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Organizations and volunteers working together for peace and development

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. Online volunteering allows organizations and volunteers to team up to address sustainable development challenges – anywhere in the world, from any device. Online volunteering is fast, easy – and most of all, effective. When skilled, passionate individuals join forces online with great organizations working toward sustainable development goals, everyone wins. Find out how

putting skills into action

So many ways to volunteer

Proof in numbers

Online volunteering is a force for global development

12,000
online volunteers per year
60%
people from developing countries
187
countries engaged in online volunteering
94%
satisfaction of organizations and volunteers

Organizations + Volunteers = ❤︎

Meet the organizations and volunteers working for peace and development

"Not only did online volunteers provide an excellent service to the UN, but also gained significant knowledge and experience, making it a win-win situation."
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Vincenzo Aquaro

UN DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
"The cohesion, encouragement and inspiration of the team of volunteers have been immense. My online collaboration is easily on par with that of a face-to-face setting."
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Kirthi Jayakumar

UN ONLINE VOLUNTEER
"AGRIPO gained unprecedented visibility in the field of innovation thanks to the support of UN Online Volunteers."
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Flore Ngo-Samnick

AGRIPO

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