Campaign to mobilise youth in fight against COVID-19
The Hindu
#YoungWarrior to engage youth across the country to address the ongoing crisis
The Ministry of Youth Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partner organisation YuWaah, with the support of over 950 coalition partners, has launched a pan-India campaign called #YoungWarrior to engage young people across the country to address the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and to keep their families and neighbourhoods safe. “The engagement is simple so that young warriors can mobilise, connect, learn, influence and lead action against COVID-19 accelerate a return to normalcy. Each young person has to be enrol his/her peers, and pledge to protect themselves, their families and their neighbourhoods against COVID-19 by undertaking specific actions,” said a press statement issued by the UNICEF. The engagement would include real life tasks, with participants earning certification for their actions. These tasks would be hosted both online and offline in 10 regional languages.More Related News