Dear all,

We are pleased to share with you below Link of "Pote Kole", CPIO reportage featuring the Official Ceremony of International Volunteer day!

Enjoy and Big thanks to our new UNV Igor Rugwiza (Cameraman) and his colleague Yves Edouard SEVERE for their support!

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2 UN Volunteers also put together an IVD animation. You can find this animation through below link, in http://minustah.org/?p=39015

UNV FUs

Je suis diplôme en Gestion de projet et actuellement j’étudie la gestion des Affaires. Je suis Secouriste Volontaire de la Croix-Rouge Haïtienne depuis 2008 et en même temps volontaire/membre du comité local de la Commune de Carrefour pour cette même institution.
Malgré le fait que ma disponibilité est tres limitée, je ne ménage jamais mes efforts et a me porter volontaire dans les différentes actions de la CRH.
Et cela ne m’empêche pas a continuer a chercher d'autres moyens et institutions œuvrant dans le domaine du volontariat, pour offrir ma participation.
Avant j'aimais le volontariat, puisque c'est le moyen le plus sur d’être utile a ses proches en étant convaincu que le seul salaire est la satisfaction des bénéficiaires, mais c'est avec le tremblement de terre du 12 janvier 2010 qu'avait connu mon pays, que j'ai vu le miracle du volontariat et de la solidarité lorsque j'ai vu des jeunes et adultes venus de partout, au services de mes frères et sœurs d’Haïti.
Soyons fiers d’être Volontaires.

I would not be who I am without my community, therefore I must give back to others freely. The rewards of volunteering always outweigh the efforts. I have volunteered at home in Canada, and abroad, in countries such as Haiti, Brazil and Switzerland. Every experience has brought me a sense of purpose and a wealth of knowledge that is invaluable. As a great Canadian once said: "To live a lot, you gotta give a lot. To give a lot, you gotta be part of." The only way to know is to do. So volunteer. It will change your life.

Journée Mondiale de l’Environnement : Les Volontaires des Nations Unies font germer l’espoir à l’école de Corail-Cesselesse

http://minustah.org/?p=35770

Being a volunteer in Haiti one month after the devastating earthquake of 2010 was a life changing experience. Seeing how grateful Haitians were by people coming from afar to give their time, work and love was deeply moving. It was incredible to see hope rising in their eyes while receiving assistance. May this hope not fail, as Haiti receive a continuous and consistent assistance, able to reconstruct and sustainably develop the nation.

Ser uma voluntária no Haiti um mês depois do devastador terremoto de 2010 foi uma experiência que impactou minha vida. Ver a gratidão dos haitianos ao ver pessoas vindas de longe para dar seu tempo, trabalho e amor, foi profundamente comovente. Foi incrível ver a esperança nascer em seus olhos ao receber assistência. Que essa esperança não falhe, mas que o Haiti receba uma assistência continua e consistente, capaz de reconstruir e desenvolver sustentavelmente a nação.

My assignment as an UNV to Afghanistan was one of the most unique experiences of my life. Answering the needs of Natural Disaster induced IDPs and Natural Disaster affected people gave a greater meaning to this very challenging assignment. I won’t forget my Afghans colleagues, who showed me an unknown face of Afghanistan, reminding them gives me hope for a future with peace.

Meu serviço como voluntária para as Nações Unidas no Afeganistão foi uma das experiências mais singulares da minha vida. Responder às necessidades de deslocados internos e populações afetadas por desastres naturais trouxe um sentido maior para uma tarefa muito desafiadora. Não esquecerei meus colegas afegãos que me mostraram uma face do Afeganistão que eu não conhecia, lembra-los me dá esperança de um futuro com paz.

Je suis volontaire depuis 1994, à partir de l'Université, dans le mouvement de la Croix-Rouge. Dans le souci d'aider la population vulnérable, je m'engage toujours à être là où la population a été frappée par une catastrophe. J'ai été tour à tour au Rwanda, à Goma (Est de la République Démocratique du Congo), en Haiti, au Niger, au Congo Brazzaville partout où on a besoin de mes services avec le souci de partager mes expériences.

My name is Alain Romain Saintilus, I'm Haitian I speak Haitian Creole, French, Spanish and English, I'm lisenced in Business Administration, since 2006 I'm working so hard with young group to change my comunity first, my society and my country, we organize us around a legal Organization for help the person in:
- Education
- Environment
- Decentralisation
- Social Integration ...
Usually we participate in international and local conferences and United States simulations, come back to our comunity, our society and our country we try to educate them about ours knowledges took. Each December First we have activities in our local for the international aid day, March 8 too.
January 10, 2010 we had a bad experience thanks God everybody of ours was well but the country was crushed,so tomorrow January 11, we might to take the street to remove death and rubbles it was so sad and so difficult cause everybody had a parents under rubbles. We helped the children during 8 months to ate and drunk.
After we have a problem a cholera who killed so much person, right now we working with the person under cap how they can keep theirs health. For give an answer with this bacteries we can find in non-treat water,we elaborate a good project to set up an Osmosis Reverse System in Plateau central, center of Haiti where the cholera was born. I approvechate this moment to demand your help in the realisation of this, I can give more information if you are interesting. I want to show the pictures of ours work.
Thanks for accept me like volunteer of UN.

Situated in a small region on the island of La Gonave, Haiti, I'm helping to build water systems that can provide the local communities with treated drinking water, something highly coveted and hard to come by as the Haitian government does little for these communities. To strengthen the project, we are encouraging the local neighborhood committee to oversee the entire project, including managing the construction and budget, making it truly grassroots development.

I have been in Ethiopia, working as a volunteer for orphelins, in Tanzania contibuting in different programs for health care, informing local people about AIDA and malaria, and representing MDM Greece as Administrator/Logisticien in Haiti, for 1,5 month (Mars/April 2010) in order to organise mobile clinics around Port au Prince. I hope, I'll get involved in a new mission, soon. Skevi NIKOLAKI/Athens-GREECE

In 2003, I was a volunteer for the Sister Cities Program in Havana, Cuba. In 2009, I was a volunteer librarian in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. In 2011, I was a short-term missionary in Jacmel, Haiti. All experiences taught me lessons about life, happiness, and helping our fellow man. A magazine article I wrote resulted in at least one child in Haiti finding a sponsor. That child now goes to school and has one hot meal everyday.