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  • National UN Volunteer Project and Camp Management Assistant Andrea Cuisana (right) and David Barreno, national UN Volunteer Procurement and Logistics Assistant, served with IOM in Manta, Ecuador, helping communities after the 2016 earthquake.
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    National UN Volunteer Project and Camp Management Assistant Andrea Cuisana (right) and David Barreno, national UN Volunteer Procurement and Logistics Assistant, served with IOM in Manta, Ecuador, helping rebuild affected communities after the 2016 earthquake. (©Juan Diego Pérez Arias/UNV, 2016)
  • UN Volunteer Naw Wan Gay serves with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), providing services for refugees in Baan Mai Nai Soi Temporary Shelter Area, Thailand.
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    UN Volunteer Naw Wan Gay serves with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), providing services for refugees in Baan Mai Nai Soi Temporary Shelter Area, Thailand. (©Panupong Changchai/UNV, 2016)
  • UN Volunteer Rupmani Chhetri (centre, India) addresses UN Secretary-General António Guterres in sign language. Rupmani served as a UN Volunteer Advocacy Specialist for Disabilities in Ukraine.
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    UN Volunteer Rupmani Chhetri (centre, India) addresses UN Secretary-General António Guterres in sign language. Rupmani served as a UN Volunteer Advocacy Specialist for Disabilities in Ukraine. (©UNV, 2017)
  • Ismael Abdou Mahamadou is a national UN Volunteer supporting the World Food Program in Maradi, Niger, as Field Monitor Assistant. Here, he participates in training on quality seed collection, as part of participatory community planning.
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    Ismael Abdou Mahamadou is a national UN Volunteer supporting the World Food Program in Maradi, Niger, as Field Monitor Assistant. Here, he participates in training on quality seed collection, as part of participatory community planning. (©UNV, 2018)
  • UN Volunteer Teacher Farah Chahine talking to one of the students during the recess, while another child embraces Layal Ammar, also a UN Volunteer Teacher, Ramallah School in Chatila Palestinian Refugee camp.
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    UN Volunteer Teacher Farah Chahine talking to one of the students during the recess, while another child embraces Layal Ammar, also a UN Volunteer Teacher, Ramallah School in Chatila Palestinian Refugee camp. Farah and Layal are refugees from Palestine in Lebanon, teaching Palestinian refugees twice displaced from Syria to Lebanon. (©UNV, 2016)
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UN Volunteer Mathieu Lembrez (France) was one of the 24 researchers for the 2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report. He examined the interaction of volunteerism and community resilience in the community of Yaranda in the north of Burundi, close to t
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UN Volunteers Daniel Mandala (Malawi) and Grace Chikakuda (Mozambique) confer during a session at the capacity development training for UNV personnel in East and Southern Africa in Nakuru, Kenya. (©UNV, 2017)
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Inspiration in Action

News UNV Executive Coordinator Olivier Adam (centre) and Regional Manager Hilda Paparoni (fifth from left) take part in the equalizer campaign as part of the celebrations of International Volunteer Day in Peru.
International Volunteer Day 2019: Volunteer for an inclusive future
SDG 10 | SDG 17
  • 04 December 2019
News Moses Chubili (left), national UN Volunteer Coordination and Partnership Officer in Zambia, converses in sign language with Gift Govere, national UN Volunteer Project Officer in Zimbabwe (far right) during Assignment Preparation Training in Kenya.
Advancing disability inclusion across the UN system through volunteerism
SDG 10 | SDG 17
  • 03 December 2019
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Volunteer community in the Arab States consults on future of volunteerism
SDG 17
  • 26 November 2019
News Workshop participants applying systems thinking to map specific entry points where volunteerism could accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Mapping volunteer actions to accelerate the implementation of the SDGs in Asia
SDG 17
  • 22 November 2019
News Senior UNV officials accompanied by members of the UNMISS Relief, Reintegration and Protection team visit the protection of civilians site in Juba, South Sudan.
Senior UNV officials see first-hand the contribution of volunteers with UNMISS...
SDG 16 | SDG 17
  • 14 October 2019
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Youth Connekt Africa Summit to explore civic engagement and volunteerism as a...
SDG 17
  • 11 October 2019
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UN Volunteers promote peace through climate action
SDG 11 | SDG 13 | SDG 16 | SDG 17
West and Central Africa
  • 24 September 2019
Results Women in Matebo Village in Kalumbila District, Zambia, try out their new energy-saving stoves .
UN Volunteers raise awareness of the health and environment gains from wood-...
