How do You become a UN Volunteer?

Your Options
This section is an open door for opportunities with UN Volunteers and like-minded organizations around the world. Here you will find information about your volunteer options, including how to apply with UN Volunteers or other volunteer organizations in your country.

Volunteer Voices
Each volunteer has a story to tell, meaning UN Volunteers has nearly 5,000 stories each year alone. Some of these accounts are listed in the Volunteer Voices section the place where UN Volunteers share their experiences as part of peace and development efforts worldwide.

Current and Former UN Volunteers
This section is particularly designed for current and former UN Volunteer who wish to communicate with one another. They are encouraged to continue to offer their skills as online volunteers, to send in pictures and stories of their activities and to sign up for an email announcement list.

Volunteerism
For tens of millions of people around the world, volunteering is an expression of support for a principle that strikes to the heart of the United Nations system: that by working together, we can make the world a better place for everyone.Volunteering and UN programmes empower individuals, build solidarity, encourage participation and protect the vulnerable against economic, social and political marginalization. Both are meant to build networks of reciprocity, reinforcing society's most basic social safety net collective responsibility. This section is an invitation to explore the scope and vision of volunteerism.