UNV India - Annual Report 2015

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UNV participation in Action Aid Trainings Thanks to a collaboration between UNV and ActionAid International, all currently serving UN Volunteers were offered a chance to get one of a total of 100 scholarships to attend on-ground trainings at ActionAid’s training centres in Bangladesh, El Salvador, Ghana, Kenya, State of Palestine and Tanzania. Seven national and international UN Volunteers serving in India successfully applied for one of these exciting learning opportunities. They attended trainings on Social Media and Debate, Gender and Governance as well as Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) at the ActionAid Training Centres in Kenya and Tanzania Volunteers taking part in the Gender and Governance training got introduced to the concepts of gender and governance, different frameworks for their analysis, the linkages between both topics and, subsequently, how gender can be integrated into governance. The beginners training on M&E introduced the basic elements of a project cycle and saw the participants formulate M&E plans for hypothetical projects designed by themselves over the course of a week. The participants of the seminar on Social Media and Debate focused on enhancing their video making, photo shooting and blogging skills while also discussing different formats of debate, public speaking skills, argumentation theory and the overall speech making process. National UN Volunteer Dipanshu Roy felt that “The training was really a good experience. Now, I know many important things about social media and its tools, which I was not aware about before this training programme. I am looking forward to use this learning into my current assignment now”. Adding further, his colleague Sugandha Nagar said, “I learnt about the various factors that go into making a social media campaign successful and also how to mitigate risks involved in communicating through social media. Apart from this, learning from fellow UNVs across the globe was added value to the programme.” A heartfelt thanks to ActionAid and the Volunteer Knowledge and Innovation Section (VKIS) at UNV Headquarter for making this happen! 16 UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS INDIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015
5 Days of Dignity Campaign #5DaysofDignity Campaign – Let’s break the taboo around menstruation! In October, UNV was very happy to be able to support Youth Alliance and Goonj in rolling out their #5DaysofDignity Campaign, an effort to reach out to college campuses and to break the taboo around menstruation. The campaign revolved around a group of dedicated volunteers planning various activities throughout Delhi to tackle the stigma around the female cycle. They achieved this by asking students and other locals about their thoughts on the topic, before designing games and activities based on common misconceptions and prejudices they encountered in these interviews. The initiative proved to be a huge success and the campaigners were able to motivate additional volunteers who pledged to break the taboo surrounding menstruation. State level orientation workshop on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 Himachal Pradesh is prone to various natural and manmade hazards, such as earthquakes, landslides, flash floods, snow storms and avalanches, droughts, dam failures, fire – domestic and wild, accidents – road, rail, air, stampedes, boat capsizing, biological, industrial and hazardous chemicals etc. The hazard which however, poses biggest threat to the state are earthquakes. Himachal Pradesh has been shaken more than 80 times by earthquakes having a magnitude of four (4) and above on the Richter Scale as per the recorded history. This is why the State Government of Himachal Pradesh in collaboration with United Nations Disaster Management Team (UNDMT), celebrated the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) 2015 in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. The aim of the celebrations were to promote the understanding of disaster risk, to create an enabling environment for disaster preparedness and emergencies as well as to make the state more disaster resilient. In order to achieve these goals, a workshop with 400 youth volunteers from various schools and colleges was organized by national UN Volunteer Utkarsh Pandey and international UN Volunteer Victor Igbokwe. In their roles as support to the UN Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) in India, they sensitized the students about “disaster risk reduction and volunteerism” by explaining the role of different stakeholders in disaster situations and introducing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) including its objectives, guiding principles and the framework’s linkages to the Sustainable Development Goals 17 UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS INDIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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