SDG 3 | SDG 12 | SDG 13 | SDG 17
East and Southern Africa
  • 20 September 2019
Results UN Volunteers and youth volunteers engaged in a pilot innovative approach to develop youth skills through volunteering, as part of a partnership between UNV and Cambodia, funded by IBSA.
South-South Cooperation: Reducing poverty in Cambodia by developing the skills...
SDG 1 | SDG 8 | SDG 17
Asia and the Pacific
  • 12 September 2019
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Volunteers continue to reach out through community-based radio across Pakistan
SDG 5 | SDG 17
Asia and the Pacific
  • 02 May 2019
Results Afshana Khathunis, a National Service Scheme Volunteer Awardee from India, engages with the community members as a National Youth Volunteer in Nehru Yuva Kendra in Mangalore, India.
Building community capacity by mobilizing national youth volunteers
SDG 1 | SDG 3 | SDG 6 | SDG 8 | SDG 10 | SDG 16 | SDG 17
Asia and the Pacific
  • 28 January 2019
Results YPeer Palestine
Youth-to-youth connection in the State of Palestine: let's talk about...
SDG 3 | SDG 10 | SDG 17
Arab States
  • 19 December 2018
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Volunteers voices Olga Altman serves as a UN Volunteer for Inclusion, Innovation and the 2030 Agenda with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). She is part of the UNDP/UNV Talent Programme for Young Professionals with Disabilities.
Disabilities we can see; abilities we have to unleash
SDG 10 | SDG 17
Latin America and the Caribbean
  • 03 December 2019
Volunteers voices Huong Dao Thu serves as a national UN Volunteer Disability Rights Officer with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Viet Nam. Here, she takes the floor to contribute her perspective during a training on the Human Rights Based Approach to Pro
Leading by example and championing disability rights with UNDP in Viet Nam
SDG 10 | SDG 17
Asia and the Pacific
  • 02 December 2019
Volunteers voices Omotola Akindipe, UN Volunteer Associate Reporting Officer for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Angola, interviews refugees on various topics, including mental health and shelter requirements.
Communication gives inclusion a boost in Angola
SDG 10
East and Southern Africa
  • 01 December 2019
Volunteers voices Panitee Nuykram (second from the left) serves as UN Volunteer Media and Communications Officer with IOM in Thailand. Here she is advocating for the Sustainable Development Goals with colleagues.
Volunteer voices of inclusion from IOM Thailand
SDG 10 | SDG 17
Asia and the Pacific
  • 29 November 2019
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Creating inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities in Belarus
SDG 10 | SDG 17
Europe and the CIS
  • 28 November 2019
Volunteers voices Louise Bergman (Sweden), UN Volunteer Project Support Officer with IOM Rwanda, on the UN Day of Tree Planting.
Volunteer voices of inclusion from IOM Rwanda
SDG 10 | SDG 17
East and Southern Africa
  • 28 November 2019
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From outsiders to insiders: Volunteers’ innovative eco-hub sits at the heart of...
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Red Cross Day 2018: UNV and Red Cross Burundi research collaboration on local...
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Blogs Volunteers make an impact on the daily life of minority groups and communities. These women live around Xam Neua, Hmong village, in Lao PDR, and were beneficiaries of a project against drugs conducted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, with the engageme
Volunteering – an expression of agency in times of polarization between '...
SDG 10 | SDG 17
  • 09 December 2019
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Counting the volunteers the world counts on
SDG 10 | SDG 17
  • 05 December 2019
Blogs Online Volunteering figures
Volunteering at the United Nations (Without Leaving Home!)
SDG 17
  • 11 November 2019
Blogs UN Volunteer Emergency Response Coordination Assistant, Alex Suwitra (Australia, centre) discussed humanitarian support in disaster situations with colleagues.
"I learned to juggle two mindsets: to reduce the risks of disasters and to...
SDG 9 | SDG 17
Asia and the Pacific
  • 13 October 2019
Blogs Tereza Sacha celebrating the 74th anniversary of the UN with her colleagues at UNDP Moldova.
Big data and blockchain: using innovation to tackle Moldova’s development...
SDG 9 | SDG 17
Europe and the CIS
  • 30 September 2019
Blogs UN Volunteer Newton Mutunga distributing items on IVD.
Enabling ex-combatants to transition to peaceful civilian life in Darfur
SDG 5 | SDG 10 | SDG 16 | SDG 17
Arab States
  • 20 September 2019
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UNV PARTNERSHIP
Raihana Bello Furo, Volontaire Communautaire avec le PNUD dans la communauté de Guyaku (Nord-Est du Nigeria) pendant l'activité de responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise conformément à la VSLA.
Promoting equality and inclusivity through UN...
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