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As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses and with the new threat from Delta variant causing a sense of uncertainty in the country, the Positive Youth Development Network (PYDN) with its partners launched the second installment of the Youth Hour, a celebration of the contribution of young people’s contribution to nation-building.
The campaign started with some criticisms, but the premier organization answered these with a solid call to action: get vaccinated, go register and vote, and help build safe spaces for children and the youth.
Unlike last year’s Youth Hour, this time, PYDN focused its efforts in building the one of the largest coalitions of youth organizations in Western Visayas known as the One Western Visayas Youth Coalition. One Western Visayas Youth Coalition is a region-wide youth-led coalition that aims to support the government in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and to strengthen youth programming in Region 6. Its ultimate vision is Western Visayas working together towards regional development.
PYDN shifted its technique from focusing on online reach to having actual movement and action from the ground. We agree, now that we are entering the second year of lockdown, young people are now tired to be in the online platform. Online platforms now are becoming ineffective in providing services for children and the youth. A reality programmers should take not before its too late.
Youth Hour is initiated by Positive Youth Development Network (PYDN) and Ideas Positive Alumni Community (IPAC), supported by the Council for the Welfare of Children, UNICEF Philippines and ING, Unilab Foundation, Ideas Positive, and Heads Up PH.
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