World Chronicle 813: Sharon Capeling-Alakija, UNV

Ian Williams interviews Sharon Capeling-Alakija, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV), for World Chronicle program 813.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:03
• Production Date: 20 November 2000
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ALEX ESSOME; BILL REILLY; IAN WILLIAMS; SHARON CAPELING-ALAKIJA
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS - UNV
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL YEARS; VOLUNTEERS
• MAMS Id: 2155677
• Parent Id: 824842

Description

UN VOLUNTEERS HELP THE WORLD

Since 1971, more than 20,000 UN Volunteers have made a tangible contribution to the efforts of the United Nations and the initiatives of governments and community groups. The varied skills are showcased in how they serve - as specialists sharing their expertise to advance development, as field workers bringing intimate understanding of local concerns to fight poverty, as short-term managerial experts advising on how to generate income and create jobs. In this edition of World Chronicle, Sharon Capeling-Alakija, Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers, talks about the International Year of Volunteers, to be celebrated worldwide in 2001.

• Scripts: File; 813.pdf (34.11 KB)