A way to good health and wellbeing: IOM Staff Welfare Service with UNV colleagues
To ensure staff wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched an innovative staff welfare initiative in early 2020 with UNV and recruited staff counsellors. The IOM Staff Welfare team now includes eight UN Volunteer Staff Counsellors. So, how have they contributed to staff health and wellbeing during COVID-19 times?
UN Volunteers are serving with IOM as Staff Welfare Counsellors to support and ensure staff mental health and wellbeing. These mental health professionals reach out to staff affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including those impacted by organizational restructuring and temporary suspension of projects/programmes, and others engaged in the response. They are a crucial part of the wider Staff Welfare service.