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A pillar for peacekeepers and communities
03 August 2010
Irish volunteer Derek O’Rourke (front right) with Josephine Lee (centre), Liberian UNV volunteer Property Management Assistant, and James Mperese (left), Ugandan UNV volunteer Facilities Management Assistant, during activities in South Murta. (UNMIS)
Kadugli, Sudan: Working with the United Nations Mission in the Sudan, UNV volunteer Derek O’Rourke's role is to make life as comfortable as possible for peacekeepers in the field. He has also initiated a UNV group supporting volunteer activities with communities, promoting environmental awareness and community voluntary action. Read
More about: Environment  Health
Countries:  Sudan
Feeding the volunteer spirit - Koidu
19 July 2010
"When people volunteer, it's a collective benefit," says Gambian UNV volunteer Dodou Darboe at the WFP Sub Office in Magburaka, Sierra Leone. "Critical to all this is getting people into groups and building their capacities so that rather than telling them what to do, they can say 'hey, this is going wrong' and come up with solutions of their own accord. And when we come back they can say 'hey, this is what we have done'. This is our challenge. I'm a UNV volunteer, and like all the other UNV volunteers with WFP in Sierra Leone I feel very proud that, as a volunteer, I've been given such a very central, and such a very important, responsibility. (P. Sen/UNV)
Koidu, Sierra Leone: It's every UNV volunteer's task to support voluntary action in the communities they support. So those of them assigned to WFP in Sierra Leone help sustain the work of civil society. Read
More about: Civil society  Focus on food  Youth
Countries:  Gambia  Sierra Leone
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  Marginalized groups  Refugees & displaced people
Countries:  India
"Making it work"
24 June 2010
Boubacar Ibrahima from Niger, is a UNV volunteer Vehicle Technician with the United Nations Mission in Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT) in Abeche. (UNV)
Abeche, Chad: We are all very aware of our challenging working and living conditions. Sometimes when something breaks I think: "How can I do it?!" My biggest accomplishment is when I make it work despite all the odds.

Every day at work, I try to make a difference by doing my job with creativity, passion and dedication. I believe that we all make a difference... Read
Countries:  Chad  Niger
Keeping the wheels turning
23 June 2010
UNV volunteer Ernest Merriman-Johnson from Sierra Leone at work in the Transport Section in Gbarnga, Liberia. (P. Sen/UNV)
Gbarnga, Liberia: Without UNV volunteers like these, UNMIL's task in the remote parts of Liberia would be far harder. Read
Countries:  Liberia  Philippines  Russian Federation  Sierra Leone

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