Tackling COVID-19 through online volunteering
Four Online Volunteers supported the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Accelerator Lab in Pacific to identify significant events, innovative solutions as well as interventions that can be implemented in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Asia Pacific region, to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNDP generally provides support to the Small Island Developing States across a number of different thematic areas to address economic difficulties and development imperatives. However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the vulnerabilities of SIDS countries in many ways including supply chain disruption, food insecurity, inadequate supplies of fresh water, and fragile biodiversity.