UNV volunteer specialist
We are lucky enough to have with us again in 2008, Mr Dyfan Jones, UNV volunteer specialist and graduate in History and Politics from the University of Wales, Swansea. Dyfan has been active in Lesotho for many years, first through his association with the NGO, Lesotho Wales Link and most recently, through UNDP Lesotho, in his role as advisor to the Lesotho parliamentary committees. Through UNDP, Dyfan is based in the Senate and operates between both houses of parliament, where his experience and knowledge of parliamentary systems can be called on as required. About his work, Dyfan says ‘It is a great honour and privilege to be working with Honourable Members of Parliament in Lesotho. The Lesotho Parliament has recently gone through major changes and to be able to have assisted in a small way with these developments has been a great experience for me as a professional.’ On living in Lesotho, he adds ‘I have really enjoyed my time living in Lesotho. I have always been welcomed here and really feel that Lesotho is my home away home.’
 

Dyfan is one of six international UNV volunteers currently serving in Lesotho, together with our UNV Intern and we will tell you more about them over the coming weeks.
 

Lesotho Volunteer Forum
In January, all of the organisations involved in celebrating our 2007 Lesotho International Volunteer Day formed the Lesotho Volunteer Forum, with the shared aim of promoting volunteerism and volunteer placements across all sectors in Lesotho: community and civil society; government; business; church; media and education. We meet every month, through UNV Lesotho and welcome enquiries from any group or organization that would like to join us.
 

Contact the UNV Programme Office
You can call us at 2231 3790, ext.326 (Orfhlaith Ramsey) and ext.327 (Ntsieli Tlahali). We are based in UNDP at UN House, United Nations Road, PO Box 301, Maseru 100. For email, write to Orfhlaith.Ramsey@undp.org  and Ntsieli.Tlahali@undp.org. We look forward to hearing from you.