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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.

Stay Home and Develop Initiative
Stay Home and Develop Initiative

An online platform to provide training opportunities to youth stuck at home.

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Africa, Education, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamMay 3, 2020Volunteers, Space for online meetings, English
Know COVID-19 Nigeria
Know COVID-19 Nigeria

Fighting fake news in Nigeria.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Mental Health SupportAdmin TeamMay 3, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, English
Youth Network for Positive Change
Youth Network for Positive Change

The Community Task Force helps the government in tracking would-be visitors and strange movements of persons within the community while educating people about the virus.

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Africa, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamMay 3, 2020Volunteers, Space for online meetings, English
Kishoka Youth Organization
Kishoka Youth Organization

Using art to promote proper hygiene practices to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Kenya.

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Information Sharing, Africa, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamMay 3, 2020Space for online meetings, English
Global Prospect
Global Prospect

Making online courses available to students in Senegal.

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Africa, Information Sharing, EducationAdmin TeamMay 3, 2020Access to information, Space for online meetings, English, French
Living Standard Funds Project
Living Standard Funds Project

Working to change negative perceptions and misinformation about a potential Covid-19 vaccine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Africa, Information SharingAdmin TeamMay 3, 2020Access to information, Volunteers, English, French
SOSFEC sos Femme Enfant en Catastrophe
SOSFEC sos Femme Enfant en Catastrophe

Teaching about sexual and reproductive matters to young adolescents while raising awareness about Covid-19.

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Africa, Information SharingAdmin TeamMay 3, 2020Access to information, English, French
Afrika Youth Movement / Hub RD Congo
Afrika Youth Movement / Hub RD Congo

Using communication strategies to support youth.

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Africa, Information SharingAdmin TeamMay 3, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, English, French
Youth Voices Count
Youth Voices Count

A dialogue hoping to bridge the gap in knowledge and collaboration between individuals and organizations primarily working on sexual and gender rights and those at the forefront of peacebuilding and humanitarian responses.

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Information Sharing, Asia-PacificAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Space for online meetings, English
Digital Activism: Youth for Peace and Justice
Digital Activism: Youth for Peace and Justice

An online course to discuss the challenges of Human Rights in Rio de Janeiro Favelas during and after this pandemic

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Education, Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Latin America + CaribbeanAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Access to information, Other, English
Suleiman Zuntu Foundation
Suleiman Zuntu Foundation

An emergency outreach to help cushion the effect of this lock down through door-to-door donations of food items, hand wash and more.

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Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/Nutrition, AfricaAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, English
Youth Ending Hunger Bangladesh
Youth Ending Hunger Bangladesh

35,000 registered youth volunteers all over Bangladesh support individuals affected by the COVID19 crisis.

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Information Sharing, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable Groups, Food/Nutrition, Asia-PacificAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Access to information, Other, English
#PeaceKarona: Let's give peace a Chance!
#PeaceKarona: Let's give peace a Chance!

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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Asia-Pacific, Information Sharing, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable GroupsAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Other
African Development Association
African Development Association

A.D.A is assisting the vulnerable population in Cameroon, especially youth and children during this shutdown through access to basic services, food and Nutrition, palliatives, sharing of face masks and direct medical response.

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Africa, Direct Medical Response, Education, Food/Nutrition, Information SharingAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
COVID-19 Family Relief Fund
COVID-19 Family Relief Fund

Raising funds to supply medical supplies, food, clean water, disinfectants and hand-sanitizers to families.

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Food/Nutrition, Support Vulnerable Groups, Asia-Pacific, AfricaAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Space for online meetings, English
Youth IGF Indonesia
Youth IGF Indonesia

Inviting experts from medical backgrounds, academia and private sectors to speak on topics ranging from myths and facts about Coronavirus on an Instagram live show.

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Information Sharing, Education, Mental Health Support, Asia-PacificAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Access to information, English
Nature Conservation Advocates for climate initiative NCACI
Nature Conservation Advocates for climate initiative NCACI

The Yobe Youth Forum wishes to undertake a campaign to sensitize people on the dangers of COVID-19 and how to avoid the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus in our communities in Yobe State.

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Africa, Direct Medical Response, Information SharingAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Space for online meetings, English
Advait Pershad
Advait Pershad

Youth Alliance for Safe and Healthy homes Suriname raises awareness and stands against violence.

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Information Sharing, Support Vulnerable Groups, Mental Health Support, Latin America + CaribbeanAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Access to information, English
Polygeia
Polygeia

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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Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe and Others, Latin America + Caribbean, Western Asia, Other, Information SharingAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020English, Other
The Community Health Rights Network (COHERINET)
The Community Health Rights Network (COHERINET)

Providing sexual reproductive health services to women in Uganda who lost access to due to the lockdown.

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Direct Medical Response, Food/Nutrition, Education, Information Sharing, Mental Health Support, Support Vulnerable Groups, AfricaAdmin TeamMay 2, 2020Volunteers, Access to information, Other, English
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