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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.

The Basileia Vulnerable Persons Rights Initiative
The Basileia Vulnerable Persons Rights Initiative

A social media campaign against gender-based violence in Nigeria.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, EducationAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Space for online meetings, Other, English
Green Africa Youth Organization
Green Africa Youth Organization

Educating individuals in Ghana on how to make alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, EducationAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Other, English
IFMSA
IFMSA

Working with medical students to fight covid-19.

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Africa, Asia-Pacific, Education, Information Sharing, Latin America + Caribbean, Mental Health Support, Western Asia, Europe and OthersAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English
Girl Up Kenya Coalition
Girl Up Kenya Coalition

Raising funds to help provide over 10,000 girls with foodstuffs and hygiene essentials.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/Nutrition, EducationAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Volunteers, Access to information
E-Democracy
E-Democracy

A project that aims to inform Greek university students about the challenges and questions that have arisen from the Covid-19 pandemic through interactive learning.

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Europe and Others, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, EducationAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English
Get it Right
Get it Right

Providing education and hygiene products in Ghana.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Mental Health SupportAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Volunteers, Space for online meetings
Operation Tulong Bayan1han
Operation Tulong Bayan1han

Supporting frontliners in the Philippines.

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Asia-Pacific, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Access to information, English
ZeroHungerAlabel
ZeroHungerAlabel

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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Asia-Pacific, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English
Spread-Out
Spread-Out

Leveraging the power of the social media platforms to dispel myths, disrupt misinformation, construct and reconstruct information about covid19

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Africa, Information SharingAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Access to information, English
BOK Africa Concern
BOK Africa Concern

Comprehensive measure for prevention, mitigation and recovery in Ghana.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Other, English
Kothowain
Kothowain

Supporting remote Bandarban District in Bangladesh.

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Asia-Pacific, Direct Medical Response, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Access to information
P4SSitON
P4SSitON

P4SSitON is a community organisation driven by Passions to build a Positive, Purposeful, Progressive communi’t’y.

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Asia-Pacific, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable Groups, OtherAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
Faithlove Orphanage
Faithlove Orphanage

Providing emergency food response to families and children in Nigeria.

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Africa, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English
Trippinz Care Inc.
Trippinz Care Inc.

Providing face masks to vulnerable populations in Nigeria.

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Africa, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, English
YOUTHAID - Liberia
YOUTHAID - Liberia

A voluntary driven and community-led initiative designed to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Liberia through community engagement, campaign and awareness sessions.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, EducationAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Access to information, English
Food Distribution, Medical Checkup and Education
Food Distribution, Medical Checkup and Education

Providing food, access to medical care and education in India.

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Asia-Pacific, Direct Medical Response, Education, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, English
ZIRRCON Tuition Free Online Secondary School
ZIRRCON Tuition Free Online Secondary School

Developing a tuition-free, online secondary school in Zimbabwe

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Africa, EducationAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Space for online meetings, English
International Youth Alliance and Family Planning
International Youth Alliance and Family Planning

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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Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Others, Latin America + Caribbean, Western Asia, Information Sharing, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable Groups, OtherAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Volunteers, Space for online meetings
Masakbayan Youth Initiative
Masakbayan Youth Initiative

Supporting women in the Philippines with sanitary pads .

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Asia-Pacific, Direct Medical Response, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Volunteers, Access to information
Peace Hope Pakistan
Peace Hope Pakistan

Preparing grocery and sanitary packs for families in need in Pakistan.

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Asia-Pacific, Food/NutritionAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Other, English
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