COVID-19 is impacting us all as we deal with the new normal of social distancing and lockdowns. Misinformation and fake news amplify our fears. Hard realities like loss of income, job insecurity, stalled education, food shortages and lack of cleanwater, force us to explore unique ways to cope. While we cannot always prevent such impacts, we can be better prepared.
UNICEF has partnered with Cartedo to empower youth across Africa to solve a series of global grand challenges and positively impact communities while developing employability skills. We believe that youth have unique perspectives on these challenges and should be given the opportunity to become knowledge producers. This is your chance to Be seen, Be heard and Be the Change!
This challenge gives youth a voice in exploring how we might empower people and communities to become more pandemic-resilient. We are looking for your ideas tosolve real challenges faced by real people just like you.
This challenge offers you the opportunity to develop future-ready employability skills like design thinking while contributing to the global efforts to tackle COVID-19. As you progress through this challenge, you’ll use a human-centered design approach to:
You’ll start by exploring human needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic and turn your findings into core challenges faced by real people. By using our tools &techniques you will generate multiple ideas to solve these challenges and prototype solutions to share with people around the world.
COVID-19 impacts people in different ways. Ideas listed below offer an innovative solution to address the unique problems faced by different people during COVID-19.
Help these creative changemakers improve their ideas with your feedback and share them with your friends and family
COVID-19 impacts people in different ways. Prototypes and solutions listed below offer an innovative solution to address the unique problems faced by different people during COVID-19.
Help these creative changemakers improve their solution with your feedback and share them with your friends and family
May 13, 2020, 12:00 AM
Challenge opens
Jun 13, 2020, 12:00 AM
Last day to submit ideas
Jun 13, 2020, 12:00 AM
Last day to submit Prototyped Solutions
Jun 13, 2020, 12:00 AM
Challenge closes
View More Details About This Challenge Here https://app.cartedo.com/project/8/covid-19-challenge
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