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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...

Thailand’s social entrepreneurs reinvent business-models, learn from mentors, to cope with COVID-19

Youth Co:Lab

Oct 22, 20203 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...

INTERVIEW: Chat with iHub Bhutan — How are entrepreneurs innovating in the face of COVID?

Youth Co:Lab

Aug 20, 20208 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...

Ethnographic Research on Youth Unemployment in Bhutan: Looking Beyond Statistics, For Stories

Youth Co:Lab

Aug 17, 20205 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...

Moving forward during the COVID crisis – the story of Chandra Tripura

Youth Co:Lab

Aug 7, 20204 min read

Indigenous Peoples

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,...

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Channeling frustration into Action - The story of Ke Jung

Youth Co:Lab

Aug 7, 20203 min read

Indigenous Peoples

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...

Challenging ourselves to be productive – the story of Barsha Lekhi

Youth Co:Lab

Aug 6, 20204 min read

Indigenous Peoples

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...

Informing the ‘New Normal’: Lessons From Thailand's Deep South Communities

Youth Co:Lab

Jul 24, 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...

Adapt to challenges that come your way – the story of Krishneer Sen

Youth Co:Lab

Jul 16, 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...

Building resilient communities - the story of Shomy Chowdhury

Youth Co:Lab

Jul 14, 20204 min read

Building resilient communities - the story of Shomy Chowdhury

Resilience is what the world needs right now. Shomy Chowdhury has spent the better part of the last decade building resilience in communitie