11-July-2021

Always active youth even in challenging times

This project was aimed at motivating young people to become more active and acquire new skills and knowledge during the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, through using pre-existing youth platforms and social media. Through this project, various materials and a podcast will be produced that will help young people grow intellectually, and create healthier habits that they could use even after the pandemic.

In July 2020, during a difficult time for individual communities and societies more broadly, the British Embassy in Skopje supported the Institute for Leadership and Public Policy with the implementation of the project “Always active youth even in challenging times.”

The lock down was a stressful period for everyone, but somehow the youth were, for the most part, left aside with no one to address their needs. With the aim of this project being to activate the young people both intellectually and physically we developed a series of events and programs to not only stimulate the intellect of the youth, but also to help them learn new skills, be entertained, exercise from home, and take care of themselves.
 
The project included activities such as:
·         Production of podcasts
·         Development of four online trainings
·         Essay competition with young people
·         Online exhibition for young artists to promote their quarantine art
·         Online musical concert with local bands and artists
·         Online debate and forums to discuss about youth problems
·         Production of videos with nutrition advice
·         Production of videos with fitness workouts that can be done at home
·         Production of videos for mental-health care
·         Conducted a research to identify the needs of young people
·         Developed a brochure with project results and research results 

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