SDG 1: No poverty, SDG 2: Zero hunger, SDG 3: Good health and well-being, SDG 4: Quality education, SDG 5: Gender equality, SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation, SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy, SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth, SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG 10: Reduced inequalities, SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities, SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production, SDG 13: Climate change, SDG 14: Life below water, SDG 15: Life on land, SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions, SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
Finland and UNV mark 50 years—1974 to 2024
Finland and the full funding partnership with UNV started in 1974 with the signing of an agreement that resulted in the deployment of the first three Finnish nationals as UN Volunteers in 1975—Mirja Heijari with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Yemen as a nurse, Matti Järvinen, a Radio Studio Technician with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Tanzania and Pekka Savinsaari with UN-OTC in Swaziland in a water and se
23 December 2024
Europe and Central Asia
Success stories
SDG 1: No poverty, SDG 2: Zero hunger, SDG 3: Good health and well-being, SDG 4: Quality education, SDG 5: Gender equality, SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation, SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy, SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth, SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG 10: Reduced inequalities, SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities, SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production, SDG 13: Climate change, SDG 14: Life below water, SDG 15: Life on land, SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions, SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
Celebrating Chinese UN Volunteers
18 December 2024
Asia and the Pacific
Exposure story
SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
194 Volunteers—One Mission Ibero-America in Ecuador
17 December 2024
Latin America and the Caribbean
Exposure story
SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
Championing volunteerism in Thailand on International Volunteer Day
16 December 2024
Asia and the Pacific
Exposure story
SDG 13: Climate change, SDG 15: Life on land, SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
Volunteering for a greener Jordan
16 December 2024
Arab States
Exposure story
SDG 3: Good health and well-being, SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth, SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
Celebrating volunteerism through learning in West and Central Africa
13 December 2024
West and Central Africa
Exposure story
SDG 1: No poverty, SDG 2: Zero hunger, SDG 3: Good health and well-being, SDG 10: Reduced inequalities, SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
In solidarity with flood-affected communities in Thailand
12 December 2024
Asia and the Pacific
Exposure story
SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth, SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production, SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
"It's a start to a career I never imagined"
Atsushi is from Chiba city in Japan and started his UN Volunteer assignment with UNDP on 7 December 2024. He is based in Djibouti, where he will support agricultural businesses and food security till almost the end of 2025. The project is funded through the Japanese Supplementary Budget and titled, 'Support to UN response to water and food insecurity caused by climate change and drought in Sub-Saharan Africa through the deployment of Japanese Specialists as UN Volunteers.'
11 December 2024
West and Central Africa
Success stories
SDG 5: Gender equality, SDG 10: Reduced inequalities, SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
Changing social behaviours for the rights of Roma
Laure is a fully funded UN Volunteer from France who started her assignment in September 2023.
10 December 2024
Europe and Central Asia
Success stories
SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
Keep up the learning
06 December 2024
East and Southern Africa
Exposure story