United Nations Volunteers: Education

750 take oath to be PROVONAT national volunteers in Togo

20 March 2013

Lomé, Togo: 750 new Togolese volunteers took an oath during the 12 March ceremony in Lomé organized by the National Volunteering Programme in Togo (PROVONAT) and the Government of Togo. PROVONAT was established and implemented by a team of UN Volunteers with funding from UNDP and technical support from UNV. Read

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Countries: Togo

Schoolyard clean up by UN Volunteers and parents in CAR sets example

18 September 2012

Bangui, Central African Republic:

On 15 September 2012, Annie-Gisèle Nam, the Central African Republic’s Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Literacy, launched Operation Clean Schools, a week of activities to encourage the public to voluntarily clean-up school grounds throughout the nation. Read

Countries: Central African Republic

Pre launch of the Student Volunteer club

12 August 2012

Freetown, Sierra Leone: The youth IMPACT Volunteer club aims to address the needs of marginalized communities in Freetown and sub-areas by encouraging young graduates to use their knowledge and skills at the grassroots community level. The project aims to contribute to the peaceful coexistence of communities by creating environmentally-friendly livelihood opportunities in a selected number of communities. Read

More about: MDGs: General Volunteering for Development

Countries: Sierra Leone

Training of trainers

25 July 2012

UNV Pierre Pinat, Training Officer IMTC MINUSTAH, leading a writing exercise of the training. (Isabelle Blanc/UNV FU 2012)

Port-au-Prince, Haiti:

The objective of the workshop Training of Trainers on writing English correspondence and reports in a peacekeeping mission, which took place in the Integrated Mission Training Centre (IMTC) in Log Base, MINUSTAH (Port-au-Prince), was to become more familiar with the uses of each type of written communication in the United Nations. It included several sections on editorial conventions related to abbreviations, capitalization, editing tips or spelling

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Countries: Haiti

Youth volunteers mobilized for the Rio+20 Conference

15 June 2012

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: In the lead-up to Rio+20, UNV was actively involved with the Government of Brazil and UNDP in the training of 1,200 young volunteers for the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development taking place from 20 to 22 June in Rio de Janeiro. Read

More about: People with disabilities Volunteering for Development Youth

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