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.
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.
IVD 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.
IVD 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.
UNV 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.
UNV
Newsletter August 2009
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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.
Volunteering 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.
UN 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.
Environment
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.
