UNV India - Annual Report 2015
Our annual report gives an overview over the work of UN Volunteers India in 2015.
Our annual report gives an overview over the work of UN Volunteers India in 2015.
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Recap – IVD 2014 – Slogan Writing Contest<br />
On International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2014 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the United Nations Volunteers (<strong>UNV</strong>)<br />
programme <strong>India</strong>, UNDP <strong>India</strong> and Swechha - We for Change Foundation with support from Nehru Yuva Kendra<br />
Sangathan(NYKS), National Service Scheme(NSS), various civil society organizations, private sector partners and other<br />
groups, responded to the call of the Prime Minister of <strong>India</strong> to volunteer for a Swachh Bharat or Clean <strong>India</strong>.<br />
More than 3,000 volunteers from Delhi/NCR turned out to<br />
volunteer for a clean-up of a portion of Delhi’s Yamuna River bank<br />
and actively showcased how volunteering and behavioural change<br />
can contribute to revitalizing the highly-polluted river, a lifeline for<br />
60 million people in the country.<br />
Everyone present at the riverbank was invited to take part in<br />
a slogan writing contest and to present his/her personal ideas<br />
on how individual and informal day-to-day volunteer action can<br />
contribute to sustainable development. Winner of this competition<br />
Ms. Pooja Sharma, a student of Lady Shri Ram College for<br />
Women visited <strong>UNV</strong> <strong>India</strong> in January <strong>2015</strong> and was taken on a<br />
tour through the offices of UNICEF and UNDP in <strong>India</strong>. She met<br />
UNDP Country Director Mr. Jaco Cilliers and had the chance to<br />
interact with a mixed group of current and former UN Volunteers.<br />
She also received a bunch of goodie bags.<br />
Pooja proved to be not only very creative<br />
when it comes down to writing slogans, she<br />
told us that she is also volunteering for a Delhi<br />
based NGO and working on a project to end<br />
open defecation in a market area in south<br />
Delhi! A true volunteer!<br />
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UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS INDIA ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2015</strong>
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