{"id":2928,"date":"2017-04-10T03:23:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T10:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2017-04-03T14:36:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T21:36:22","slug":"volresearchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2017\/04\/volresearchers\/","title":{"rendered":"UN mobilizes volunteers to research contribution of volunteerism in fragile communities and post-conflict environments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UNLogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1580\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UNLogo-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UNLogo-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/UNLogo.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme, in partnership with\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.actionaid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ActionAid<\/a>, the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/avcrf.ru\/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of Voluntary Centres<\/a>\u00a0(in Russian), the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bv2008.cn\/cate\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing Volunteer Federation<\/a>, the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ifrc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies<\/a>, the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jica.go.jp\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\">Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)<\/a>, and\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vsointernational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO)<\/a>, is deploying 15 national and international volunteer researchers to collect evidence on the contribution of volunteerism in fragile communities and post-conflict environments.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteer researchers are currently deploying to 15 countries to gather evidence for the 2018 State of the World\u2019s Volunteerism Report (SWVR) on the theme of \u201cResilient Communities: The Role of Volunteerism in a Turbulent World\u201d.\u00a0The volunteer researchers will spend up to six months living with different communities in Bolivia, Burundi, China, Greece, Guatemala, Egypt, Madagascar, Malawi, Myanmar, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and Tanzania to generate evidence and data to inform the report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unv.org\/news\/volunteers-doing-field-research-volunteerism-fragile-communities-and-post-conflict-environments\">More details of this deployment and research project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNVolunteers\">@UNVolunteers on Twitter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on this project and know when the report will be released.<\/p>\n<p>Previous reports from UNV include\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unv.org\/publications\/2015-state-worlds-volunteerism-report-swvr-transforming-governance\">State of the World&#8217;s Volunteerism Report 2015: Transforming Governance<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unv.org\/publications\/2011-state-world%E2%80%99s-volunteerism-report-universal-values-global-well-being\">State of the World&#8217;s Volunteerism Report 2011:\u00a0Universal Values for Global Well-being<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also see:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2016\/08\/24\/researchvv\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Research needs re: virtual volunteering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2016\/08\/02\/community\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Volunteer management is community engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2016\/04\/13\/cohesion\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">volunteer engagement to promote social cohesion, prevent extremism?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2013\/12\/04\/dec5\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dec. 5: International Volunteer Day for Economic &amp; 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