 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded in 1945 with the vision to build a world free of hunger and malnutrition. Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO, but we cannot achieve this alone. Through our newly relaunched global internship, volunteers and fellows programs, FAO is providing talented young people and highly qualified experts around the world with the opportunity to get involved and work with FAO to ensure that together we can achieve zero hunger. Every year through the global internship, volunteers and fellows programs, FAO recruits hundreds of global citizens to work side by side with our global teams of experts and professionals, contributing their new perspectives and innovative ideas to realise sustainable agriculture and food systems. So, being an intern in an organisation such as FAO gives me the perfect platform and a learning opportunity to enhance and apply my academic knowledge and research interests. For me, I trust for some reasons because this is so important. First of all, FAO can show its commitment to the youth, the youth professionals of the world. The young volunteers is new blood for the institution. It means innovation, it means new ideas, it means new perspectives. Coming out of the pandemic, we remain deeply committed to achieving food security for all. We cannot help realise that goal without the help of youth and young talent. FAO interns, volunteers and fellows are a critical bridge to engaging people of various communities in the fight against hunger. We have collaborative partnerships in academic institutions, governments, civil society and the private sector. To leverage young talent from diverse backgrounds through the internship, volunteers and fellows program. The FAO intern, volunteer and fellows program is very important because it helps to build the capacity of young people. It helps the young people to be able to practice what they have been able to learn in school, especially when they are going to the field and they understand the challenges that the world is facing and through the practice they are able to become part of the solution that the world is looking for. I believe that the work that FAO is doing is extremely important because FAO is the one that has a direct impact on people's daily lives. I have the opportunity to realise which are the real needs of rural people in rural areas. We also have interns that come from the Indigenous University. Having their engagement is very important because Indigenous peoples are very important in the fight against hunger. I am originally from San Miguel Obetitlan, and I am from Oaxaca, Mexico. I am a coordinator at the local level of a collective called Yanyi Tundabedi Quitingdi. I am also part of the indigenous indigenous community of Latin America. It has enabled our youth, who are on the continent, to be able to get an opportunity to translate what they have learned in school, in theory, into the practical working environment. And if you're as lucky as I am, you might even get to go on mission and experience the field work. So I could learn from the reality which I cannot learn from the book or data from the monitor. I get an exposure to interact in a multicultural professional environment with people from different walks of life and learn a lot from them. There was never a dull moment. It was all something new to learn, some new skills to acquire. For me, there are a lot of things worth searching for. They will bring me some new ideas, some new work modes. Every day I have a really unique opportunity to work with experts, to share and discuss with them and to learn from them. So the mentorship that I get from FAO is very, very encouraging. The students who took FAO internship are strongly motivated to be global citizens who are worrying about global issues and are trying to find a solution for global problems. It's a great opportunity to grow in a professional way and we can really make a change on other people's way to live. The impact of the projects, when you see afterwards that communities are talking to each other, that communities are cooperating and with an aim to improve their own livelihoods, it's quite a rewarding experience. Join us in the fight against hunger. Bring your innovative ideas and enthusiasm. Together, let's create a zero-hunger world.