The UN Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) finances activities carried out by UN organizations to provide sustainable benefits to vulnerable people and communities and through this, demonstrates the added value of the human security approach. Meet three UN Volunteers – Justin, Gideon and Namakau – who promote human security through sustainable resettlements in Zambia.

Nichakarn Kaveevorayan is serving as a UN Volunteer Programme Officer with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand. She shares her inspiration: "I believed that serving as a UN Volunteer with my disability would help me expand my knowledge of national and international legislation and good practice on inclusive development," she explains. "At the same time, I felt that working with the UN would enable me to reach a lot of people with different disabilities and gain a deeper understanding of their issues. On both fronts, I have not been disappointed." 

Asia and the Pacific region is particularly vulnerable to physical impacts of climate change. Associated with pre-existing gender inequality, climate-related risks are multiplied for women, girls, and people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) in the region. 

Luis Moreno Cabrales (Spain) is a UN Volunteer Associate Refugee Status Determination Officer serving with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Rabat, Morocco. As a social worker, Luis has been dedicated to refugees throughout almost all of his professional life, not only in Spain for the National Reception System for applicants and beneficiaries of international protection, but also abroad. His assignment is fully funded by the Government of Spain.