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Developing local capacity through learning
27 August 2010
Representatives of NGOs working in education, public health and human rights, during a collaborative learning to analyze the weaknesses and strengths of their organizations. (UNV)
”Many people and organizations have made a difference in my life, and I want to give back. I can’t express the happiness, emotions and also the level of responsibility that I feel. UNV turns to reality my dream of giving back to society." Read
More about: Civil society  Education  MDGs
Countries:  Chad
Making the rounds in Nepal
26 August 2010
UNV volunteers serving with the UNMIN Medical Section (L to R): Dr. Kristen Atonson, Mr. Sika Amoah-Kwakye (Pharmacist), Dr. Derrick Eriab Lubwama, Nurses Carine Jimenez and Ramatu Barrie (UNV/2010)
We are at one of the sites where the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), whose mission is to monitor the disarmament of Maoist rebels, is stationed. Read
More about: Health
Countries:  Nepal
Recycling waste paper
18 August 2010
In Timor-Leste, UNV volunteer Mohammed Ibrahim Koroma supports a local initiative to recycle shredded paper into cooking briquettes. Read
Marketing Armenian cheese
22 July 2010
Elena Vasseur Garcia (left), from Kraft Latin America, and Peter Hofsaess, from Kraft Germany, travelled to Armenia as Private/Corporate Sector volunteers to share their expertise with local cheese manufacturers. (UNV)
Private/Corporate Sector volunteers from Kraft Latin America and Kraft Germany travelled to Armenia to share their expertise with local cheese manufacturers, helping to improve the know-how of cheese companies and the livelihoods of rural producers. Read
More about: Poverty  Private sector
Countries:  Armenia
Helping International Humanitarian Efforts from Hanoi
20 July 2010
By being an online volunteer graphic designer through the UNV Online Volunteering service, Luu Thi Ngoc Anh in Vietnam is able to combine her love of doing something creative in her free time with her support for Caritas International's work to bring disaster and humanitarian relief to vulnerable communities. (UNV)
By being an online volunteer graphic designer through the Online Volunteering service, Luu Thi Ngoc in Vietnam is able to combine her love of doing something creative in her free time with her support for Caritas International's work to bring humanitarian and disaster relief to vulnerable communities. Read

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