Outreach of the UN in East and Southern Africa Volunteer Opportunities Campaign

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Mission and objectives

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. We work with partners to integrate qualified, highly motivated and well supported UN Volunteers into development programming and promote the value and global recognition of volunteerism. UNV has five Regional Offices in Amman (Arab States, Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States), Bangkok (Asia and the Pacific), Dakar (West and Central Africa), Nairobi (East and Southern Africa) and Panama City (Latin America and the Caribbean). The regional offices are the first entry point for partners wishing to engage with UNV. They offer UNV services and solutions to government partners, UN entities, civil society and the private sector, and takes the lead in scoping and delivering UNV advisory services on volunteer infrastructure. They also provide oversight and strategic guidance to UNV’s field units in the regions.

Context

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide and has its headquarters in Bonn-Germany. Volunteerism is a powerful means of engaging people in tackling development challenges, and it can transform the pace and nature of development. Volunteerism benefits both societies at large and the individual volunteer by strengthening trust, solidarity, and reciprocity among citizens, and by purposefully creating opportunities for participation. UNV contributes to peace and development by advocating for the recognition of volunteers, working with partners to integrate volunteerism into development programming, and mobilizing an increasing number and diversity of volunteers, including experienced UN Volunteers, throughout the world. The UN Volunteer Program works with partners to mobilize and place qualified, highly motivated UN Volunteers into development programs to promote the value and global recognition of volunteerism. We are seeking support from Online Volunteers to help in raising awareness and visibility of the UN Volunteer opportunities in Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, Namibia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Burundi, Eswatini, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya Rwanda through various social media platforms.

Task description

Specific assistance to be provided by the online volunteers includes:
1. Promote the campaigns and opportunities published on the UNV East and Southern Africa Social media accounts.
2. The online volunteers will be asked to share/post the social media Poster and other social media content through their personal social media handles. It is ensured that the contents are accessible for all persons including persons with disabilities as well.
3. Submit an activity report at the end of the assignment, the template will be provided.
Upon selection, the online volunteer will receive further guidance to carry out this online volunteering through a WhatsApp Group. The expected result of this online volunteering support is to raise awareness of UNV East and Southern Africa listed countries activities and opportunities, as well as boost applications the open opportunities.
The online volunteer will assist over a period of one week. This online collaboration opportunity will benefit the volunteers through an expanded professional network and get the first-hand experience of directly contributing to the work of the UN in addressing the SDG challenges.
On completion, the online volunteers will be provided with a volunteer certificate for their remarkable contribution