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.
TestPrep International is an International Student-Led Organisation consisting of over 300 students, 50 tutors, and 2 chapters globally. This organization was founded earlier this year with the mission of ensuring quality education for all students irrespective of their school life.
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Supporting populations in rural India with information and various media sources.
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Supporting individuals in need in India with food kits.
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Supporting vulnerable populations in Bangladesh with emergency medial supplies.
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Developing awareness videos in local languages in Pakistan.
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Supporting vulnerable populations in India with mask and food distribution.
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Training youth in Indonesia to run activities to support children’s mental health and education.
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Providing food kits and masks to migrant workers and street vendors in need in India.
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A global initiative to publish stories of hope to support readers through the rapid changes taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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An online platform engaging with youth during COVID-19 in an effort to engage and connect essential workers, businesses and organisations with the assistance they require to pivot during this pandemic.
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A youth-led community organization in Bangladesh running various programs to support youth, entrepreneurs, women and other individuals in need during the pandemic.
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An online course to introduce youth to their role in achieving the sustainable development goals and occupy their time during quarantine.
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Supporting children in the Philippines with educational materials.
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Supporting populations affected by Covid-19 in Bangladesh with medical care, mental health support, basic safety equipment and food.
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Developing a chat-based SOS that was designed for the general public to use to fact-check news, receive daily updates from WHO and connect with vetted social initiatives.
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Providing online workshops to aspiring young diplomats in Manila.
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Executing a survey to determine the mental health effects of COVID-19.
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A student-led grocery delivery service to support vulnerable groups in New Zealand.
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Providing food to daily workers in India and establishing a mask campaign which employs out-of-work tailors and distributes masks to those in need.
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#CreatewithCOVID is a special on-demand campaign where we are inviting young people to talk, engage, and share content about the needs and aspirations of today’s GenZ.
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Published a document that aims to provide a holistic overview of Covid-19 and further elucidate upon the individual, communal and transitional measures that can and should be undertaken at the respective levels.
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Disseminating correct information to youth by holding online forums on popular media platforms.
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Campaigning to raising awareness on the efforts of doctors in our community and on the impact of COVID-19 in Pakistan.
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A Philippine-based youth organization that aims to raise environmental awareness. Organizing “PandeMIC Check,” an event to explore what the COVID-19 pandemic will bring about in society.
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Installing vending machines in remote villages in Nepal to provide access to basic medications.
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COVIDCare by bully.id is a free mental health support app and online platform.
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Supporting vulnerable populations in Bangladesh through a coordinated response.
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Assisting LGBTIQ populations in Pakistan who are likely to be disproportionately affected by the crisis.
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Providing educational videos to help students learn at home.
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Providing food to vulnerable groups missing income due to the decline of the tourism industry in Bangladesh.
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Online coding classes for children and youth to keep them occupied and learning new skills during the pandemic.
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Hosting online mindfulness and self-care sessions.
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Providing hand washing basins and distributing pamphlets, masks and awareness materials in Myanmar.
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A mobile application to provide free online courses for personal and professional development.
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A video-based communications campaign focusing on sharing information on the pandemic with young audiences, and making it possible for them to re-create the videos in their language or according to their context.
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Providing food kits to those in need in India.
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A Youth Advisory panel in India working to distribute food and conduct awareness campaigns through art, slogans and poetry.
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Hosting online sessions through Facebook to provide mental health support in Bangaldesh; providing food and sharing information.
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A network of planners supporting students stay on track and updated with information on the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Online and offline support to students and youth in fighting Covid-19 in India.
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Fundraising to provide basic necessities and establish a network to support COVID-19 related efforts in the Philippines.
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Providing food packages, masks and sanitizers to families in Pakistan.
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SAHAYOG employs a human rights-based approach to increase awareness of adolescent girls on gender-based discrimination and violence, sexual reproductive health and rights and their rights to public health and education entitlements.
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Translating covid-19 information into indigenous languages.
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A platform for youth to have constructive conversations and to brainstorm solutions to key problems that threaten our environment.
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Hosting virtual arts programs for youth mental health in India.
