Volunteers Mobilisation for the STAND UP Campaign in Ukraine by Giovanni Mozzarelli
On 17 October, UNV Ukraine helped UN Country Office mobilize more than 5.000 people in Kyiv during the FC Dynamo (Kyiv) – FC Obolon (Kyiv) game. Read
Other languages: Ukrainian
Building the Potential of Youth Centres of the Dnipropetrivsk Region Together by Nataliia Bocharova
On 9-10 October, Sofiivka village, Dnipropetrivsk region, welcomed the regional training “Potential development and legal framework”. Read
Other languages: Ukrainian
The World is Getting More Open by Natalia Gozak
In September 2009, the National UNV volunteers Natalia Gozak and Yevgen Chepiga traveled to the USA for the Open World Professional Exchange Programme. During their 10-day presence, they visited Washington, attended an introductory session at the Congress of the United States of America, and met with representatives from government, international non-governmental organisations, and charitable funds. They also spent a week in Wisconsin, where they learned about their colleagues' experiences of working with children and youth. Read
Other languages: Ukrainian
Day Without Car: Triple Contest in Kyiv by Giovanni Mozzarelli
The 22nd of September, in a fresh morning, when the urban traffic of Kyiv was heading to its maximum, eleven men and women were getting ready to challenge themselves in an apparently unevenly-matched race. Read
More about: Environment
Other languages: Ukrainian
Participants in Youth Conference Design Social Projects by Svitlana Sobova
Svitlana Sobova, youth development expert in the Cherkasy region, helped to organize the successful regional conference, Youth Leaders of the Cherkasy Region. Read
Other languages: Ukrainian
School of Volunteers opened in Ovrych by Tamara Rep'yova
On August 11-14, 2009, in the city of Ovruch, the Summer School “Volunteers of Zhytomyr Region” took place. The summer school brought together volunteers, leaders and active members of the youth centres of the Ovruch, Luhyny, and Korosten raions. Read
Other languages: Ukrainian
Youth social inclusion project presented in Ukraine
The implementation of the 'Youth Social Inclusion for Civic Engagement' project has started at the regional level in Ukraine. The project was launched in September 2008 with the overall objective of supporting youth social inclusion and civic engagement.
The project will develop key social competencies, which are needed for proactive youth involvement in society and decision-making processes, thus providing support to further enhancement of the Government's youth policy in Ukraine.
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Oriental scholars volunteer for human rights
On 5 December 2008, the Kiev School of Oriental Languages conducted lessons for senior pupils within the project 'Volunteers for Human Rights organized by the All-Ukrainian Youth Public organization 'Service for Peace' and the NGO 'Peer to peer'. Read
Theatre as a tool of information dissemination by Katerina Zezulkova
Meeting few international volunteers in Ukraine for Anti-AIDS workcamp. Read
Getting together for volunteerism in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Building civil society in the former Eastern bloc countries presents some unique challenges. Along with local partners, UNV and UNDP are working together to boost the role of volunteerism there. Read
More about: Youth
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