"Runner-up: The environment At First Sight” by Linda Germanis, international UNV volunteer at UNESCO in Bangkok, Thailand. 22 November 2009

"These photographs are some of hundreds of photos taken by Thai teenagers and children of the Saphan Phut Community in Bangkok, Thailand as well as volunteers during the photography training within the framework of the At First Project.  The activities are taking place at the community learning centre when international volunteers come with their cameras to share with the youth photography experiences. [..]"

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http://www.unv.org/en/what-we-do/countries-and-territories/thailand/doc/runner-up-the-environment-at.html

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“At first sight: Community photography for development in action” by Linda Germanis, international UNV volunteer at UNESCO in Bangkok, Thailand. 30 September 2009

"As a UNV volunteer Intern at UNESCO Bangkok I saw that my colleagues were perhaps missing the grassroots experience in the community they were working in. They were missing an emotional reminder of the values that they were rationally developing. [...]"

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http://www.unv.org/en/perspectives/doc/at-first-sight-community.html

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"My trip to renewable energy plants" by Adam Sims, International UNV volunteer at UNDP in Thailand. 16 August 2009

"I was fortunate in July to travel with my UNDP colleagues to the North of Thailand to look at some renewable energy plants that are increasingly common in this country thanks to a UNDP project done in conjunction with the Thai Government. Getting out of the Bangkok office is always enjoyable and seeing first-hand the difference these power plants were having on the local communities was fantastic. [...]"

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http://www.undp.or.th/stories_powertothepeople.html

http://www.bangkokpost.com/life/family/22154/

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“Creating gender knowledge among Thai youth” by Flaminia Maietti, international UNV volunteer at UNIFEM in Bangkok, Thailand. 29 July 2009

"About 30 students from Bangkok’s main universities took part in a Gender Sensitivity Training, organized and facilitated by UNIFEM East and Southeast Asia Regional Office and a partner NGO during May 2009.[...]"

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“Turning an ideal into reality” by Paola Piccione, international UNV volunteer at UNDP in Bangkok, Thailand. 12 March 2009

"I still remember my first thought when I arrived in Bangkok: “What am I doing here”? A metropolis was standing in front of me and I felt so overwhelmed by the five-star hotels, glitzy shopping malls and gleaming skyscrapers. This scenario was totally different from the one I experienced as an international volunteer in remote and rural areas in Africa and in the Balkans…[...]"

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“Volunteering to protect children in Thailand” by Maral Berdyniyazova and Brian Gartland, international UNV volunteers at UNHCR in Mae Sot, Thailand. 13 February 2009

"Volunteers from a number of organizations teamed together to help vulnerable children in Thailand. The Child Protection campaign was conducted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) field office at Mae Sot in cooperation with the NGOs Right to Play, SVA, TOPS, COERR and Handicap International. [...]"

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http://www.unv.org/en/what-we-do/countries-and-territories/thailand/doc/thailand-ivd-2008.html

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“Supunya Yonpiam, Thailand, Water and Sanitation Engineer, UNMIL”, by Supunya Yonpiam who is a Thai national working as an international UNV volunteer for UNMIN (UN Mission in Liberia) in Monrovia, Liberia. 17 September 2008

"When I was thinking about my story, I asked myself: "What will I write about my one month story as a UNV volunteer at UNMIL?  How did I make a difference in a month?”  I realized immediately that every day in life is different whether I notice it or not.  About a month ago I was in my country, today I am in Monrovia.  This is a big difference, isn't it? [...]"

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http://www.unv.org/en/what-we-do/countries-and-territories/thailand/doc/supunya-yonpiam-thailand-water.html

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