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Online volunteers for Fundació Catalunya Voluntària in Spain
15 December 2011
(Photo: Fundació Catalunya Voluntària, 2011)
70 online volunteers have contributed extensively, during several months, to the Peace Bag for EuroMed Youth toolkit, drafting, reviewing and translating the 191 page publication into 12 languages, as well as creating the layout and a web version. The Peace Bag, which offers practical tools to promote a culture of peace at the local and regional level across the Mediterranean, has been developed in a participatory process that involved 18 youth-led and youth-serving organizations from 14 countries in the region, coordinated by the Fundació Catalunya Voluntària. Read
Countries:  Spain
Advancing the rule of law
10 December 2011
Geoffrey Omon, UNV Judicial Systems Monitor, has served as a UN Volunteer with the United Nations Mission in Liberia from 2007 to 2011. (UNV)
Monrovia, Liberia: Joining the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) as a UNV Judicial Systems Monitor in 2007 has allowed me to help further development not only for the people I serve in Lofa and Montserrado Counties, but also for myself. Read
More about: Human rights
Countries:  Liberia
Covering news for UNMIT in Timor-Leste
10 November 2011
Within media relations at UNMIT Sandra Black is part of a production team tasked with developing the Daily Media Review, the twice daily summary of all national and international news related to Timor-Leste, sent to the more than 2,700 UNMIT staff and 15 United Nations agencies present in Timor-Leste. (UNV, 2011)
Dili, Timor-Leste: Within media relations at the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), I am part of a production team that puts out the Daily Media Review, the twice daily summary of all national and international news related to Timor-Leste, sent to the more than 2,700 UNMIT staff and 15 United Nations agencies in Timor-Leste. Read
More about: Governance
Countries:  Timor-Leste
International Day of Peace, 21 September
21 September 2011
Peace Day has special significance for this happy young girl on her way home from school in a rural village near Buchanan, Liberia.  For her and her peers, peace has brought educational opporunities. (Sarah-Jane Mungo/UNV, 2011)
The International Day of Peace has been celebrated on 21 September since 1981.  Since 2001, this day has also been "devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples."

At this time, it is important to recognize the significant role played by UN Volunteers working for the achievement of sustainable peace and stability around the world.  UN Volunteers, including those in Liberia and Haiti, are among the many around the world marking Peace Day today. Read
More about: Education
Countries:  Liberia
Making the best with what he has
16 September 2011
UN Volunteer Elisha Laizer from Tanzania repairs vehicles for the MONUSCO in Kamina in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (UNV, 2011)
“The biggest challenge is when I have to put on big shoes and walk the same way I do with my normal size shoes,” says UN Volunteer Elisha Laizer. By this I mean: “When my clients expect quality service regardless of the in­adequate resources I have on the ground.” Read

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