Sunday 11 December 2011

IInternational Volunteer Day [IVD] 2011


United Nations Volunteers [UNV] in Sri Lanka celebrated the International Volunteer Day [IVD] 2011, on 5 December with the South Asia Launch of the first State of the World’s Volunteerism Report [SWVR] and Volunteer Awards [V Awards] “Unveiling of the Finalists”. 

Due to its impressive contributions in volunteerism, Sri Lanka has been chosen to launch the SWVR in South Asia. Key officials, from the UNV Head Office in Germany as well as the UN country team in Sri Lanka, were present at the Ceylon Continental Hotel in Colombo at 9.45am on Monday, 5th December 2011 as the embargo was lifted to deliver an overview of the report and explain its importance to the region and to the island.
 
V Awards is an initiative of the National Steering Committee of the International Year of Volunteers Tenth Anniversary (IYV +10) in collaboration with News 1st. The concept behind this is to honour individuals who make extraordinary contributions to the society and to identify the role models and champions who can inspire a nation to volunteer for social causes. 26 of Sri Lanka’s most inspiring citizens were recognised as shortlisted nominees and 15 were honoured as the finalists for their voluntary contributions at the V Awards “Unveiling of the Finalists” held that evening at the Stein Studios (MTV/Sirasa) in Rathmalana with over 800 guests. The evening was made glamorous by many artists and a true spirit of volunteerism was displayed by the presence of around 100 young V Force volunteers present on the day.

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