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Aiming for global peace

Sunday, 21 October 2012 15:01 Written by Mohd in Promoting peace and justice

My name is Mohd. Abdul Saeed Khan popularly known as Saeed Khan Falahi. I am from India. I work for Human rights, Minorities rights, Rights of women and girls, Rights of children and global peace. Global peace may be possible if we all adopt the humanity in our action truly…

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Helping children go to school

Thursday, 18 October 2012 19:49 Written by Guest in Improving education and livelihoods

Far away in the Upper East region of Ghana, its quite embarrasing to know that children go to school under palm branches and trees and its only 1 pupil teacher that teaches all the classes. They cannot even boast of study books, school uniforms and enough chairs and tables to…

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Preparing the community to face disasters

Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:17 Written by Guest in Resilience and disaster preparedness

I WORK AT A RADIO STATION BASED IN north WEST KENYA AND I TRAVEL A LOT TO REMOTE VILLAGES AND WHEN DISASTER COME THESE PEOPLE SUFFER A LOT. I HAVE DECIDED TO TRAIN THEM ON HOW TO PREDICT A DISASTER AND PREVENT WHERE POSSIBLE.

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The construction of water points and ablution blocks in Mathare slum

Tuesday, 16 October 2012 05:08 Written by Douglas Nyachwara in Protecting the environment

I am a graduate engineer (Environmental Engineering) from the University of Nairobi and I have been taking part in volunteer work since I graduated two years ago. As a volunteer I have had the opportunity to utilize my technical skill in the area of drainage and water engineering. Working as…

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Support for Indian children

Saturday, 13 October 2012 11:29 Written by Guest in Improving education and livelihoods

I volunteered for an NGO- CURE International, Delhi that provides financial support to children suffering from clubfoot.

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"Leave the world a better place than I found it"

Friday, 12 October 2012 01:12 Written by Wald in Protecting the environment

Being a scout, my role is to conserve the environment / or generally leave the world a better place than I found it, this is why I spearhead for a cleaner environment. At school, my troop and I began an Environment Club where we train our fellow youths on cleaner…

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The UNHCR-Dominican Republic campaign “Living together with Tolerance!”

Thursday, 11 October 2012 13:03 Written by José Manuel Vicente, Eykis García in Improving social inclusion

THE CAMPAIGN Our experience working as National UNVs in the UNHCR-Dominican Republic campaign “Living together with Tolerance!” By José Manuel Vicente and Eykis García Since joining the UNHCR office in the Dominican Republic as National UNVs, we had the opportunity to participate in all the activities related to the launch…

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A importância em ajudar o próximo

Wednesday, 10 October 2012 13:10 Written by Guest in Improving education and livelihoods

Comecei a me interessar em voluntariado aos 10 anos, em Curitiba - Paraná. Lembro-me que a minha escola apresentou aos alunos a situação de crianças da mesma idade que a nossa, em situações precárias, que, na verdade, só estavam ali estudando porque tinham o apoio de instituições parceiras, como a…

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Un mundo mejor: ayudar a las personas a la pobreza severa y malos

Sunday, 07 October 2012 23:27 Written by Guest in Promoting peace and justice

He participado como voluntario en mi región, ayudando a las personas a la pobreza severa y malos. También en la alfabetización de los niños de bajos recursos. Yo quiero un mundo mejor, así que contar con mi fuerza de voluntad para hacer de esto una realidad.

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The importance of knowing our rights and how to protect them

Friday, 05 October 2012 08:27 Written by Ibraheem Idrees in Promoting peace and justice

My name is Ibraheem Idrees. I am a law student being an individual who grew up in a society where justice was either taken for granted or sold to the highest bidder or denied in some cases because of the lack of the knowledge of the right of the accused.…

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