Engaging Afro-descendant, indigenous and migrant communities in water, sanitation and hygiene

UNV Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
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"Leaving no one behind" in sustainable development means including the voices of the more than 200 million people who identify themselves as Afro-descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean (ONU, 2023). Meet Delrin Chavarría, Afro-descendant and indigenous, who found an opportunity to give back his community through UNV.

Delrin joined the UNV team in 2021 with an assignment in the Darién, a difficult-to-reach indigenous jungle area located on the Colombia-Panama border. A daily average of between 1,000 and 1,500 migrants pass through this place, and access to drinking water is a permanent need.

"UNICEF installed water treatment plants in the Darién with which approximately 40,000 liters of drinking water are currently produced per day. My task is to monitor them so that local communities and migrant populations can efficiently use that water," Delrin continues.

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UN Volunteers bolster humanitarian assistance on the northern border of Peru

UNV Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
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On the northern border of Peru, an interdisciplinary team of 26 highly motivated professionals join national humanitarian assistance efforts as UN Volunteers.

The Peruvian towns of Tumbes, Piura, and Lambayeque are facing a triple crisis: climate change, a dengue fever outbreak and forced migration. It is estimated that 840,000 people need humanitarian assistance after heavy rains and are at risk of a possible "El Niño" phenomenon.

Michèle narrates: "Numbers hold power. They drive decisions, influence policies and mould the future."

Michèle Diane Karambiri, former UN Volunteer with UNFPA
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From Burkina Faso to the very heart of Congo

Imagine transitioning from the familiar landscapes of Burkina Faso to the vast and diverse terrain of Congo, all with a mission to uncover its stories – not through words or pictures, but numbers. That was my challenge when I started as an international UN volunteer with the UNFPA’s country office. But why numbers, you ask? Numbers hold power. They drive decisions, influence policies and mould the future.

The monumental task ahead

In 2017, my journey began. I, a UN Volunteer, was given a task that would span three eventful years: to support the National Institute of Statistics (INS) for the 5th General Population and Housing Census (RGPH-5). But this was not just any census. It would influence and shape national strategies and policies for many years.

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