HEALTH & ADVOCACY
Supporting young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds during COVID-19
MYAN continues to work to ensure that the safety, rights, and interests of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds are protected and upheld in the COVID-19 public health crisis.
We are connecting the sector, connecting young people, sharing their experiences, and sharing resources for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds and those who work with them.
MYAN continues to work to ensure that the safety, rights, and interests of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds are protected and upheld in the COVID-19 public health crisis. We are connecting the sector, connecting young people, sharing their experiences, and sharing resources for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. The information from the people are being used to shape COVID-19 vaccine intake related information by the Australian Department of Health.
Watch MYAN COVID-19 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.
Our work
Learn more about our YRG members, campaigns to promote COVID-19 to our communities and updates.
