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Annual Report 2005/06 - Making Distinctive Contributions
This annual report highlights examples of UNV’s activities within a framework of three areas of distinctive contributions that: widen access to services and improve delivery of services (Chapter 1); bring about inclusion and participation of those who are excluded (Chapter 2); and mobilize communities through voluntary action (Chapter 3). 

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Expanding the scope of development
Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Defining distinctive contributions
Ad de Raad, Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme.
Message of Ad de Raad,
Executive Coordinator, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme. Read
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Chapter 1: Access to services and service delivery
Young people active in skills training in Burkina Faso. UNV volunteers support underprivileged youth overcome poverty by providing access to skills training in such areas as tailoring and woodworking. (Photo: UNV)
A defining role in development
 
This area of contribution focuses on enabling disadvantaged groups and communities to have wider access to services and enhancing the delivery of such services. From the local community perspective, this entails strengthening the functioning of volunteer involving organizations. Read
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Chapter 2: Inclusion and participation
Girls attending the first girls' school in Ragh district, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. The school was constructed with funds raised by Toshiko Kitahara, a Japanese UNV volunteer serving with the World Food Programme. (Photo: WFP)
Supporting empowerment

This contribution involves promoting the inclusion of all stakeholders, in particular the disadvantaged, in processes that affect their well-being.

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Chapter 3: Community mobilization through voluntary action
National UNV volunteer Nguyen Cong Khiet (centre) with Viet Nam Youth Union volunteers at My Son Sanctuary in central Viet Nam. The sanctuary is one of three UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the country that UNV volunteers are assisting youth volunteers to preserve. (Photo: UNV)
Engaging civil society

This contribution focuses on fostering community mobilization through voluntary action to address local development issues.

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