DISASTER RISK REDUCTION Our campaign for International Volunteer Day (IVD) 2017, “Volunteers Act First. Here. Everywhere.”, celebrated worldwide on December 5, is a recognition of the positive solidarity of volunteers around the world who answer calls in times of...
YOUTH FOR PEACEBUILDING In 2017, UNFPA, UN WOMEN and UNV in Sri Lanka developed together a joint UN project on the “Participation of Youth and Women in the Peacebuilding process” that was eventually approved and funded by UN Peacebuilding Fund and UNV SVF and that is...
PUBLIC REPRESENTATIONS COMMITTEE 2016 In 2016, UNV together with UNDP, supported the Public Representations Committee (PRC) on Constitutional Reforms. UNV assisted and facilitated the PRC by operating as the first line of filtering, reviewing and electronically...
VOLUNTEERISM IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC UN Volunteers are among the first responders to the COVID-19 outbreak. They play a pivotal role in stopping the spread of COVID-19 as public health officers, doctors, emergency staff and community workers. Their...
YOUTH REPORT 2014 UNV has been promoting the role of youth in development and encouraging youth to build capacity and engage in making a better society. To identify the distinctive contributions of youth volunteering for peace and development in 2014 UNV Sri Lanka...
