Impact

Youth Leading The Way: COVID-19 Response

Youth Leading the Way; Covid19 response peoject by Peshawar Hub is a series of online session with young experts in fields related to COVID-19 and its aspects in local language to help with the problems raised due to lack of authentic information and knowledge in times of pandemic to guide and encourage informed behaviours. 


The project constituted an Iftar Drive Accelerator to help raise funds for a local NGO, Helping Youth Pakistan to distribute food packages to needy families of daily wagers who have lost jobs in lockdown.  The fund raiser was followed by 4 online sessions, details are as following:


 


1- Understanding COVID19 & FAQs with Dr. Maryam Afridi, Senior HO RMI Peshawar  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9adcvkyHb0 )


2- What to expect if you have Corona Virus with Dr. Ahmed Zuhayr, Resident Physician HMC Peshawar  ( https://fb.watch/2pGArrADtM/ )


3- How to spot fake news with Riaz Ghafur, Asst. Director Information, Information Directporate, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (https://fb.watch/2pGFeQEASm/ )


4- Going Circular: An Economic Model Inspired by Nature with Zubair Abid, Telecom Economist, IO GS Doha Hub.  ( https://fb.watch/2pGIYs08Pg/ )


GS Peshawar Hub collaborated with GS Doha Hub as Zubair Abid, Impact Officer of Doha Hub appeared as speaker in one of the sessions. Institute of Creative Destruction, founded by Urooj Nisar, was also one of the partners. 


The project's impact is measured in terms of the response it recieved.  The sessions reached 10,000 people and were viewed 5000 times