• درى
  • English
  • پښتو

User login

To prevent automated spam submissions leave this field empty.
MENU
  • Home
  • Categories
    • Governance & Politics
    • Security & Crime
    • Business & Economics
    • Education
    • Health
    • Agriculture
    • Reconstruction
    • Migration
    • Accidents & Disasters
    • Religion & Culture
    • Society
    • Women
    • Innovation & Technology
    • Environment
    • Sports
    • Data
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
f t g y r

Search form

Latest News

  • Test
  • Several rebel outfits have joined Taliban in Ghazni: Governor
  • 12 soldiers killed as Taliban storm security post in Nimroz
  • Casualties as police, Taliban clash in Badghis
  • Mohaqiq’s remarks don’t reflect govt policy: Abdullah
  • 2 shrines set alight in Maqor district of Ghazni
  • Baku, Kabul set to sign 5 cooperation pacts
  • Agreement signed on distributing ID cards to eligible voters
  • Saudi-led alliance vows to wipe out terrorism
  • TAPI project to bring Helmand security, economic prosperity

Pajhwok Services

none

User's Survey

SMS News Service

Video Service

3 killed, 10 held in raid on senior banker’s residence

More Videos

Photo Service

Previous Pause Next

More Photos

Audio Service

  • Pajhwok- Audio Mines Gold Report - Afghanistan mineral and extractive industries news portal.mp3

More Audio

Election Coverage

Special Mining Page

Afghan Peace Process Special Page

Media Release Service

Media Release
Media Release
ETWA Viewpoint on Recent Presidential Decree over Appointing New Election Commission Member
European governments return nearly 10,000 Afghans to risk of death and torture
Civilians’ casualties decline in September: CPAG
View all

Addvertise With Pajhwok

Click Here for more information

Daily Newsletter

Language
Sending Time (GMT / Kabul time)
 
 

Suggest a Story

Pajhwok is interested in your story suggestions. Please tell us your thoughts by clicking here.

Background Profile on Afghanistan
Parliament Election 2010
Know your Parliament (2011)

UN Volunteers Promote Peace and Development in Afghanistan

By
By Toily Kurbanov
On
Dec 05, 2016 - 09:03
Election Articles

Today is International Volunteer Day, which was created by the United Nations in 1985 to celebrate the power of volunteerism. It is an opportunity for volunteers, and volunteer organizations, to raise awareness of their contributions to peace and development.

In Afghanistaninfo-icon, volunteerism is a traditional part of societyinfo-icon, reinforced by Islamic injuntions to help one’s neighbor and society. Numerous Afghan tales refer to the value of doing good deeds for community members and strangers alike, irrespective of their gender or faith.

In this multiethnic society, volunteers are a force that can bring people together. And in the face of the great challenges brought about by years of conflict, international organisations rely on these country-wide networks of motivated local volunteers to assist in humanitarian work and alleviate human suffering.

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, a partner of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has been working in Afghanistan since 1989. In the last 27 years, over 1,600 UN Volunteers have served in the country.

Currently, there are 70 UN Volunteers from all over the worldinfo-icon supporting peace and development in Afghanistan. Here are just a few examples:

  • UN Volunteers with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have helped with emergency assistance and the provision of basic services for the displaced. They have also identified specific assistance and protection requirements for returnees and internally displaced persons, in particular children and those with special needs.
  • UN Volunteers have supported the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) since its establishment in 2002. More than 300 UN Volunteers have provided technical expertise to UNAMA in Kabulinfo-icon and various field offices. In Kandahar, for example, one UN Volunteer has conducted political outreach to womeninfo-icon in Kandahar and helped foster local peace initiatives in five provinces across southern Afghanistan.
  • UNV and UNDP have provided technical support to the Ministry of Youth Affairs for the development of the Afghanistan National Youth Strategy 2016-2020 and its Five-Year Implementation Plan.
  • UNDP and UNV are also working closely with the Ministries of Hajjinfo-icon and Religious Affairs, of Women Affairs, and of Information and Culture to organize a series of caravans of volunteer religious clergy and young people to spread key messages on women’s rights.

To achieve the global Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and leave no one behind, traditional means of implementation need to be complemented by participatory mechanisms that facilitate people’s engagement, deepen impact and widen reach. Volunteerism embraces these universal and inclusive values.  Volunteers have what it takes: commitment, engagement and solidarity to make Afghanistan a better place for its people and our common planet.

On the occasion of International Volunteer Day 2016 under the theme “#Global Applause – give volunteers a hand”, let us all give volunteers a hand and recognize their contributions in Afghanistan and throughout the world for making peace and sustainable development a reality.

View expressed in this article are of the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Pajhwok’s editorial policy.

 

Add new comment

More information about text formats

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
To prevent automated spam submissions leave this field empty.
Author’s brief introduction

Toily Kurbanov is the Deputy Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers, which is administered by UNDP and deploys over 6,500 volunteers every year to support the implementation of peace and development programmes globally. Mr. Kurbavo previously served as the UNDP Country Director in Myanmar where he led strategic support to the nation's democratic transformation.

 

More posts by the Author

Advertisement

Advertisement

Twitter Update

Tweets by @pajhwok

About Us  |  Contact  |  Subscribe  |  Terms of Use  |  Google+

  • درباره ما
  • تماس-با-ما
  • اشتراک
  • شرايط استفاده از خدمات
  • زموږ په اړه
  • اړيکه
  • ګډون
  • خدمتونو-شرايط