Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network Australia (MYAN) is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of young people from refugee and migrant communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through roundtable discussions and consultations, we gained valuable insights into the unique challenges they faced. The timeline below highlights our 2022-2023 activities, including mythbusting and sharing essential resources on vaccinations and health tips, in collaboration with the Australian Department of Health. Learn more about our efforts to support these communities and promote accurate health information during the pandemic.
Project Timeline
March 2021
- First roundtable was held
June 2021
- Planning the project
- Recruitment of YRG members
- Second roundtable was conducted
July 2021
- State consultations were advertised.
- State consultations were conducted in NSW
August 2021
- State consultations conducted in VIC
- Third roundtable was conducted with the international students.
September 2021
- State consultations conducted in ACT, TAS, NSW, QLD and VIC
- Planning and execution of the #whatsyourwhy campaign- positive stories
October 2021
- State consultation conducted in SA
- Planning the mythbuster videos
- Third roundtable was conducted
November 2021
- Script ready for the mythbuster videos
- Planning for execution of the mythbuster videos.
December 2021
- Planning the creative art contest and call out were released.
- Dates booked with the health professionals regarding recording of the mythbuster videos
January 2022
- Recorded the myth buster video with the doctor.
- Planning the next step with communicating about Booster doses to the citizens.
- Send out invitations for national consultations on COVID-19 lived experience with vaccines.
- Planning vaccine consultations in NT and WA with our state partners
February 2022
- Send out invitations/ads for Booster dose consultations
- Designing myth buster social tiles..
- Conducted national consultations on COVID-19 lived experience with vaccines.
- Vaccine consultations in WA conducted by our state partner
March 2022
- Booster dose Consultation in VIC and ACT and NSW.
- Vaccine consultations in NT conducted by our state partner
April 2022
- Art competition was launched
- Art works received
- Participants were sent the notifications
- Send out invitations and ads for the booster dose consultations
May 2022
- Booster dose Consultation in South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania.
- Published mythbuster social tiles
- Certificates and gift cards were sent out.
June 2022
- Report writing, booster dose consultation planning in WA and NT.
- Planning the next stages which includes various co design techniques to communicate with members of CALD communities.
- Planning another roundtable
July 2022
- Onboarding of New YRG members and strategizing the COVID-19 plan until December 2022
August 2022
- Survey on Youth views on COVID-19 vaccinations and information Pathways. Received approximately 300 responses.
September 2022
- The first sector consultation on identifying the barriers and solutions that the multicultural communities faced while communicating and campaigning about the vaccine and booster.
October 2022
- Planning the roundtable and online campaigns that could help propagate the message on COVID-19 vaccine.
- Social media takeover by the YRG members to promote vaccine and booster intake.
November 2022
- Organized and conducted consultation cum information session with youth from Afghan and youth communities
- Launched the #strongtogether to inform parents about Vaccine intake and communication.
December 2022
- Consultation cum information session with young person with disabilities to identify issues that hinder vaccine and booster uptakes.
- Interviewed and videod an Arabic youth doctor to help inform the Arabic communities about the vaccine intake
- Launched another creative contest for the young and youth to promote vaccine and booster related information.