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. 

Volunteers supporting the COVID-19 pandemic response

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Learn . Connect . Grow .
Exposure story
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 17
Global
26 October 2026
UN Volunteer Inka Hyttinen served as Programme Officer for Youth and Prevention of Radicalization with UN Women Kenya from 2024 to July 2026. Her assignment was funded by the Government of Finland.
Partners
  • SDG 3
  • SDG 5
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 16
East and Southern Africa
23 October 2026
The Learning That Travels
Exposure story
El Aprendizaje Que Viaja
Exposure story
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.