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 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.
Read MoreSupporting vulnerable members of the LGBTIA community in Uganda with basic necessities, medical care and PPE.
Read MoreComo organización juvenil velamos por la igualdad de género e identidad cultural a través de la educación comunitaria con especial énfasis en las poblaciones vulnerables (madres jóvenes, mujeres sobrevivientes de cualquier tipo de violencia, niñas y adolescentes), es por ello, que adecuándonos a las políticas y decretos de urgencia del Gobierno Peruano nos vemos en la necesidad de enfrentar esta problemática, creando FAMILIAS ONLINE donde capacitaremos y desarrollaremos habilidades digitales en barrios bajos de las zonas urbanas y comunidades rurales.
Read MoreAssisting children in community schools in Cameroon through awareness raising, production of hand sanitizers and mainstreaming of use of face masks.
Read MoreBefore the discovery of the first case of Covid 19 in Chad, HOUSE OF AFRICA launched an initiative called "Citizen Initiative for Awareness and Prevention against Coronavirus in Chad" by disseminating videos in local languages and spreading these via social networks and especially WhatsApp to the target community.
Read MoreSupporting populations affected by Covid-19 in Bangladesh with medical care, mental health support, basic safety equipment and food.
Read MoreSupporting vulnerable groups in Ghana and around Africa with reliable information and face masks.
Read MoreDistributing free healthcare materials such as face masks, hand sanitizers, hand gloves, disinfectants and soaps in underserved communities in Lagos state, Nigeria.
Read MoreInstalling vending machines in remote villages in Nepal to provide access to basic medications.
Read MoreProviding telemedicine with medical and psychological care in Brazil.
Read MoreReducing the spread of Covid-19 in Ghana through an app that allows users to request services to their home.
Read MoreCovidDoctor is an app providing information on Covid-19, medical counselling and good hygiene in Nigeria.
Read MoreA company based in the UK making PPE for frontline workers.
Read MoreA group of women in Nigeria supplying food and skills development programs for women and youth in need in rural communities.
Read MoreA youth-based movement comprised of members from different part of the World who have come together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreProviding food and education materials for children in Nigeria.
Read MoreSupplying handwashing stations in Nigeria.
Read MoreWorking to to sustainably get street children to leave the streets, providing masks and sanitary items to children living in camps in Cameroon.
Read MoreSupporting young people in Uganda with emergency food, extensions of reproductive health services and information dissemination about COVID19 prevention strategies.
Read MoreSupporting tools such as MOOCs and online learning initiatives for youth as well as supporting other initiatives during the pandemic in Nigeria.
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