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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They introduced the audience to their areas of expertise<br />
and engaged them in working groups and discussions<br />
on how volunteering can become part and parcel of<br />
the action plan for the implementation of the National<br />
Youth Policy and how it can contribute to achieve<br />
sustainable development. The event was attended<br />
by the “Strengthening NSS and NYKS” project team,<br />
including 29 national UN Volunteers who will be working<br />
as District Youth Coordinators (DYCs) at state level,<br />
directly under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.<br />
Young entrepreneurs, experts and decision makers from<br />
various backgrounds used the opportunity to engage with<br />
our project team and counterparts from the ministry to lay the<br />
basis for further fruitful cooperation between the Government<br />
of <strong>India</strong>, the <strong>India</strong>n Civil Society, United Nations Development<br />
Programme - UNDP and Volunteers.<br />
We thank all the participants for engaging discussions and are<br />
looking forward to keep the conversation rolling throughout<br />
2016!<br />
RC. Vanlalmuani<br />
UN Volunteer Spotlight 1<br />
RC. Vanlalmuani (Muani) is <strong>UNV</strong> Livelihood Development Associate at the UN Joint Initiative Office in Aizawl Mizoram. The<br />
initiative is a collaboration between the Mizoram State Government, FAO, ILO, UNDP and UNIDO and Muani is part of a unit<br />
called the State Level Marketing Task Force. We were fortunate enough to talk to Muani and ask her to tell us a little bit more<br />
about herself and her work.<br />
-Hi Muani. What was the last book/movie you read and watched?<br />
The last book I read was "What Young <strong>India</strong> Wants' by Chetan Bhagat and the last movies I watched were Divergent and<br />
Insurgent.<br />
-What is your motivation to volunteer?<br />
As a Rural Management graduate, I want to fully work within the development sector, especially in the fields of agriculture,<br />
marketing and rural development. From my childhood onwards I have been very interested in agriculture. I used to help my<br />
family in building up the farm where I grew up. My family has always been a role model for volunteering for others. They help<br />
the needy persons nearby our farm. That’s why I feel happy whenever there is any volunteering work and always try to take<br />
part in it. Volunteering runs very thick in our blood right from my childhood.<br />
-What was the most impressive thing in your work in <strong>2015</strong>?<br />
The most impressive thing I did this year is a survey on spices production and an analysis of marketing chains.<br />
-Have you or are you volunteering outside the UN?<br />
I used to work with SIRD, Mizoram where we gave training to farmers in different villages. I also worked with North East Rural<br />
Livelihood Project (NERLP) in Lunglei District where we worked in the Rural Development Sector and I volunteered for Young<br />
Mizo Association (YMA), which is a volunteer organization for the youth of Mizoram.<br />
- If you are to recommend one Bollywood movie to someone not familiar with <strong>India</strong>n cinema, which movie would that be?<br />
3 Idiots. The sense of humour can be shared with anyone in the world!<br />
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UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS INDIA ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2015</strong>
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