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.
This 117-page introductory epidemiology book provides an elementary approach to understanding infectious disease outbreaks. This book is perfect for anyone with an ambition to learn about health-related concepts and take on an intellectual challenge, including those with little to no background in public health.
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The GoMartins team will visit several nature tourism destinations to continue helping Brazil in the recovery process from the economic impacts of low tourism due to COVID-19.
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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.
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Different Boat, Same Storm is a video podcast centred around creating conversations about perspectives & experiences that often lie in the shadows of mainstream discourse.
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Providing food and resources to those in need in Colombia.
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Supporting individuals in need in India with food kits.
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Supporting students in the USA with free, online math classes.
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Como organización juvenil velamos por la igualdad de género e identidad cultural a través de la educación comunitaria con especial énfasis en las poblaciones vulnerables (madres jóvenes, mujeres sobrevivientes de cualquier tipo de violencia, niñas y adolescentes), es por ello, que adecuándonos a las políticas y decretos de urgencia del Gobierno Peruano nos vemos en la necesidad de enfrentar esta problemática, creando FAMILIAS ONLINE donde capacitaremos y desarrollaremos habilidades digitales en barrios bajos de las zonas urbanas y comunidades rurales.
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Danzas Acuarela es una asociación civil fundada en el año 2010, con la misión de ser un espacio artistico que brinda oportunidad de acceso a niños y jovenes de recibir formación en artes.
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Creating and distributing free face masks in Malawi.
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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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This project aims to resume learning for primary school students in Uganda with no access to internet and tablets.
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An online show features interviews with world leaders to explore global solutions to this global crisis.
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Nous avons localement mis en place plusieurs initiatives dans la riposte au Coronavirus, mais celle qui peut-être facilement dupliquée ailleurs c’est la campagne "Tupone wote" ou guérissons tous en Swahili local où nous prônons l’engagement et la responsabilité de tout le monde dans la prévention et la lutte contre le nouveau Coronavirus.
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Providing a platform for young Africans to discuss the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Supporting communities in Nigeria with emergency food and sanitary supplies.
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A talent recruitment company connecting volunteers with local organizations in Liberia to implement Covid-19 projects in local communities.
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Offering mentorship to young people in Uganda through creative arts. Providing essential materials, mentorship, face masks and an art contest to young people during the pandemic.
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Distributing free healthcare materials such as face masks, hand sanitizers, hand gloves, disinfectants and soaps in underserved communities in Lagos state, Nigeria.
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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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A group of medical doctors and students providing up to date information on Covid-19 in Ecuador through a dedicated website.
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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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Renaclip Foundation created a simple video that explains the Federal and State government guidelines in Nigeria.
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“Senaju Escucha” y “Jóvenes en Casa”, las iniciativas de la SENAJU ambas utilizan herramientas digitales para reducir riesgo asociados a la salud mental y a la posible vulneración de los derechos de las y los jóvenes, en un contexto de epidemia y estado de emergencia en el Perú.
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Este proyecto de ThinkuLab consiste en una plataforma digital que responde a las necesidades políticas, sociales y económicas como resultado de la crisis sanitaria a tan solo un clic. Esta plataforma surge en respuesta a la emergencia sanitaria que estamos viviendo en el Ecuador y el mundo por COVID-19. TinkuLab busca promover esta plataforma con el fin de continuar potenciando nuestra acción con la comunidad en apoyo a grupos vulnerables y tejidos sociales, desde el uso de tecnologías innovadoras, con proyectos que incidan en mejores políticas públicas. Somos el Primer Laboratorio Cívico de América Latina.
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A youth-led NGO in Zambia carrying out COVID 19 sensitization campaigns and distribution of essential goods.
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Supporting vulnerable populations in Bangladesh through a coordinated response.
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Reducing the spread of Covid-19 in Ghana through an app that allows users to request services to their home.
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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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An online webinar series discussing Covid-19, based in Pakistan.
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Shareteah Humanitarian Organization raises awareness of the dangers of Mines, Promoting human, Social, Cultural, Economic, and Scientific Development and is working in the field of awareness and action against this epidemic.
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Providing hand washing basins and distributing pamphlets, masks and awareness materials in Myanmar.
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A virtual tourism experience to make self-quarantine to a fun, entertaining and educational experience and provide support for tourism professionals who are out of work.
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A group of women in Nigeria supplying food and skills development programs for women and youth in need in rural communities.
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Medical students show their support for frontline workers through words of encouragement to all Ghanaians.
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This organization aims to increase the access of information to children and enable them practice personal hygiene.
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Online and offline support to students and youth in fighting Covid-19 in India.
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Providing food packages, masks and sanitizers to families in Pakistan.
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Supporting young people in Uganda with emergency food, extensions of reproductive health services and information dissemination about COVID19 prevention strategies.
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An online course to discuss the challenges of Human Rights in Rio de Janeiro Favelas during and after this pandemic
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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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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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Providing sexual reproductive health services to women in Uganda who lost access to due to the lockdown.
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A social media campaign against gender-based violence in Nigeria.
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Educating individuals in Ghana on how to make alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
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Comprehensive measure for prevention, mitigation and recovery in Ghana.
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Preparing grocery and sanitary packs for families in need in Pakistan.
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Providing access to food, protection, masks/gloves and public health awareness in Somalia.
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A virtual book club that hopes to reach 100 students by providing books and digital reading devices.
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Promoting conflict sensitivity and panic management, reduce stigmatization of victims/survivors and improve community level coordination in Sierra Leone.
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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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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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This project seeks to counter Fake News on social media. To achieve this, the Fake News Task Force relies on a team of volunteers consisting of trackers, analysts, graphic designers, translators and broadcasters.
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Supporting communities in Nigeria through food kits and an informative social media campaign.
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Supporting local communities in Niger State, Nigeria access necessary information.
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Distributing essential foods and home products to vulnerable families and children’s homes as well as providing knowledge on fighting the spread of Covid-19.
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