United Nations Volunteers: Youth

The first meeting held for NGO partners. The Instructor of the Despertar NGO is talking to other NGOs about best practices in teaching IT Essentials to underserved young people in São Paulo. (UNV, August 2011)

IT essentials for development

22 August 2011

São Paulo, Brazil: It is such an honour to be a UN Volunteer, serving in my own country, and seeing the positive impact that the Cisco Networking Academy ICTs educational programme is having. Read

A UNV Albania stand offered information and materials on volunteerism, environmental protection and climate change. (UNV, 2011)

Voluntary action for environmental protection

18 August 2011

Vuno, Albania: The camp helped to increase awareness among the participants about volunteerism and the importance of voluntary actions for community mobilization and local development. Read

Renata Lok-Dessallien (left), United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, and Zhou Tienong, President of the China Volunteers Association (CVA), during the launch of CVA, the first volunteer association in the country. Its aim is to foster a culture of volunteerism for social development and solidarity. (UNV, 2011)

China launches its first national volunteer association

02 August 2011

Beijing, China: The UN Resident Coordinator in China, Renata Lok-Dessallien, celebrated the launch of the China Volunteers Association. This inclusive volunteer association aims to foster and promote the culture of volunteerism for social development. Read

At the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) Briefing to NGOs in New York, Flavia Pansieri emphasized that through volunteerism, young people are empowered to actively engage in changing the world around them. (UNV, 2011)

UNV chief sees youth as engaged actors of development

01 August 2011

New York, United States: In June 2011, UNV Executive Coordinator Flavia Pansieri spoke on the occasion of the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) Briefing to NGOs in New York. She focused on youth, a significant resource for volunteering: "Youth are not the problem, they are part of the solution". Read

Launch of the initiative 'Fair Play', part of the social project 'Let's Do It Together' led by the Government of Ukraine. (GIZ - Ukraine, 2011)

Young Football Volunteers project soon to be launched

15 July 2011

Kiev, Ukraine: In August 2010 the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) received the 2010 Monaco Charity Award from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Every year the UEFA gives this award to a deserving organization that is mobilizing the power of sport to achieve positive change. Read

Youth job seekers in Bihać begin their quest for employment. (Elizabeth Siebenmann/UNV, 2011)

Opening doors to youth employment in Bosnia and Herzegovina

20 April 2011

Bihać and Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Last month UNV Field Unit Bosnia and Herzegovina was excited to participate in the official opening of the Youth Employment & Information Centres – or CISOs – in Bihać and Prijedor, located in the northwest of the country. The opening of the first of 15 CISO centres marks an exciting new chapter in supporting young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina to overcome high rates of unemployment and secure the first step to better futures. Read

Anoj Chhetri, the UNV Programme Officer for India (right) escorted Sam Sharpe, Head of the British Government Department of International Development in India (DFID) through an IVD 2010 photo exhibition held in New Delhi. The exhibit, which featured photos of tribal women volunteers, included descriptions of how volunteers have contributed towards achieving the MDGs by helping to address maternal and infant mortality among the tribal community or improve the livelihood of marginalised communities. (UNV, 2010)

India celebrates IVD across the country

08 March 2011

New Delhi, India: International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2010 was celebrated all over India with a variety of impressive activities from a national essay and slogan competition to local panel discussions, a tree-planting and a human chain march to promote the MDGs and volunteerism. Read

Children between 11 and 13 years of age designed posters for the MDG Poster Competition. (UNV 2010)

IVD 2010: Stories from Fiji

14 January 2011

Suva, Fiji: The celebration in 2010 was composed of several events, such as, “Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) poster competition” which provided an opportunity to address the issues of the MDGs in Fiji from children’s perspectives and “Family Fun Walk and Sports Day” with more than 200 participants. Read