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IVD 2011: Volunteering Matters IVD 2011: Volunteering Matters: Light-up our World
In the lead-up to 5 December, UNV aimed to showcase why volunteering matters and engage as many UN Volunteers as possible in responding to key volunteering issues. This was done through a mix of discussion-point videos, a photo competition and bold social media engagement, all coming together on a dedicated and interactive webpage: volunteeringmatters.unv.org We encouraged virtual participation from all corners of our globe in order to 'light up our world' with photographs and testimonies of ongoing volunteer action. More than 1,300 photos lit up 130 countries on the Volunteering Matters map, showcasing the power of voluntary action everywhere. With International Volunteer Day (IVD) this year, we marked the closing of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers, and we launched the first ever State of the World's Volunteerism Report. The campaign culminated in a striking digital mosaic or 'snapshot' featuring 170 images of our volunteering world, which was revealed on 5 December at a special session with civil society at the UN in New York. See the session through the UN webcast site. Visit IVD 2011: around the world to read more about the celebrations that took place on IVD all over the globe. To see all the photos that came in for each country, please visit the Volunteering Matters page. And watch our thank you video. For more information and downloads, visit the Volunteering Matters downloads page. You can also download below the official 2011 IVD statements from the UN Secretary-General, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator, and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme Executive Coordinator: UN Secretary-General (Arabic / Chinese / English / French / Russian / Spanish) |