Africa — Youth Initiative Platform — Major Group for Children and Youth

Covid-19 Youth Platform

This platform aims to give visibility to youth initiatives responding to COVID-19 and to the health, social, and economic consequences of the pandemic.

Each of the organizations below are fighting Covid-19. They are from different countries around the world, helping their local communities with medical assistance, food distribution, arts programs, education initiatives, technology solutions and more.

All of these initiatives could use your support, whether it is with funding, technical expertise, knowledge sharing, promotion or volunteering. Browse below to learn more about each program.

To be featured, your initiative must:

be youth-led, with at least half the leadership positions being held by people who are 31 or younger, OR strongly youth or children-focused, with its project focusing on people who are 31 or younger;
AND be acting in response to the COVID outbreak or its consequences, whether raising awareness about prevention, supporting vulnerable populations during the economic stop-down, supporting mental health, etc.
there are no other requirements for the initiative to be formal, or of any particular structure. Everyone from informal initiatives to long-staring NGOs are welcome to apply.

Just fill in the form, available in ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, RUSSIAN or ARABIC! and please help us share it widely to your networks and social media.

For more information or to connect with an organization featured below contact youthactionplatform@unmgcy.org.

Posts in Africa

Community Development Centre

Community Development Centre

Responding to COVID-19 by launching a text messaging campaign to send key and important messages about the pandemic and encouraging communities in Uganda to stay calm and always pay attention to official guidelines.

Information Sharing, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable Groups, Education, AfricaAdmin TeamOctober 18, 2020Access to information, English

Kick Out Covid Africa #KOCA Initiative

Kick Out Covid Africa #KOCA is an youth-led response to the Covid 19 across Africa using the tools of media, information technology, Artificial Intelligence and programming.

Information Sharing, Mental Health Support, Education, AfricaAdmin TeamOctober 18, 2020Other, English

Centre for Communities Education and Youth Development

Centre for Communities Education and Youth Development

Providing books and masks to those in need in Ghana.

Education, Support Vulnerable Groups, AfricaAdmin TeamOctober 18, 2020English, Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings

Perfect Guide Education Consult

Perfect Guide Education Consult

Supporting out of school children in Nigeria with free lessons via WhatsApp.

Africa, Education, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamSeptember 11, 2020English, Access to information, Space for online meetings

Youth Resource Consultancy and Governance International (YORCOGI)

Youth Resource Consultancy and Governance International (YORCOGI)

Assisting children in community schools in Cameroon through awareness raising, production of hand sanitizers and mainstreaming of use of face masks.

Africa, Direct Medical Response, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, EducationAdmin TeamSeptember 10, 2020English, Access to information

Soft Remote Learning Project

Soft Remote Learning Project

This project aims to resume learning for primary school students in Uganda with no access to internet and tablets.

Africa, Education, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamJuly 5, 2020Volunteers, Other, English