An interesting and timely interview by Akan Rakhmetullin @AmbKazUN 🇰🇿's Permanent Representative to the UN on Kazakhstan’s role @UN as new challenges and threats emerge.
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URGENT: looking for volunteers for online counselling for children of earthquake survivors
Arabic speakers https://t.co/NA2oc4TMa5
Turkish speakers https://t.co/HJhm2aJeeD
Top @UNVolunteers stories this week:
🇹🇭 On disability inclusion in Thailand https://t.co/aGfpA8tji4
🇰🇿 On public sector innovation in Kazakhstan https://t.co/9MWJBksN8H
🇵🇸 On refugee support in the West Bank https://t.co/2kFiWD9eIX
Good news: for the first time in history the number of Youth @UNVolunteers surpassed 1,000. Most are community development officers, communications officers, programme assistants. Average age: 25-26 yrs. Thank you to all UN partners for empowering youth
The global health legacy of UN Volunteers https://t.co/c3jp6nCrrY shows the difference volunteers make. On #WorldHealthDay2021 let's take a moment to realize the essential impact during the current #COVIDー19 pandemic and previous health crisis that @UNVolunteers make.
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 and Russia 🇷🇺 just held Volunteer Council between the two nations. Great when countries share #volunteerism experiences in many bilateral and multilateral formats. Thank you @aqdm_mior for inviting @UNVolunteers as your partner https://t.co/YjutEEXvqR
Online @UNVolunteers rarely share their stories but here's one. Yuliya Pismennaya from Kazakhstan remotely helped with research and recommendations on fighting non-communicable diseases in Eswatini, Kuwait and Tajikistan: https://t.co/gOJbF1nL4F
Over 30 young entrepreneurs received funds to expand their businesses & create jobs for unemployed #youth in remote areas of #KZ within our initiative, funded by @JapanGov.
Alena Eberman from Satpayev is one of them. Check her success story: https://t.co/HZ7muXtmP8
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Today we kicked off a regional online dialogue on #Peace & #Security for Central Asian #Youth. Consultations will continue till Aug 18 to hear their voices & engage them as agents of change for sustainable, inclusive & resilient societies in the region. #YouthDay2020@JapanGov
The actions of @UNDPKAZ Staff Association have been highlighted in People 2030 progress report by UNDP HQ Office of HR for innovative ways of implementing the People 2030 Strategy. #LeaveNoOneBehind
🇺🇳Thanks to #donations from #UNinKZ staff members, more than 80 vulnerable families in Nur-Sultan, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Karagandy, Atyrau and Shymkent received food and daily hygiene kits. True example of UN’s #LeaveNoOneBehind motto ✊🏻
120 healthcare workers were infected since #COVID19 outbreak in #Kazakhstan. This is 20% of all registered cases. On the #WorldHeathDay we call to spread compassion, practice safe wash & social distancing to support doctors who are at the frontline to fight the virus. #StayHome
#Volunteers promote an inclusive future as they facilitate participation of all segments of society in the quest for peace & dev't. Nikita Shabayev w/@UNDPKAZ, one of 33 UN volunteers in 🇰🇿, believes that volunteering helps invest time & values into the common good.
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New Resident Representative @yakup_beris assumed his duties at UNDP #Kazakhstan. Prior to joining our team, Mr. Beris led UNDP’s Regional Programme for Arab States based in Amman and served as regional programme adviser at Bureau for Arab States in New York. Congratulations!