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UNICEF Pacific Supports Micronesia Red Cross Society (MRCS) Youths in the Fight Against COVID-19 in The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)

UNICEF Pacific Supports Micronesia Red Cross Society (MRCS) Youths in the Fight Against COVID-19 in The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)

Jan 30, 2023 | COVID-19

The aim of the intervention was to resource young people to become risk communicators and community mobilisers reaching isolated island communities.

The strategy was multi-pronged – it included youth volunteer training, an expansive house-to-house COVID-19 awareness campaign with distribution of supplies, mobilization of communities to develop their own COVID-19 response action plans, and data collection and research.

UNICEF’s Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Team trained more than 400 Micronesia Red Cross Society (MRCS) youth volunteers on COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE), who subsequently engaged 20,000 people from 3,000 households in dialogue on COVID-19 preventive behaviors as well as the importance of vaccination.

This initiative was a partnership between UNICEF Pacific, MRCS and the national and sub-national Departments of Public Health. The International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) also supported the regular MRCS personnel responsible for coordinating the efforts and activities of the volunteers to deliver the results.

Young Women Raise – Awareness and Generate Income in Combating COVID-19

Young Women Raise – Awareness and Generate Income in Combating COVID-19

Jan 30, 2023 | COVID-19

The aim of this project was to respond to COVID-19 by adapting the services of BINDU Women Development to the COVID-19 response. The youth organization, which focused on reducing gender-based violence, child marriage, and supporting women’s livelihoods, extended its focus to include COVID-19 prevention activities such as training local young women on making facemasks.

The participants were young volunteer women belonging to the BINDU Women Development organization. Over 100 young women were actively working on the COVID response.

The project implemented a multi-faceted strategy including the production of facemasks, the establishment of handwashing points, awareness-raising, training and the provision of monetary relief.
This initiative was supported by UN Women and led by BINDU Women Development / BINDU Nari Unnayan Sangathan, a youth feminist organization working in the South-West coastal region of Bangladesh.

Youth-Led Risk Communication and Outreach for Rural Communities

Youth-Led Risk Communication and Outreach for Rural Communities

Jan 30, 2023 | COVID-19

The aim of this initiative was to initiate a short-term emergency response mechanism to bridge the information gap on COVID-19. This involved reaching out to rural communities to implement sensitization strategies locally in 10 communities from eight districts in the Upper East region of Ghana from 1st April to 30th June 2021.

The strategy was to start with essential COVID-19 information training for the youth volunteers, and for them to undertake the community sensitization outreach. The use of radio broadcasting for broader information sharing was initiated to provide humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable and hard to reach populations.

50 volunteers from the social movement were trained and remained active in the initiative.

This initiative was youth-led by the Young Urban Women’s Movement (YUWM), supported by ActionAid Ghana, and funded by ActionAid Denmark. The Ghana Health Services Ministry was a key partner in providing COVID-19 training and traditional and community leaders played an important role in mobilizing the communities.

Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Leading to Outreach for COVID-19 Awareness

Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Leading to Outreach for COVID-19 Awareness

Jan 30, 2023 | COVID-19

The aim of this initiative was to raise awareness about COVID-19 among impoverished communities and to leverage the facilities of the already established youth project – ‘Adolescent Girls Education Empowerment and Participation Project’.

The strategy involved the adaptation of a communication training programme to better support youth volunteers reaching out to communities and producing solutions to address needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the young volunteers were trained to communicate and encouraged citizens in villages and towns across the regions involved to seek out their first doses of the vaccine too.

The ‘Adolescent Girls Education Empowerment and Participation Project’ was funded by the UNICEF National Committee of France.

Youth Leadership Skills and Economic Empowerment Amidst the COVID Crisis

Youth Leadership Skills and Economic Empowerment Amidst the COVID Crisis

Jan 30, 2023 | COVID-19

The aim of the intervention was to offer a comprehensive support package for small project developments and implementation plans for participating youth. They were encouraged to develop initiatives that would help their communities in the COVID-19 crisis.

The strategy was built on provision of training and capacity building, followed by youth projects supported with small grants, and afterwards sustaining the engagement.

Twenty young people (aged 15-24 years) from five impoverished regions of the country participated in the initiative.

The initiative was managed by Dar Abu Abdallah (DAA), a local non-governmental organization, and supported by UNICEF Jordan.