UNV's COVID-19 pandemic response

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is placing strains on health systems and essential public services across the world. UNV offers its partners guidance and volunteer solutions for the pandemic response: on site UN Volunteers and Online Volunteers. 

UNV is a common service to the United Nations that mobilizes over 8,500 UN Volunteers a year worldwide. Our Global Talent Pool has over 200,000 registered highly skilled professionals, representing over 100 professional profiles. We have national pools of professionals keen to volunteer in their home country. Through our Online Volunteering service, we have 600,000 registered volunteers ready to take on remote assignments. 

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Volunteers supporting the COVID-19 pandemic response

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UN Volunteer, Decimon Anywar, is a Local and Community Development Specialist with UNCDF. This photo shows him during field work in Northern Uganda.
Blogs
  • SDG 1
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 11
From Gulu: Where climate action becomes real
East and Southern Africa
27 February 2026
Volunteers support programme monitoring to enhance results for children in Togo. Photo referenced in 2026 SWVR.
Blogs
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 17
Why volunteerism can no longer be measured lightly
Global
26 February 2026
Aleksei Gorkov is a UN Volunteer funded by the Russian Federation. He serves as an Innovation Specialist at FAO’s Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa in Cairo.
Volunteer voices
  • SDG 2
  • SDG 3
  • SDG 9
  • SDG 10
Youth leading SDG action in agrifood systems
Arab States
25 February 2026
No pause in emergency response: UN Volunteers in Ukraine
Exposure story
  • SDG 16
  • SDG 17
No pause in emergency response: UN Volunteers in Ukraine
Europe and Central Asia
24 February 2026
Clearing the way for volunteer action
Exposure story
  • SDG 1
  • SDG 2
  • SDG 3
  • SDG 4
Clearing the way for volunteer action
Global
23 February 2026
No lids, no election
Exposure story
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 16
  • SDG 17
No lids, no election
West and Central Africa
20 February 2026
Cynthia Wandabwa Wafula, UN Volunteer Lab Technologist, working in Nairobi, Kenya.

YOUTH VOLUNTEERISM

The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on young people has been systematic, deep and disproportionate. Read more about how UNDP and UNV are engaging young people in COVID-19 response and recovery, to ensure their voices are heard and their needs addressed.

SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE'S ENGAGEMENT IN COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY