Photo: UNV Khandker, Medical Doctor in Trinidad and Tobago
WHO WE ARE
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the focal point for volunteerism in the United Nations system. UNV is administered by the United Nations Development Programme and it has its headquarters in Bonn, Germany.
UNV is inspired by the conviction that volunteerism can transform the pace and nature of development and by the idea that everyone can contribute their time and energy towards peace and development. With partners, UNV advocates for volunteerism, integrates volunteerism into development planning and mobilizes volunteers.
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What WE DO
UNV helps countries to foster and develop volunteerism as a force for sustainable development. We provide strategic advice on the role and contribution of volunteerism and options for civic engagement in development programmes. We help countries to improve public inclusion andparticipation in social, economic and political development, and we support the growth ofvolunteerism within communities as a form of mutual self-help.
We partner with governments and with UN, non-profit and private sector organisations in order to support development programmes. UNV delivers a prompt, efficient and value-adding service to identify and engage professionals who can deliver services and fulfill a wide range of specialised tasks.
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photo : UNV Marie Mapeso
UNV volunteers in Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname come from 22 different countries:
Bangladesh, Cameroon, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, The Netherlands, Ukraine.
LINKS & RESOURCES
UNV in T&T
Activities : What we do
UNV Volunteer Brochure - Trinidad and Tobago
UNV Annual Report 2007
In FACT: United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
programme
UNV: INSPIRATION in ACTION
UNV in numbers
UNV and Peacekeeping