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Dalia at a workshop for school teachers about an Avian Influenza School Kit. (Photo: UNICEF/August 2009)
Dalia Ashour, UN Volunteer with UNICEF in Egypt
20 November 2011
Egypt: "[A]ssisting a team of wonderfully talented and fully dedicated women to bring about positive change in the behavior of many Egyptian children and families (in matters of hygiene, non-violence, nutrition and more) is where I have found the most joy in my experience,” says Dalia Ashour who supports the Communication for Development Section.  Dalia promotes healthy living, hygienic practices and nutrition, and has also participated in emergency responses. Read
UNICEF Egypt provides training to this teacher in the Upper Egypt Governorates in a project which aims to increase enrollment in early childhood education by improving the quality of education in the area.
Samar Wahba's story
20 November 2011
Egypt: Being a UN Volunteer, working as an Education Specialist with UNICEF Egypt was a very important stage in my life. I had the opportunity to participate in the early childhood development project implemented in the Upper Egypt governorates of Assiut, Sohag, and Qena.  I learned many different things, and also helped to contribute to and ameliorate the lives of a number of children in rural areas. Read
   
The UNV Volunteer Associate Ahmed Mohamed at the Popular Market in Cairo. (March 2006). (Photo by Steven Bagshaw/UN Volunteers)
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Female Genital Mutilation workshop in Aswan (Egypt) in February 2006
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  Volunteerism and the Millennium Development Goals    
Volunteerism and the Millennium Development Goals: Success stories from the UNV programme
13 July 2010
Volunteerism is considered a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and a crucial renewable resource for social and environmental problem-solving throughout the world.

General Assembly resolution A/Res/56/38 asked the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme to provide technical cooperation in the field of volunteerism to realize its potential as a resource for attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). 

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