‘Generation disrupted’ lays out plan to take on coronavirus through major youth mobilization December 15, 2020
A young volunteer uses a hand puppet to educate children on COVID-19 awareness in northern rural Homs, Syria. courtesy UNICEF/Abdulaziz Aldroubi
GENEVA A new ground-breaking global youth initiative was launched on Monday to invest in and scale up youth-led solutions and engagement, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s come about through an alliance of the world’s largest youth movements and organizations, together with the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Foundation.
The “Global Youth Mobilization for Generation Disrupted” is being led by the so-called ‘Big 6’ youth organizations (Young Men’s Christian Association, YMCA; World Young Women’s Christian Association, YWCA; World Organization of the Scout Movement; World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts; International
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Manchester-based Near-life has completed a pilot project to help emergency medical teams, supported by the World Health Organisation.
The edtech company used its interactive video platform to produce an immersive learning programme based around WHO’s Blue Book Guidelines.
The course will help to establish best practice and standards across the international responder community.
Using web-based VR technology, it means the learning scenarios don’t need additional hardware and can be played through a mobile phone app.
The project has been backed by Innovate UK and the former Department for International Development.
Video of Emergency Medical Team VR Security Training
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