World Heritage Volunteers 2015

Forty-six organizations are taking part in this year’s World Heritage Volunteers Initiative to carry out 52 youth action projects from June to December 2015 in 34 countries. They are youth organizations, clubs, educational institutions, NGOs, site management and public authorities aiming to sensitize young people to the value of World Heritage sites and organizing action projects with young national and international volunteers.

This year’s campaign entitled WHV 2015: Patrimonito takes a stand in a changing global environment offers challenging opportunities to young people seeking meaningful involvement in World Heritage preservation and promotion.

The youth action camps are held in the field and in direct relation to a World Heritage site or a property in the country’s Tentative List. Generally two weeks in duration (minimum 10 days), the projects include information sessions on issues related to World Heritage, working with local communities and site and local authorities, workshops and practical hands-on activities providing some basic preventive, preservation and conservation skills. Each action camp accommodates some ten to thirty national and/or international volunteer participants, and often preparatory and follow-up activities with the local communities and the volunteers are also implemented by the organizers to ensure the sustainability of the actions. WHV youth action camps are often organized in a multi-stakeholders cooperation, with local youth organizations, NGOs, schools, universities and public and private institutions working together with site management.

WHV 2015 also enjoins participating organizations and youth volunteers in the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of UNESCO and in contributing to the Decade on Biodiversity (2011-2020).

The World Heritage Volunteers Initiative is led by the World Heritage Centre (WHC) in collaboration with the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS), Open Houses (European Heritage Volunteers as a branch of Open Houses) in charge of Europe Coordination, and Better World in charge of Asia Coordination.

List of Projects

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Africa

• WHV-Okavango Delta, Botswana, BWA
• WHV-Appui à la mise en place d’un programme de volontariat éco citoyen, Côte d'Ivoire, AMISTAD
• WHV- Masaai Mara, Kenya, GVDA
• WHV-Bilateral project between KVDA and IWO Korea hosted at Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests, Kenya, KVDA
• WHV-Saving Rainforests of the Atsinanana, Madagascar, YA4SD Madagascar
• WHV-Construction of a wing of modern Toilet at the Ancient Idanre Kingdom, Nigeria, VWAN
• WHV-Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, UVDA
• WHV-Rwenzori Mountains National Park Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda, UVDA
• WHV- International awareness raising on Koutammakou, Togo, FAGAD
• WHV - Zambia-Eco and Voluntary Tourism Youth Work Camp Victoria Falls- Mosi-oa-Tunya, Zambia, Y2Y Zambia
• WHV - Y2Y Zimbabwe Workcamp 2015 Victoria Falls- Mosi-oa-Tunya, Zimbabwe, Y2Y Zimbabwe

Arab States

• WHV-International fort for volunteer work, Bahrain, Good Word Society
• WHV-Look Into Morocco's Ancient History at Chellah, Morocco, CSM
• WHV-Save the oldest school Medina of Fez, Morocco, CJV
• WHV-Peserving the history of 2000 years, Palestine, IPYL

Asia

• WHV-The Feast of Na-Tcha in the Historic centre of Macau, China, MNCYA
• WHV-Great Wall, China, CSE
• WHV-Maintain the Safety of Tourists at Mount Sanqingshan National Park, China, CSE
• WHV-Enhance the Environment of Temple and Cemetery of Confucious and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu, China, CSE
• WHV-Dong Building Technology, China, IHCCNI
• WHV-Bringing together volunteers and engaging local community members to protect and promote the glorious heritage of Great Himalayan National Park, India, Earthwatch Institute India
• WHV-Hampi, India, FSL-India
• WHV-Mahabalipuram, India, FSL-India
• WHV-MahaBodhi Temple Bodhgaya - The seat of enlightenment, India, ITRHD
• WHV-Young Guardian in Action Project (Long and Middle Term Volunteering project 2015), Indonesia, IIWC
• WHV-Borobudur Workcamp, Indonesia, IIWC
• WHV-Prambanan Temple Compunds, Indonesia, Dejavato Foundation
• WHV-Shirakami 1, Japan, NICE
• WHV-Kathmandu Then and Now, Napal, SamYuBaa Network
• WHV-Renovation, painting and decoration in Cultural Heritage, Nepal, Volunteers Initiative Nepal
• WHV-Youth at the Terraces (RTC 2.0), Phlippines, YSDA
• WHV-Jeju, Republic of Korea, IWO
• WHV-Seongnam, Republic of Korea, IWO
• WHV-Muan, Republic of Korea, KNCU
• WHV-Sustainable tourism in Triem Tay eco-village, Vietnam, SJ Vietnam

Latin America

• WHV-Incallajta the Largest Inca Site in the Kollasuyo, Bolivia, Red Tinku
• WHV-Xochicalco, Mexico, AMVIAC
• WHV-Atlatlahucan, Totolapan and Zacualpan de Amilpas, Mexico, AMVIAC
• WHV-Preserving our Cultural Heritage, Mexico, VIVE Mexico
• WHV–Young Guardians of Teotihuacan, Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia
• WHV–Chan Chan Zona Arqueológica, Peru, BVBP

Europe

• WHV-Zvartnots Catherdral, Armenia, HUJ
• WHV-China meets Hallstatt, Austria, Marktgemeinde Hallstatt
• WHV-Suomenlinna: Impacting the Sustainability of a Fortress, Finland, The Governing Body of Suomenlinna
• WHV - L'Île d'Aix Liedot Fortification, France, Solidarités Jeunesses
• WHV-Parks and Gardens of Classical Weimar, Germany, Open Houses
• WHV-History lives at Herculaneum!, Italy, Y.A.P.
• WHV-Keeping on landscaping and caring for Vernazza, Italy, Tu Quoque
• WHV – United for nature conservation in Curonian Spit, Lithuania, Lithuanian Fund for Nature
• WHV – National Park Durmitor – Green (R)evolution, Montenegro, Association for democratic prosperity
• WHV-The Whitewashed Heritage of Évora, Portugal, Evora’s Municipality
• WHV – Ancient L’viv – Crossroads of Cultures, Ukraine, Alternative-V