IMPACTING THE LIVES
OF MILLIONS OF YOUNG SOUTH AFRICANS
REACH ACHIEVED
PARTNERS
ENGAGEMENT ACHIEVED
CONTENT PIECES CREATED
In March 2020, South Africa entered its first national hard lockdown in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, young people were bombarded with misinformation while dealing with crippling financial and health challenges. We quickly realised that the youth of South Africa were in need of clear, concise, consistent and most importantly, credible information to support them during this period. So, the 3MILLION.3WEEKS initiative was born.
With the help of our partners we aimed to reach out to millions of young South Africans during the first 3 weeks of lockdown. As the initial lockdown period was extended and our 3MILLION reach target was achieved, the initiative evolved to extending our reach to 6MILLION – while focusing on moving from passive reach to active engagement.
Over the months following the national lockdown we impacted the lives of millions of young people – deeply and effectively – equipping them with the tools they needed to stay informed, to make smart choices and continue to be agents of change for their families and communities.
BE SMART
Helped young people stay informed
BE SAFE
Supported young people to change their behaviour
BE KIND
Assisted youth to be agents of change for their families and communities
PARTNERS
We invited organisations and businesses across South Africa to join this initiative and to be part of the solution. 267 took up the challenge and pledged themselves to supporting our youth during this time of crisis. Partners were given easy access to credible, engaging content that they used to reach out to young South Africans in their networks to keep them informed.
WHAT OUR PARTNERS SAID
Conhill is SO excited to be one of your partners on this amazing project!
Have got the content and started sharing. Thanks again! Great initiative.
The Salesian Institute Youth Projects are happy to support this campaign.
Thanks for such a great initiative!
We are incredibly excited by this campaign and are very happy to a partner of Harambee in sharing the campaign.
We are happy to be on board!
Congratulations on the campaign and in receiving such a great response.
We are very happy to be part of this programme to spread reliable information to young people across the country.
Wow! That’s awesome. What a fantastic initiative.
Thanks for this opportunity!