Speech of UNV Executive Coordinator in Yemen on the occasion of International Volunteer Day
I have come to you today with an open mind, an open heart and open hands.
I have come with an open mind, because this is the first visit of the head of UNV to Yemen since 1982.
Forty years is a long time.
There is a lot to reconnect, to absorb and to adjust.
Last week, my father called me from Moscow and asked where I was going. I said, I am going to Yemen.
He was happy to hear that and asked me if I knew that Yemen is one of only ten countries mentioned in the Holy Q’uran.