Supporting the operations of various UN agencies in humanitarian assistance and emergency relief, UN Volunteers engage in a wide range of assignments with the ultimate aim to save and protect the lives of people such as refugees and internally displaced persons, to alleviate suffering and to maintain human dignity.
In the area of humanitarian assistance and emergency relief, UNV’s partners have requested volunteers knowledgeable and experienced in: protection, resettlement/ reintegration/repatriation, refugee status determination, community services, food distribution, programme implementation, debris management, early recovery, field office coordination, information management, logistics, warehouse management, transport coordination and radio communication, disaster risk reduction, emergency response and relief operations, among others.