It's been over a year since the WHO officially announced that COVID-19, the virus sweeping the globe, was a pandemic. In that year, the world has changed. We've seen healthcare systems, governments and international relations stretched to their limits. Coronavirus stats and death tolls have become something we hear almost daily. For many people around the world it's been a year of hardship, and a year of grief. But amidst it all, there's been points of light. We've been reporting on the outbreak from the beginning, and in the past year, we've spoken to so many teenagers around the world, who have been using their own unique skills - from cooking to coding - to help others during the coronavirus pandemic, and make the world a better place. So we've gathered some of those voices together here, for you to enjoy - and maybe get inspired by.
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0:00 Intro
0:52 Izzy
1:56 Diego
2:57 Alvaro, Madeleine, Suhana & Mukil
4:45 Danish
Izzy has been helping to co-ordinate a local aid response in London, making sure that a volunteer gets assigned to vulnerable people in her community, who have been struggling during the pandemic.
Diego has been using his homemade laboratory in Chile to make masks and face shields for people in his community, to help slow transmission of the virus.
Alvaro, Madeleine, Suhana and Mukil have all been working together virtually from different parts of the globe to create a solution for a lack of PPE for frontline healthcare workers - using AI to create a website that lets companies know what hospitals need PPE.
Danish lives in Malaysia, and has been using his cooking skills to make meals for vulnerable people who have lost their jobs during the pandemic, as well as for the homeless
BBC My World makes content about global issues for youth audiences around the world. This channel is brought to you by executive producers Angelina Jolie and the BBC World Service to show you the news behind the headlines, how to fact-check stories and spot fake news.
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