The campaign builds on our current You(th) Stop the Spread activities designed to inform, educate and elevate young changemakers who are working to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic in their communities. The “Youth-led Acts of Good” campaign is a call to action for:

• All young people to commit one act of good between now and May 15 that combats the impact of COVID-19 on your community.
• All youth-serving organizations to share one tool, resource, or action that young people can use to take action in their own communities to combat the impact of the COVID-19 virus.

“Acts of Good” shared with the YouthLead network between now and May 15 will be featured on our “Youth-led Acts of Good Page,” which is aimed at highlighting the role of young people as leaders for positive change around the world, and through our social media.

What are “Acts of Good”?

The impacts of COVID-19 are widespread and affect nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Despite those challenges, there are countless possible acts of good that can be done from home:

• Educate: Organize a virtual meet-up to educate your peers about an issue that is important to you, including sharing facts about the COVID-19 virus by sharing YouthLead resources or helping a child who is out of school read or study.

• Support: Reach out to friends, family, or members of your community who have been especially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This support could include helping with outside chores or dropping off food for a neighbor impacted by the virus.

• Volunteer: Assist a local organization responding to issues in your community by working to combat hunger, unemployment, homelessness, or other issues that are personally important to you. 

• Create: Develop a service project designed to respond to the challenge. This project could include setting up a simple hand-washing station in the town center or making masks to prevent the spread of the virus and sharing them with friends and neighbors.

How Can You Join “Youth-led Acts of Good”?

Are you a young changemaker?

Support the “Youth-led Acts of Good” campaign:

1. Pledge here; then
2. document your acts of good and share them on YouthLead.org as a project and/or on social media: 
   • As a member of YouthLead.org, you can post your projects here. (When you post your project, use the Topics tag: COVID-19 Campaign). (To become a YouthLead member, apply here, and once you have joined you can post projects, resources and more, and contribute to discussion groups).
   • Take a photo or video and share this with our team on on social media using the hashtags #YouthLedActsofGood or #YLActsofGood.
3. Tag friends and peers in your network and invite them to join the campaign.

Once you have completed your pledge, share it on social media with the hashtag: #YouthLedActsofGood or #YLActsofGood.

Are you a youth supporter, youth-serving organization, or funder of youth programs?

Youth supporters, youth-serving organizations, and funders of youth programs have a vital role to play to support young people and “Youth-Led Acts of Good” by offering training, tools, financial and other resources, ideas and guidance.

We ask you to:

• Share relevant trainings, tips, tools and service-guides to support young people’s acts of good.
  • Just email us a link to your tools, or send us your resources to infoyl@youthpower.org, and we will post them on the website. Alternatively, if you are registered on YouthLead.org, post your own resources here,
• Highlight what good acts young people are doing in their community: share it on social media with the hashtag #YouthLedActsofGood or #YLActsofGood.
• Amplify the call for “Youth-Led Acts of Good”:  share the campaign with youth and other youth-serving organizations in your network and encourage them to pledge.
• Help launch a #YouthLedActsofGood campaign idea to get it off the ground or get it to scale.
• Support a local youth-led initiative in your country to deal with the COVID-19 impact.
• Become a #YouthLedActsofGood campaign sponsor: please contact Maria at infoyl@youthpower.org.
• Become a longer-term YouthLead sponsor and partner: please contact Maria at infoyl@youthpower.org.