IMAGINE a World Where Every Voice Counts – Celebrating 7 Million Voices
12 December 2015, NEW YORK “Let’s stand for the world as it SHOULD be. That’s what the 7 Million Voices are telling us” – Deputy UN Secretary-General Jan Eliasson Last week, the MY World global survey achieved its 2014 goal of reaching 7 MILLION people around the world! Thanks to the dedication and hard work […]
My World 2015 in SIMONU Bogotá 2014
Blog by MY World Youth Ambassador, Julián Rodríguez UNDP Colombia, the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) Bogota and the Secretary of Education of Bogota organized the largest Model UN in Colombia – SIMONU (Simulación de las Naciones Unidas). As a UN initiative, SIMONU was conceived in late 2012 in an effort to bring students together […]
MY World in Bhutan: an inspiration to become active citizens and volunteer
Text and photos by UNV/Riikka Suhonen Riikka Suhonen, from Finland, has served as international UN Volunteer in Bhutan, advocating for the recognition of volunteerism as a vital component of the Post-2015 development agenda and its implementation mechanisms. As part of her assignment, Riikka organized an advocacy campaign on youth volunteerism for Post-2015 with support from […]
Youth Volunteers in Irbid, Jordan: The World We Want
Irbid Youth Volunteers is a youth initiative that works on training and empowering youth and provides them with the needed experience and skills to create positive change in the community. The have made tremendous efforts through volunteerism. In collaboration with the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator’s Office in Jordan, they have implemented an initiative […]
MY World in Sudan
In Sudan, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is holding a number of workshops in 6 states: White Nile, Kassala, Gadarif, Blue Nile, Genina, Sinnar. The participants are coming from various national universities, such as the University of Khartoum, Jazeera University, Sudan University, Ahfad University, but also volunteer groups, NGOs, the Scouts and the Y Peer Networks. During the workshops, […]
AFRC INDIA: Youth Volunteers Catalysts of Active Citizenship
A team of 20 enthusiastic youth took it upon themselves to reach out to their communities in Wayanad District of Kerala (India) to hear their unique perspectives for a better world, through the Offline My World Option Survey. For nine days, this team of youth volunteers traveled extensively throughout the district and collected approximately 500 […]
Secretary-General Meets Volunteers of Global Survey, “My World”
Secretary-General Bam Ki-moon (centre) yesterday met with volunteers of “My World”, the UN-led global survey of people’s priorities for a better world. The results of the survey will be shared with international leaders in setting the next global development agenda. You can have your own say on the post-2015 MDGs here.
MY World Survey the focus of UNIC Canberra’s information stall at the National Multicultural Festivalstival
The MY World global survey was front and centre of UNIC Canberra’s promotional activities at the National Multicultural Festival. With almost 300 thousand attendees, this year’s National Multicultural Festival was the biggest ever and proved a perfect opportunity to promote the MY World global survey as well as other UN initiatives and programmes. To help […]