IFRC Guidance Duty of Care for Volunteers (COVID-19)
This a guidance for National Societies that includes options for ensuring coverage for uninsured Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers impacted by COVID-19.
This a guidance for National Societies that includes options for ensuring coverage for uninsured Red Cross and Red Crescent volunteers impacted by COVID-19.
Volunteers are our most valued resource. They bring local knowledge and contacts, know the language, customs and operating environments, as well as bring a wide range of skills and capacities to rapidly scale up activities when needed, and sustain these services in the long-term. We must continue to do all that we can to promote …
In 2002-03 UPS, the Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network, FEMA and the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) coalition convened a set of partner organizations to review the challenges and opportunities associated with disaster volunteering; develop preliminary recommendations and action steps for addressing the challenges of spontaneous volunteers; and secure commitment from participating organizations to …