UNV India - Annual Report 2015

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Visit of the UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth - Mr. Ahmed Alhendawi On 28 August 2015, UNV India in coordination with the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office organized an interactive meeting between the UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, Mr. Ahmed Alhendawi and volunteers from the UN as well as various other youth volunteering organizations at the UN Conference Hall in New Delhi. During the interaction, Mr. Alhendawi said “It is imperative to engage young people as part of solutions, and engaging volunteers is a smart way to do that!”. He informed the participants about the UN Youth Volunteer Programme that has been prepared and launched by UNV in a response to the UN Secretary’s call for more youth engagement into sustainable development and shared his firm belief in the transformative power of volunteering with regard to positively shaping youth and providing them with purpose and meaning to life. What followed was a very constructive conversation between Mr. Alhendawi and the crowd, focussing on current challenges that young people in India are facing and how they and other young Indians can contribute to overcome them. 12 UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS INDIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015
Youth Ki Awaaz (YKA) Debates On 12th October 2015, politically conscious students from across Delhi participated in YKA Debates, a new interactive format that is designed to cover themes especially relevant to Indian youth and that simultaneously reaches out to young people from all around the world by live-streaming the debate online. The YKA debates were organized by UNV India, Youth Ki Awaaz, Action 2015 and hosted at WWF Auditorium, Lodhi Estate. At the first edition of such a debate, six competitively selected university students from Delhi engaged in what is called a 3x3 parliamentary debate. Two teams of three students, representing a hypothetical government and opposition, debated over a topic that was given to them only shortly before the debate took place. With World Leaders, including India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, having just signed up for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the agenda that will play a crucial role in each country’s path towards inclusive development, it was hardly surprising that the topic of the day touched upon several SDGs: “This House believes that a cut in India's social spending is essential to provide for India's manufacturing prowess, paving a way for wide scale employment and a higher GDP.” In what quickly became a fast paced and lively debate, the government ("Increasing GDP isn't the same as increasing economic inequality") as well as the opposition ("We have to understand that manufacturing isn't the new solution. Welfare hasn't failed") made strong statements towards their cause and it was only small details that saw the opposition emerge as victorious in the end. The first YKA debate turned out to be a great venue for Indian youth to express possible obstacles towards inclusive development in India, while also providing them with an opportunity to present ideas on how to support the government in achieving the SDGs. Youth Ki Awaaz, Action/2015 and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in India are convinced of the potential of volunteerism and India’s extremely young population to overcome poverty and achieve the sustainable development agenda. They are therefore constantly exploring possibilities to mobilize and engage volunteers and to give a voice to the youth of the country. Victor Igbokwe UN Volunteer Spotlight 2 Victor is a 37 years old international UN Volunteer and holds an MA in Human Rights and Conflict Management from Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy. He was born in Abia in eastern Nigeria, however, he grew up in Jos, in the central region of the country. Although having arrived in India only a couple of months ago, Victor has already started travelling the country educating people about Disaster Risk Reduction Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. He works on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, with the United Nations Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) to support enhancing capacity of United Nations Plan of Action on Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience through the implementation of various activities around disaster management. He also provide support to partner organizations in terms of reporting, capacity building, organizing conferences/ events, advocacy and promotion of volunteerism among other things. -What has been your happiest moment working as a volunteer? Not long ago I was approached by a group of youths here in India and they wanted to know how I started as a volunteer, and what it entails. So I was able to share my experience of starting out and how fulfilling it can be. They then went on to write an article about volunteering and are now looking out for ways in which they too can be volunteers. So sharing my thoughts with youngsters makes me very happy. Full interview of Victor can be found at www.in.undp.org/unv 13 UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS INDIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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