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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.

HACEP Ghana
HACEP Ghana

Creating video and social media content that educate young people and communities about the basic information, knowledge and services focus on prevention, and control of COVID-19.

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Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Africa, EducationAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, English, Space for online meetings
REAL TALK SHOW hosted by Violet Mbiti
REAL TALK SHOW hosted by Violet Mbiti

Hosting an online talk show to discuss Covid-19 and help those in isolation.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Mental Health SupportAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
Womenite
Womenite

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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Asia-Pacific, Information Sharing, Education, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Space for online meetings, English
Somali Greenpeace Association
Somali Greenpeace Association

Providing access to food, protection, masks/gloves and public health awareness in Somalia.

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Africa, Direct Medical Response, Information Sharing, Mental Health Support, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Other, English
All India Welfare Society
All India Welfare Society

Providing food packages to daily workers in India who are affected by the lock down.

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Asia-Pacific, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Space for online meetings, English
No Distance to Save the IDPs
No Distance to Save the IDPs

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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Asia-Pacific, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
The IQRA Foundation
The IQRA Foundation

A virtual book club that hopes to reach 100 students by providing books and digital reading devices.

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Education, Africa, Mental Health SupportAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Other, English
Youth Partnership for Peace and Development
Youth Partnership for Peace and Development

Promoting conflict sensitivity and panic management, reduce stigmatization of victims/survivors and improve community level coordination in Sierra Leone.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable Groups, EducationAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Access to information, Volunteers, Other
Solve Education!
Solve Education!

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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Africa, Asia-Pacific, Information Sharing, Education, OtherAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings
YAPCEC (Youth Advocates for Peace and Community Empowerment Cameroon )
YAPCEC (Youth Advocates for Peace and Community Empowerment Cameroon )

Assisting communities in Cameroon with information and the supply of basic hygienic protective materials such as face masks, hand sanitizers, anti-bacteria soaps and hand washing buckets.

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Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/Nutrition, AfricaAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Access to information, Space for online meetings
Care Promotion and Poverty Alleviation Initiative-CPAI
Care Promotion and Poverty Alleviation Initiative-CPAI

Focuses on providing information and support to vulnerable groups. Key initiatives include talk shows, field work to vulnerable communities and translating WHO guidelines

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Access to information
YAPCEC (Youth Advocates for Peace and Community Empowerment Cameroon )
YAPCEC (Youth Advocates for Peace and Community Empowerment Cameroon )

Provides protective equipment and food assistance programs to vulnerable communities in Cameroon.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
Youth Line Forum
Youth Line Forum

Youth Line Forum is coordinating response efforts through the Youth For Uganda Group.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, OtherAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Space for online meetings
CORONAUPDATE
CORONAUPDATE

This organization tackles misinformation, and seeks to survey and map the flow of potential covid 19 cases in the country by 1) developing an online platform for self testing and 2) working with the port health authorities to case track.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Direct Medical ResponseAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, English
Nazirite International
Nazirite International

Empowering children and youth to stem the tide of the coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Education, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
Streets to Schools
Streets to Schools

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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Asia-Pacific, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
The LOVEvabo Project
The LOVEvabo Project

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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Asia-Pacific, Direct Medical Response, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, OtherAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020English, Other
Africa Rise Foundation
Africa Rise Foundation

This organization focuses on providing girls with sanitary products for menstruation.

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Africa, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020English, Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings
Free Medical Clinic Services
Free Medical Clinic Services

This organization focuses on providing communities with access to healthcare in India.

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Asia-Pacific, Direct Medical ResponseAdmin TeamMay 1, 2020Access to information
Friends for the Needy
Friends for the Needy

Supporting urban communities in need in Metro Manila, Philippines.

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