{"id":2696,"date":"2021-01-27T12:42:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T09:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unhabitatyouth.org\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T07:40:09","slug":"youth-led-covid-19-response-with-un-habitat-nominated-for-un-secretary-general-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unhabitatyouth.org\/en\/youth-led-covid-19-response-with-un-habitat-nominated-for-un-secretary-general-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UN-Habitat&#8217;s Youth-led COVID-19 response runner-up in the Secretary-General\u2019s Award for Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2696\" class=\"elementor elementor-2696\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b3413c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"1b3413c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f9c1de8 exad-glass-effect-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"1f9c1de8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3146dce2 exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3146dce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Videos<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-WfpTF5gIZA?autoplay=1&amp;start=0&amp;rel=0\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<pre><em><strong>Reposted from UNHabitat.org website<\/strong><\/em><\/pre>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>19 January 2021 \u2013 As soon as the first COVID-19 cases were discovered in Kenya in March last year, UN-Habitat turned to the youth-led groups in informal settlements and slums to partner on the response.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>By International Youth Day on 21 August, over 2.5 million handwashes had been done at the various facilities run by the youth in informal settlements in Kenya. In addition the youth were&nbsp;distributing masks, creating murals to communicate to the general public about COVID-19 prevention and providing support to women and children facing challenges such as increased violence and inability to access education.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The youth projects did not stop in Kenya and a few months later, a second wave response was undertaken as part of a larger coalition with 34 youth-led organizations, the private sector and local and national governments in Somalia and Ecuador as well. The Governments of Norway and Kenya, the Victor Wanyama Foundation, Chandaria Foundation and Habitat Norway were among those providing support.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This work of UN-Habitat, supported by the &nbsp;Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and other partners has been recognized by the UN Secretary-General, with the programme being shortlisted for the 2020 Secretary-General Award in the \u201cinnovation\u201d category.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unhabitat.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2021\/01\/EnMpfsRXcAMz7Ys_0.jpg\" alt=\"Youth-led COVID-19 response with UN-Habitat nominated for UN Secretary-General Award\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>[UN-Habitat\/Kirsten]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honoured that the Youth-led Emergency COVID-19 coalition came second in the Secretary-General\u2019s Award for Innovation,\u201d stated Douglas Ragan, UN-Habitat Programme Management Officer. The youth groups in informal settlements and towns globally have been on the frontline protecting and supporting local residents. It is the communities who are best placed to know the extent of the challenges posed by COVID and to come up with innovative solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In Ecuador, &nbsp;Dialogo Diverso, a youth-led organization supported by the Block by Block as part of the UN-Habitat Global Public Space Programme, created two murals promoting the voices of the LGBTQ\/I community during the pandemic as well as distributed rainbow themed masks to the community.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The murals, \u201cFaces of COVID-19\u201d and \u201cTrans Memories\u201d, were placed at the Cultural Square of the Ministry of Culture, Quito with support from the Ministry and the Secretariat of Social Inclusion. Several media organizations reported on the murals and 22,000 people watched the launch online. 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