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36 . PROMOTING VOLUNTEERISM FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENTAfter your assignment“A UN Volunteer‘s experiences should bean ongoing and evolving process – notjust a one-time stint.“A former UN VolunteerWhen your UNV assignment comes to anend, you will join the ranks of a globalcommunity of more than 50,000 former UNVolunteers scattered all over the world.Both collectively and individually, former UNVolunteers are part of a very powerful force.Many UN Volunteers view their assignmentas one stage of a lifelong commitment tovolunteerism for peace and development.Debriefing and End-of-AssignmentReportWhen you undergo your end-ofassignmentdebriefing and submit yourfinal Volunteer Reporting System (VRS)report, you are invited to share commentsand stories about your personalexperiences with volunteerism fordevelopment. We ask you to share yourexperiences so that you can contribute toand enhance our knowledge aboutvolunteerism for peace and development.Stories that showcase the special rolevolunteerism played in achieving theobjectives of your assignment areespecially helpful.The process of recording yourexperiences will help to highlight thebenefits you brought to your hostcommunity. This process also offers youthe opportunity to identify challenges anddescribe how you addressed them (or ifthe challenges persist, to offer yoursuggestions for addressing them). It is animportant chance for you to reflect on yourassignment and put your wholeexperience as a UN Volunteer into abroader picture, in terms of yourcontribution to both development and yourpersonal growth, before you return homeor move on to your next professionalopportunity.Sharing your experiences withvolunteerism during your assignment willhelp UNV improve its support for futurevolunteers. Your experiences and thelessons you learned during yourassignment will also help futurevolunteers to grasp the distinctivecontribution that UN Volunteers make todevelopment, and will furnish them withgood practices from the field.
AFTER TO YOUR ASSIGNMENT . 37Keeping up-to-dateThe World Volunteer Web(www.worldvolunteerweb.org) is animportant resource for keeping currentwith developments in volunteerism aroundthe world. You can help keep this valuableinteractive repository of information andexpertise about volunteering relevant andup to date by contributing stories, videosand photos from your UNV assignment tothe website, or even starting a blog aboutyour ideas for promoting volunteerism.Before departing the location of yourassignment, you might also assist localvolunteer groups to submit their ownstories and experiences to the WorldVolunteer Web. We also invite you tokeep updated on the work of UNV byviewing our website (www.unv.org).Staying involvedAfter your UNV assignment ends, thereare many ways to stay involved involunteering for peace and development.Some of these include:■ Getting involved in volunteeringactivities in your home community (orwherever you go after your UNVassignment);■ Becoming a member of the Former UNVolunteer Network and contribute topromote, enable and strengthenvolunteerism for peace and developmentwhile staying in touch with fellow formerUN Volunteers. Do not hesitate to contactus at Former.Volunteers@UNV.org formore information on how to become amember.■ Sharing your skills and expertisedirectly from your home or office byvolunteering over the Internet via theUNV Online Volunteering service(www.onlinevolunteering.org);■ Continuing to support local NGOs orother organizations you may havehelped during your UNV assignment;■ Supporting the efforts of otherorganizations to help them strengthenthe impact of their development work;■ Being an advocate for volunteerism fordevelopment in your home community.(See the next section for more details.)Advocating for volunteerism for peaceand development at homeRegardless of where you go or what youdo after your UNV assignment, you willhave opportunities to persuade others tobecome involved in voluntary actions topromote development and reducesuffering around the world.
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