Unvafghanistan.org
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UNV Afghanistan - United Nations Volunteers
Description
In 2000, ten million people volunteered to support the immunization of 550 million children as part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. The vast majority were concerned citizens, volunteering in their own communities. They gave their time to ensure that children reported to immunization stations, were properly documented, and received the oral vaccine. The total value of their support was estimated at US$10 billion; a contribution well beyond the reach of governments or international and national organizations. Equally important is that capacity was developed in the process. In return for their time, local volunteers received health training and became entry points for future development efforts in their communities.
The Millennium Development Goals are an ambitious agenda for reducing poverty and improving lives that world leaders agreed on at the Millennium Summit in September 2000. For each goal one or more targets have been set, most for 2015, using 1990 as a benchmark:
The International Year of Volunteers (IYV) 2001 created global awareness on the massive contribution individuals make to development through voluntary action. Whether expressed as volunteer service, mutual aid and self-help, campaigning or other forms of voluntary participation, the willingness and ability of citizens to give freely of their time out of a sense of solidarity will have a major influence on the extent to which the MDGs are attained and sustained.
Contact
- UN Volunteers
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- Kabul Kabul
- Afghanistan 93000
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- +1.9370282521
