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<p>Official responses to COVID-19 are heavily reliant on a range of volunteers, who
are devoting their time and skills both at home in the UK and in developing countries.
The new DFID-funded Global Standard for Volunteering sets a useful benchmark for how
volunteers can be deployed in a responsible, effective and safe way.</p><p>DFID’s
Volunteering for Development (V4D) programme, delivered in partnership with Voluntary
Service Overseas (VSO), is working through volunteers to directly respond to the pandemic
in 18 developing countries.</p><p>V4D volunteers are working within national response
efforts to: ensure continued access to education for girls and children living with
disabilities; strengthen health systems; improve emergency coordination systems; share
key advice in accessible ways; and, support micro enterprise for the extreme poor.</p>
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