Manon Cabaup, UN Youth Volunteer funded by France, was deployed in the Union of the Comoros from March 2015 to January 2016.
I was a UN Youth Volunteer in Comoros for a little less than a year. Comoros is situated off the south-east coast of Africa; Mozambique is on its east and Madagascar on the north-west.
During my assignment, I worked as a UN Youth Volunteer in Communication for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Ilya Novikov is a UN Youth Volunteer in Protection and Promotion of Human Rights at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Senegal since March 2016. His assignment is funded by Switzerland.
I am based in Dakar and part of a dedicated team of five people working towards the promotion and protection of human rights across the 14 West African States. A challenging and fascinating mission in a few words is but a gross understatement.
My area of responsibility includes economic, social and cultural rights of the local people, the rights of people on the move, especially asylum seekers, as well the human rights situation in Niger. This is especially where I saw my mission bringing the United Nations closer to the people we serve.
Many factors influenced my decision to volunteer, but there are three motivations that stand out: my education, daily routine and the will to do something more. I have a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, and I always wanted to collaborate in some way on international causes that directly impact my daily life. My second motivation was the time I spend online every day, as many other young people my age. I realized that I could use that time to become an agent of change in my virtual community.
I was selected as a UN Online Volunteer for a project in which we developed content on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and spread it on social networks. I was already volunteering at an electronic newspaper and I asked for the authorization to use my weekly column to give the campaign more visibility.
Haneul Kim served as an international UN University Volunteer on Communications with UNDP’s Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) in Uzbekistan. She developed a cartoon series to explain, clearly and simply, how the work of GEF SGP benefits plants and the earth. Her UNV assignment was fully funded by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).
If I can describe the work of the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme in one sentence, I would say that it works for both the protection of the environment and development. Most people would think that protecting the environment is something that distracts society from developing technologies, facilities, and the making of profits. However, GEF SGP is the place where we research how to do both simultaneously.
Heidi Lehto is a UN Volunteer Child Protection Officer with UNICEF in Sudan whose assignment is fully funded by the Government of Finland. Before becoming a UN Volunteer, she worked with Finn Church Aid and the Lutheran World Federation in Liberia, Ethiopia and Uganda. She is one of 12 UN Volunteers fully funded by the Government of Finland currently serving in nine countries in Africa, Asia and Europe and CIS.
In 2015, I got the opportunity to become a UN Volunteer Child Protection Officer with UNICEF in Sudan. In a country severely affected by armed conflict, displacement and food insecurity, the humanitarian needs remain critical. In addition to an estimated 2.2 million people displaced internally, Sudan has received over a quarter of a million refugees fleeing the war in South Sudan. Approximate 70 per cent of these displaced people are children.
Later, TIRs cross into Syria as aid convoys under the supervision of the UN. The aid is then distributed by the UN's local partners in Syria. The whole operation is coordinated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA).
Later, TIRs cross into Syria as aid convoys under the supervision of the UN. The aid is then distributed by the UN's local partners in Syria. The whole operation is coordinated by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA).
By Céline Rehring, UN Volunteer Judicial Affairs Officer in MINUSCA from July 2015 to December 2016
Op Ed from the UNV DEC to Afghanistan, Toily Kurbanov, the occasion of his visit to Afghanistan for the celebrations of IVD 2016.
Published in 8am, Afghanistan national daily. (dari)
Op Ed from the UNV DEC to Afghanistan, Toily Kurbanov, the occasion of his visit to Afghanistan for the celebrations of IVD 2016.
Published in Pahjok, Afghanistan news agency. (english)
