Spanish university
volunteer Maria Belmonte Saldaña gets stuck into the ‘Greenathon’,
a clean-up of the polluted Yamuna river. (UNV)
Volunteering
to make Orissa Green
23 July 2009, Bhubaneswar
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 Bhubaneswar-based government girl’s high school, promotes tree plantation as a first step to meeting the challenges posed by climate change.
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. Many organizations all over India consider
joining hands in order to collectively organize campaigns on
issues related to Corporate Sustainability and Environmental
matters to have a larger reach and greater impact on such issues.
A
Tribute to Volunteerism
UNV volunteers Celebrate International Volunteer Day
5 December 2008, India
December 5 every year is dedicated to volunteerism and its
contributions to communities and to development. Volunteerism is
recognized as a powerful resource to engage people in the
pursuit of peace and development. In India, UNV observed this day with the re-launch of the new
UNV HQ online volunteerism website, an exhibition in Delhi, and
a volunteer fair in Orissa.
The
Teach India campaign
The “Teach India” campaign was a social initiative by the Times
of India in partnership with the Times Foundation and United
Nations Volunteers, which invited the general public, corporate
employees and students to volunteer towards teaching
underprivileged children who have been denied the right to
education. The aim of the campaign was to provide a platform for
members of society who, irrespective of their personal and
professional standing, felt a strong desire to give back to
society and to participate in building a nation based on
solidarity and justice, and in order to fight discrimination and
marginalization. The campaign will be carried out in Delhi,
Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. UNV India is supporting the “Teach
India” campaign with its technical expertise in volunteer
management and in planning development projects.
A Tribute to Volunteerism:
UNV volunteers Celebrate International Volunteer Day
5 December 2008, India
December 5 every year is dedicated
to volunteerism and its contributions to communities and to
development. Volunteerism is recognized as a powerful resource
to engage people in the pursuit of peace and development. In
India, United Nations Volunteers (UNV) observed this day with
the re-launch of the new UNV HQ online volunteerism website, an
exhibition in Delhi, and a volunteer fair in Orissa.
Women artisans, associated with the NGO Kala Raksha, from Kutch
in Gujarat exhibited their art in Delhi. The Delhi-based UNV
volunteers met the women artisans to better understand their
lives and livelihoods. These women who come from marginalized
backgrounds shared their concerns about water related issues and
gender dimension of water management. Scarcity of water
dominates the lives of these women from Kutch.
In Orissa, a one-day Volunteer Fair was organized in partnership
with the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). The Fair drew in
potential volunteers, mainly young people. It raised awareness
of the need and opportunities to give back to society through
volunteering. It was also a platform for NGOs in need of
volunteers to show their work. In addition, UNDP Orissa also
organized a round table discussion on “Volunteerism in
Resettlement and Rehabilitation”. The fair received much
press coverage that noted its uniqueness and wealth of
opportunities to serve society.
