UN agencies collaborate on hunger walk and volunteer day
Bonn, Germany: UNV programme and World for Food Programme (WFP) have agreed to work together in promoting the Walk the World campaign and International Volunteer Day (IVD).
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Stand Up, to wake up by Sanjay Suri
As protests go, "Stand Up Against Poverty" must be among the most comfortable: People will simply stand up at many places around the world to show their commitment to fighting poverty. Simple as it may sound, the author argues that this action will test the credibility of civil society and its ability to muster people around the world for a common cause.
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From: Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS)
27 September 2006More about: Activism
Acehnese women rebuild their lives one step at a time
A story written by Mohammad, a young Egyptian graduate student finishing a second Master's Degree at the Kennedy School of Harvard University. He volunteered his time as an intern in Aceh in summer 2006, and worked with the Program for Women Headed Households in Indonesia (PEKKA).
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14 August 2006
Read articleUN Youth Day: Help young people fight poverty by Tran Nam Anh
Ha Noi, Viet Nam: As the world marks the United Nations’ International Youth Day on 12 August, Viet Nam’s over 40 million young people are facing major challenges. In fact, majority of the country’s poor are under the age of 24, lacking necessary skills, health services and employment opportunities to bring themselves out of poverty.
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From: UN Volunteers Viet Nam
Anti-poverty campaign mobilized youth by Patrick Barkham
London, UK: It has been written off as wristband idealism, but last year's Make Poverty History campaign mobilized a generation of politically active young people, according to a survey for Oxfam.
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From: The Guardian, UK
28 December 2005More about: United Kingdom Youth
A million urged to fight poverty
London, UK: Development charity Oxfam is calling for a million people to support a new campaign to fight world poverty. It wants people to either volunteer, donate money or fight for change as part of its "I'm in" campaign.
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From: BBC News, UK
Prodoc: Renforcement des Capacités des Associations et Organisations de Volontaires pour la mise en œuvre des OMD au Togo (SVF- 00046493)
Le présent projet vise à renforcer les capacités des organisations et associations de volontaires oeuvrant au Togo dans la mobilisation de la population, en particulier les jeunes et les femmes, à travers le volontariat afin de contribuer à la mise en œuvre des Objectifs du Millénaire pur le Développement, en particulier les objectifs 1 et 3.
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18 October 2005
Read articleJoin the walk against child hunger
Rome, Italy: Join the United Nations World Food Programme and tens of thousands of individuals around the world on Sunday, 21 May 2006 to help end child hunger. Together, we'll play a key role in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
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From: World Food Programme
03 October 2005More about: MDG 4
Indian school children conduct reality check on MDGs by Millennium Campaign in India
New Delhi, India: Children from four schools in the Indian capital city of Delhi recently investigated the lives and realities of poor communities to understand the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and evaluate the extent to which the benefits of the MDGs have reached the poorest of the poor.
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From: Millennium Campaign
16 August 2005The step from gap year volunteering to global citizenship by Mandarin Bennet
Critics have said that overseas volunteering hardly have sustainable impact on developing communities. Isn't it time to encourage international volunteers to channel their skills and time toward local development projects?
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From: Development in Action









