this voluntary self-help group to help each other generate income and press for development projects such as the water tank. (P. Sen/UNV)
Ganjam, Orissa State, India: Empowering the poor to take ownership over development needs UNV volunteers like Minaram Patnaik to help communities and the authorities work together. Read
More about: Governance  Poverty
Countries:  India
Volunteer-powered elderly care project grows in Beijing
29 June 2010
Activities at the Leling Elderly Care Organization under the UNV-supported 'Spring Shoots Programme'. (UNV)
Beijing, China: A UNV- and UNDP-supported grassroots organization is training neighbourhood communities on community-based volunteer service for the elderly. Read
More about: Civil society
Countries:  China
Upgrading a vision for a better life
27 June 2010
Khirabhati Chhachan (right, talking to Sibaram Das, left) is one of the leaders of the town's self-help groups, and acts as their informal spokeswoman. Unusually for a tribal person, who typically stay close to their traditional lands, with Sibaram's assistance she ventured to a neighbouring state for microenterprise training. Khirabhati now passes on the knowledge she gained to other community members, and hopes to set up her own beauty parlour business soon. Another 100 women are involved in mushroom cultivation. (P. Sen/UNV)
Jharsuguda, Orissa State, India: Life has changed for the tribal people of Orissa, but UNV volunteers are helping ensure that their rights are upheld. Read
More about: Civil society  Peace & conflict resolution  Refugees & displaced people
Countries:  India
Dreams fly for Beijing children
17 June 2010
The children of migrant workers in Beijing often suffer limited educational opportunities. On Children's Day, UNV and volunteer-involving organizations gave them the chance to let their dreams fly. (UNV)
Beijing, China: On Children's Day, volunteers organized events for disadvantaged children in Beijing, forging new partnerships for volunteerism for development. Read
More about: Children  Civil society  Youth
Countries:  China
A new image
01 June 2010
A garment factory in Cambodia. Japanese volunteer Rie Miura worked with the ILO on a project to improve working conditions. (R. Miura/UNV)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Before I visited Cambodia, the image I had of people there was not very clear. I just considered them as people living in a developing country. After spending a couple of days there, I began to understand what the Cambodians were like. Read
More about: Private sector
Countries:  Cambodia  Japan
The Japanese volunteer brokering a balance for youth
01 June 2010
UNV volunteer Natsuko assisted Mohamed F. Bango through UNDP's partnership with Action Aid. "I'm popularly known of 'man of god'... because of certain changes I have made," says Mohamed. "When Action Aid first came along we tried to run away because we thought they were police. But now I say thanks for their good help. Here is the place I used to hang around, making these cheap mud blocks for building. Smoking under a tree." (P. Sen/UNV)
Freetown, Sierra Leone: Natsuko Kaneyama is a UNV volunteer Programme Manager for Youth and Peacebuilding. Her job is to help young people get out of poverty and into the economy. Read
More about: Civil society  Education  Peace & conflict resolution  Poverty  Youth
Countries:  Japan  Sierra Leone
Enabling positive choices in HIV policy
27 May 2010
An HIV-positive respondent answering a questionnaire for the HIV survey in Indonesia. (UNV)
Punjaya, Indonesia: "People do not only answer my questions, but ask their own questions… for example, how I got out of drug addiction." UNV volunteers living with HIV are lending their insights to a ground-breaking study that will improve the response to HIV. Read
More about: HIV/AIDS
Countries:  Indonesia
Photo story: Brokering a balance for youth
27 May 2010
One of the NGOs that UNV volunteer Natsuko Kaneyama work with in Freetown is the Youth Development Movement. Here, Fatmata Koroma writes on the blackboard, where she has been practicing how to prepare a menu card. Six months ago she was completely illiterate. "I couldn't even write my name. I've now learned how to do much more." The youth learn business skills for the hospitality trade, from waitressing and cooking to accounting and bookkeeping. They also learn about community skills and family living, what the NGO calls "attitudes for life". (P. Sen/UNV)
Freetown, Sierra Leone: Natsuko Kaneyama from Osaka, Japan, aims to help Sierra Leone's young people get out of poverty and into the economy. You can meet some of these youth here. Read
More about: Civil society  Peace & conflict resolution  Poverty  Youth
Countries:  Japan  Sierra Leone
A guiding hand
11 May 2010
Taking Liberia from its violent past into lasting development will take the commitment and cooperation of every stakeholder in the nation's future. But a gently guiding hand goes a long way towards bringing people together. (P. Sen/UNV)
Gbarnga, Liberia: Taking Liberia from its violent past into lasting development will take the commitment and cooperation of every stakeholder in the nation's future. But a gently guiding hand goes a long way towards bringing people together. Read
More about: Civil society  Governance  Peace & conflict resolution
Countries:  Kenya  Liberia

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