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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.

CARE Visuals 19
CARE Visuals 19

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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Support Vulnerable Groups, Other, Asia-PacificAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020Space for online meetings, English
Online SDG Youth Action Forum
Online SDG Youth Action Forum

An online youth action forum.

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Asia-Pacific, Information Sharing, EducationAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
Subtle Passion Sharing
Subtle Passion Sharing

An online community that embraces self-care and engages in selfless acts.

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Asia-Pacific, Mental Health SupportAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020English
Youth Movement Against Poverty
Youth Movement Against Poverty

Supporting families and workers in Bangladesh with food supplies.

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Asia-Pacific, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020English, Volunteers, Access to information
Tabang Na Karon: Ilocos Norte
Tabang Na Karon: Ilocos Norte

A donation drive run by youth advocates in the Philippines.

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Asia-Pacific, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020English, Volunteers
Khadraa
Khadraa

A non-profit organization in Egypt that focuses on community centered solutions. Joining forces with the Ministry of Health and Population efforts to address the crisis.

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Africa, Direct Medical Response, Information Sharing, Mental Health SupportAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020English, Access to information
Connect to Community
Connect to Community

Providing food distribution, hygiene kits and more in the USA, Kenya and Ghana

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Africa, Europe and Others, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, English
Youth for Sustainable Development Makueni
Youth for Sustainable Development Makueni

Engaging youths and marginalized groups in activities such as social inclusion, accountability, advocacy and training.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, EducationAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020English, Volunteers
Youths of Ward No 5, Hetauda
Youths of Ward No 5, Hetauda

Providing food packages to families in need throughout Nepal and distributing Covid testing booths to hospitals.

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Asia-Pacific, Food/Nutrition, Direct Medical ResponseAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020English
#PayItForwardPH
#PayItForwardPH

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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Support Vulnerable Groups, Other, Food/Nutrition, Direct Medical Response, Asia-PacificAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
Covid-19 Youth Essay Competition
Covid-19 Youth Essay Competition

An essay writing competition for youth in Mauritius.

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Africa, EducationAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020English, Volunteers, Access to information
Kapit-Mindanao
Kapit-Mindanao

A digital fundraising campaign to support communities in Mindanaoan (Philippines).

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Support Vulnerable Groups, Other, Asia-PacificAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020English
TIWALA
TIWALA

Raising funds to donate protective equipment to frontline workers in the Philippines.

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Direct Medical Response, Asia-Pacific, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020English
Kapamagugopa Donation Drive
Kapamagugopa Donation Drive

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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Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/Nutrition, Direct Medical Response, Asia-PacificAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020English
Life Certificate Initiative
Life Certificate Initiative

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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Asia-Pacific, Direct Medical Response, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Education, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, Other, English
Réseau Pan Africain des Jeunes pour la Cultute de la paix (PAYNCoP)
Réseau Pan Africain des Jeunes pour la Cultute de la paix (PAYNCoP)

This project aims to raise awareness through sensitizing vulnerable people on COVID-19, Community-based distribution of 7,000 face masks, distribution of food to the elderly and design of communication tools.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable Groups, Education, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020French, English, Access to information, Space for online meetings
HUMANUS
HUMANUS

HUMANUS is a humanitarian organization whose mission is to rescue the needy, including widows, young girls and abandoned and orphaned children.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Western Asia, Europe and OthersAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020French, English, Volunteers, Space for online meetings
Cellule Anti Fake News
Cellule Anti Fake News

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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Africa, Information SharingAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, Other, French, English
StartOpp Cré'Active
StartOpp Cré'Active

Fabrication du gel hydroalcoolique et du savon liquide et sensibilisation en langue sur le COVID19.

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Information Sharing, AfricaAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020French, English, Volunteers
Association des Jeunes Humataire Panafricains HUMANUS
Association des Jeunes Humataire Panafricains HUMANUS

Sensibilisation et Don des matériels Sanitaires dans les Orphelinats de Guinée.

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Food/Nutrition, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Other, AfricaAdmin TeamApril 30, 2020English, French, Volunteers
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