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.

Youth Reflect Peace

Youth Reflect Peace

The Youth reflect peace initiative is based upon ensuring a more peaceful and healthier future, begins with engaging the next generation.

Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, AfricaAdmin TeamNovember 15, 2020English, Volunteers, Space for online meetings

The RL Foundation

The RL Foundation

The RL Foundation is an independent and humanitarian organization that works to provide a responsive and direct resource to children living in extreme poverty in Latin America. Through our sponsors, supporters, and volunteers we strive for a just world where no child suffers from hunger, educational barriers or medical care issues.

Direct Medical Response, Latin America + Caribbean, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamNovember 15, 2020Volunteers, English

Kabangwe Creative Initiative Association

Kabangwe Creative Initiative Association

Using the Clinic-Community Collaboration approach, this initiative is responding to some of the challenges being faced by adolescents and young people age 15-24 living with HIV in Zambia.

Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamOctober 18, 2020English, Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings

Watchman Relief Association Global

Watchman Relief Association Global

Supporting vulnerable children and internally displaced persons in Cameroon with basic necessities.

Africa, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamOctober 18, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, English

Visual Echoes for Human Rights Advocacy (VEHRA)

Visual Echoes for Human Rights Advocacy (VEHRA)

Supporting vulnerable members of the LGBTIA community in Uganda with basic necessities, medical care and PPE.

Africa, Direct Medical Response, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamOctober 18, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, English

Kishoka Youth Community Based Organization (C.B.O)

Kishoka Youth Community Based Organization (C.B.O)

Using graffiti to spread essential information to rural villages in Kenya.

Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamOctober 18, 2020English, Volunteers

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

Ulgulan Foundation

Supporting populations in rural India with information and various media sources.

Asia-Pacific, Information SharingAdmin TeamSeptember 22, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, English

Youth Movement Against Poverty

Youth Movement Against Poverty

Supporting vulnerable populations in Bangladesh with emergency medial supplies.

Asia-Pacific, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamSeptember 22, 2020English, Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings