Following the outbreak of the pandemic in Kenya, 50 UN Volunteer health experts were deployed through a UN joint programme to support the COVID-19 response at county level, where the unexpected surge of infections had overstretched healthcare service-delivery capacity, impacting lives and livelihoods.

UNV offers UN Volunteers with a range of skills and experience, catered to the needs of UN partners or government ministries, to strengthen their COVID-19 response. UNV supports partners in Kuwait with fast-track recruitment of on-site local specialized talent, low pro forma costs, 32,000 candidates in the Arab States, as well as remote Online Volunteers.