The coronavirus pandemic has already changed the way we live
with lockdowns and social distancing changing pretty much everything
about our lives.
But the consequences of the crisis will still be felt long after
these temporary measures are lifted.
Consequences we can only begin to imagine today.
(Cassette tape fast forwards)
Consequences we can only begin (glitch) today (glitch) today.
A year after we made that video, the world remains changed.
In the last year we've seen governments, healthcare systems,
international relations stretched to their limits.
But in that year we've also seen young people rise up and
work together to make positive changes using their own unique skills.
Hi my name is Izzy, I'm 16 and I live in London.
During the coronavirus pandemic I have been helping to
coordinate a mutual aid response in my local area to support
vulnerable people who might live alone or be lonely or who
might not have family or friends who are able to do shopping for them
because they have to self isolate.
We get a lot of requests every day and it's my responsibility to
make sure we get a volunteer assigned to each of those requests
as fast as possible.
I started doing this because I didn't have school my exams had
been cancelled and I knew I had the free time to be doing this
and I knew it was important for young people especially
to be getting involved in this because as a demographic
we are the least vulnerable and so that means we need to be
supporting people who are more vulnerable.
I'm a climate justice activist normally and so because coronavirus
means we can't be out on the streets protesting and striking
I wanted to use those skills to help people in my community the same
way because it's really important for climate justice activists
that we treat all crisis as crisis.
Hi I'm Diego I'm 17 years old and I'm from Chile.
So this is my laboratory, here I have my 3D printers and I make
face shields and ear protectors among other things.
In Chile, many people are taking lockdown and wearing masks.
I started to make face shields one month ago and actually
I made 100 face shields but with another friend together
we made 1000 face shields and 2000 masks.
It's very important that young people take part to fight with
coronavirus because we have the time, the energy and the information
so there is no excuse.
Guys, please get motivated, lets get creative
together we can help against the pandemic and fight the virus.
Hello my name is Alvaro I'm 19 years old and right now I'm
living in Monterrey, Mexico.
Given the current situation with the Covid-19 pandemic
me and some friends
from Fiji, San Fransisco and also Seattle have been working together
to create a little solution.
My name is Madeleine and I am eighteen years old and I live in
Southern California in the US.
Both of my parents are nurses and so they have been working
at the frontlines of this whole pandemic situation.
Sometimes they come home with these stories about there
not being enough PPE such as N-95 masks or gloves to go
around to all the healthcare workers which obviously generates
a lot of panic and fustration.
Hello my name is Suhana I am 19 years of age and I am from Fiji.
In the first stage and phase of our collaboration we started
brainstorming and one of us literally came up with the idea of creating a
model that facilitates PPE distribution in the US.
Hi my name is Mukil I'm a high school senior
and I live in Redmond, Washington.
We made a website which essentially has a map that has different
hospitals located on it and we ran some Python machine learning
to identify which hospitals in different states are at the most risk
because of Covid and as a result of that companies can
use that data to see where exactly they can deliver supplies
to make the most impact.
We should protect our medical teams first because they
are the frontline of our service.
This problem is not only present in the UK or in the US or in Mexico
it is present around the whole world.
Hi I'm Danish I'm 13 years old and I'm from Malaysia.
During the pandemic I have been helping unfortunate
families who lost their income during the restrictions in this period.
Most of them ran out of money to buy essential food supplies
and not for their babies.
I also help the homeless by cooking food for them and asking
my contact person to help me distribute food to the homeless
because I can't go out there myself.
I have been doing charity work since I was seven years old.
I feel the need to do something, to help them as much as I can.
As a kid, it's the least I can do for now.