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International Volunteer DayVoluntary Ideas Turning Green India                                                        by UNV Programme Officer, Mr. Anoj Chhetri

India is a rapidly developing country where a billion plus people live, but paradoxically many of them with a huge gap in living standards. Environment is a major concern for the Government, UN and other many development organizations. Low literacy rate, poverty, changing lifestyle and rapid industrialization are reasons, among many others, to climate change, pollution and other impact of global warming.

 

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                                         International Volunteers Day 2009 report: UNV India played a role of leadership for IVD 2009 involving Swechha, UNDP India, VSO, American Center, Times Foundation, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Department of Environment Govt. of Delhi, NFI, Tehelka, NDTV, Radio MEOW, The YP Foundation and Jamghat joined hands to celebrate and commemorate International Volunteer Day on the 5th of December 2009. International Volunteer Day (IVD) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985 to acknowledge the potential that volunteers promise towards betterment of social conditions, promotion of economic development, and empowering people to take charge.

International Volunteer DayIVD Celebration in Orissa

United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with local partners - Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) and Bakul Foundation - jointly commemorated the International Volunteer Day (IVD) on 5th December 2009 at Bhubaneswar, Orissa. The theme for this year’s IVD celebration in Orissa was “Volunteering for our Planet” which recognized the crucial role of volunteers in addressing issue like global warming, climate change and the need for environment protection. Nearly 700 participants from all across Bhubaneswar and adjoining areas took part in the IVD celebrations.

 

International Volunteer DayIVD by Arcelor Mittal India

Strategic Objective: “Promote and support activities that will help/facilitate an individual (employee) in becoming more self conscious and sensitive towards society and environment; thereby making a lifelong commitment to voluntarily contribute to one or more social and/or environmental cause.”

 

UNV Factsheet 2009

UNV Newsletter October 2009

12 November 2009, Bonn, Germany – People around the world are volunteering hundreds of thousands of hours to tackle climate change and send a message to world leaders that everyone is part of the solution.

International Volunteer DayUNV Annual Report 2008

Peace is more than just the absence of discord or violent conflict. It encompasses all aspects of social cohesion – including equality, freedom and the rule of law. Peace is the necessary prerequisite for sustainable human development, for equitable access to resources and services, and for the full realization of human opportunities and potential.

 

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                                            UNV Newsletter August 2009 - Following an absence of three years, UNV India is delighted to re-launch the UNV newsletter. The primary objective of this newsletter is to keep UNV volunteers and their respective host agencies informed of various initiatives, activities, projects and policy decisions. It also brings together UNV volunteers working across India from districts to states and the national capital.

International Volunteer DayVolunteering to make Orissa Green                                                           23 July 2009, Bhubaneshwar

The 'Green Orissa' campaign was launched in Orissa in July amidst boundless enthusiasm, hope and promise to make the state green through volunteering efforts. The campaign launched in a Bhubaneshwar-based Government Girl's High School, promotes tree plantation as a first step to meeting the challenges posed by climate change.

 

International Volunteer DayUN Volunteers train NSS Youth in Chennai                                                 22 to 28 June 2009, Chennai

From June 22nd to June 28th 2009, two members of the UNV team in India, Mr Anoj Chhetri (Programme Officer) and Saoirse de Bont (UNV intern from Ireland), assisted as resource persons at the NSS Mega Summer Camp 2009 in the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development (RGNIYD) in Chennai. The summer camp was attended by over 400 NSS volunteers, representing states from across India.

 

International Volunteer DayEnvironment Day Report
Awareness Programme

5th of June is celebrated as the World Environment Day and the week from 5th to 11th of June as the “World Environment Week” in collaboration with UNV, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and many other organizations.

 

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