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Contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals as an Indigenous Youth
Guest post by João Baptista Pereira Guterres I am João Baptista Pereira Guterres from the Malayo-Polynesian Indigenous community in...

Youth Co:Lab
Dec 9, 20204 min read


Lessons learnt from running a virtual incubator for startups during a pandemic
By Youth Co:Lab During the best of times, kick starting or running a business is an uphill battle. Now, COVID-19 has added a host of...

Youth Co:Lab
Nov 5, 20205 min read


Thailand’s social entrepreneurs reinvent business-models, learn from mentors, to cope with COVID-19
Guest post by UNDP Thailand The impacts of COVID-19 on the economy have deeply affected the business prospects of micro, small and...

Youth Co:Lab
Oct 23, 20203 min read


INTERVIEW: Chat with iHub Bhutan — How are entrepreneurs innovating in the face of COVID?
Guest post by Bishnu Chettri, UNDP Bhutan iHub Bhutan is a platform that aims to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and...

Youth Co:Lab
Aug 20, 20208 min read


Ethnographic Research on Youth Unemployment in Bhutan: Looking Beyond Statistics, For Stories
Joint post by UNDP Bhutan and Youth Co:Lab Stories, not statistics. This was our mantra as we embarked on three weeks of ethnographic...

Youth Co:Lab
Aug 17, 20205 min read


Moving forward during the COVID crisis – the story of Chandra Tripura
by Marte Hellema, Youth Co:Lab ‘In beginning, indigenous communities [were] more worried about food crisis rather than spread of virus,...

Youth Co:Lab
Aug 7, 20204 min read


Channeling frustration into Action - The story of Ke Jung
Guest post by David Young, UNESCO Bangkok Office When the COVID-19 pandemic spread to Myanmar, Ke Jung, a thirty-year old graduate...

Youth Co:Lab
Aug 7, 20203 min read


Challenging ourselves to be productive – the story of Barsha Lekhi
By Marte Hellema, Youth Co:Lab ‘When you stay at home, you don’t have much to do. We are used to going out and being social. They get...

Youth Co:Lab
Aug 7, 20204 min read


Informing the ‘New Normal’: Lessons From Thailand's Deep South Communities
by Stan van der Leemputte, Youth Co:Lab If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown one thing, it is that we are all vulnerable, yet not equally...

Youth Co:Lab
Jul 24, 20204 min read


Adapt to challenges that come your way – the story of Krishneer Sen
By Marte Hellema, Youth Co:Lab Krishneer Sen is originally from Korotogo village, located in the beautiful coral coast of Fiji. To gain a...

Youth Co:Lab
Jul 16, 20204 min read
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