UN Volunteers
What if a simple conversation could lead to a child getting vaccinated?
@UNICEF #YoungChampion 🇨🇩 Angèle connects with families so children who missed vaccines get the protection they need.
More than eight years into the Rohingya crisis, around half a million children are growing up in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh 🇧🇩.
Inside those classrooms, @UNICEF Asfia keeps le.
“We can’t save species without people.”
The future of nature depends on people and @UNEP UN Volunteer Rachel explains why.
#NowForClimate #WorldEnvironmentDay
They go to some of the world’s most fragile contexts.
They are UN Volunteers working for #Peace.
#PeaceDay
Have you ever been here?
Have you spoken to them?
Do you know what people actually want?
UN Volunteers do.
They know the people, they’ve earned their trust and remain part of the solution long ...
Lukendo grew up in a refugee camp in Malawi after his family fled violence in their home country. He completed his education, from kindergarten to university, while living in the camp.
After years...
Why should YOU care about drought and desertification? Former @THEUNCCD Volunteer Pape breaks it down in 3 quick facts.
Tereza Sikorová, UN Volunteer fully funded by Czech Republic, shares how volunteering with UNFPA in Moldova changed many aspects of her life. She served on the frontline response to the Ukraine cri...
Sofiya Tulkina, a UN Volunteer with UNICEF Youth on the Move Programme, shares her experience of leaving Ukraine, adapting to life in Poland, and supporting refugee and migrant youth through her vo...
Her community didn’t trust vaccines.
Not because they didn’t care, but because they didn’t understand.
Monique is a UN Volunteer and an Indigenous woman from a Pygmy community who changed that.
Promoting volunteerism? That’s what UN Volunteers do.
Some do it with UN partners in the field, others do it from inside the UNV office, making things happen behind the scenes!
One of them is Zix...
It's #UNVolunteers like Vasyl that make a difference in crisis situations. Join him for a day in his life as a volunteer in Ukraine 🇺🇦
United to advance #GenderEquality 👩🏻👩🏽👩🏿⚖️✊ For all women and girls, everywhere. #ForAllWomenAndGirls
How can measurement keep pace with the complexity of the crises that volunteers navigate, and the contributions they make? The fourth webinar in the 2026 SWVR Global Webinar Series brought together...
"Volunteering is a great pathway to grow professionally and personally."
#OnceAUNVolunteer, Sara Olivella 🇪🇸 worked in post-conflict Timor-Leste and Cambodia, identifying what locals needed to re.
“I learned how to manage my business better.”
With support from the WFP in Kenya UN Volunteers 🇰🇪, David gained the skills to manage his own farm and empower fellow farmers and his community 🐔
Volunteering can take you across the world and open doors to many unexpected paths.
For some UN Volunteers, that journey has led to senior leadership roles within the UN system: from Resident Coor...
In Lao PDR, Executive Coordinator Toily Kurbanov interviewed UNV Country Coordinator Manithda Sithimolada and spoke with former UN Volunteers Julie Teng and Simon Nazer.
Most UN Volunteers move on...