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Bringing students from around the world together (virtually) to debate and discuss relevant issue.
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A dialogue hoping to bridge the gap in knowledge and collaboration between individuals and organizations primarily working on sexual and gender rights and those at the forefront of peacebuilding and humanitarian responses.
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35,000 registered youth volunteers all over Bangladesh support individuals affected by the COVID19 crisis.
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Organizing a digital session to understand how young people can actively participate in enabling solidarity and unity during the current unprecedented crisis.
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Raising funds to supply medical supplies, food, clean water, disinfectants and hand-sanitizers to families.
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Inviting experts from medical backgrounds, academia and private sectors to speak on topics ranging from myths and facts about Coronavirus on an Instagram live show.
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A student-led global health think tank from the UK created a novel research group to contribute to the growing pool of research into COVID-19.
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Working with medical students to fight covid-19.
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Supporting frontliners in the Philippines.
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ZeroHungerAlabel is a youth-led movement that aims to provide food packs to the poorest of the poor families in the municipality of Alabel, Philippines.
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Supporting remote Bandarban District in Bangladesh.
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P4SSitON is a community organisation driven by Passions to build a Positive, Purposeful, Progressive communi’t’y.
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Providing food, access to medical care and education in India.
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This project began as a weekly peer support series for youth which led to attendees mobilizing a COVID-19 Youth Taskforce that is now organizing online.
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Supporting women in the Philippines with sanitary pads .
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Preparing grocery and sanitary packs for families in need in Pakistan.
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Conducting educational workshops and campaigns on issues like child sexual abuse, gender and menstrual hygiene in schools, colleges and government officials; providing cooked meals and dry rations to those in need.
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Providing food packages to daily workers in India who are affected by the lock down.
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This project is 2 month long, youth led Covid Response that focused in awareness campaigned online and offline on COVID 19.
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Working to raise awareness and encouraging safe behaviors in children through gamification, specifically through a game called Dawn of Civilization: Covid-19.
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An organization that promotes the rights of children. The main intitiative of this organization is an online cinema fundraising platform for the benefit of homeless kids, medical frontiers, animals, and basic necessities for the poor.
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An initiative of the One Calinog Organization: Lovevabo specialzies in community mobilization and works towards increasing public awareness of personal sanitizing practices.
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This organization focuses on providing communities with access to healthcare in India.
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Supporting urban communities in need in Metro Manila, Philippines.
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An organization that work with partner organizations to produce short films for social change in Nigeria. This organizations aims to produce a shortfilm catered towards young people in quarantine.
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An online youth action forum.
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An online community that embraces self-care and engages in selfless acts.
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Supporting families and workers in Bangladesh with food supplies.
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A donation drive run by youth advocates in the Philippines.
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Providing food packages to families in need throughout Nepal and distributing Covid testing booths to hospitals.
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A group of youth in the Philippines providing protective equipment, meals and support to front-liners, community members in need and scientists.
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A digital fundraising campaign to support communities in Mindanaoan (Philippines).
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Raising funds to donate protective equipment to frontline workers in the Philippines.
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A fundraising initiative which primarily aims to provide food bags for the vulnerable groups living in Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte.
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Creating an alternative form of identity using a product called the 'Life Certificate' (LC). This platform is a revolutionary form of middleware that serves as a self-sovereign identity for citizens.
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Hosting a supportive Facebook page to engage youth during the pandemic.
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Providing protective equipment and meals to front liners in the Philippines.
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Translating articles, updates and essential information from English to Filipino language to improve the understanding of the Covid-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
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Supporting volunteers, mental health support, and information dissemination in Italy, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Africa.
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An Organization that aims to reduce public anxiety surrounding COVID 19. One method of acheving this goal is by distributing goods to LGBTQI+ communities.
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Creating an app to connect individuals in Bangladesh and globally with mental health support.
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Distributing food kits to families in dire need throughout 10 cities in India.
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Raising awareness and distributing food and other necessities in Bangladesh.
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Providing basic needs (food) to students volunteers in the Philippines who are working to combat the virus in their communities.
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