SEAOHUN REGIONAL STUDENTS’ COMPETITION: COVID-19 DIGITAL AWARENESS CHALLENGE

200 individual participants

110 submissions

Participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam

SEAOHUN introduced an innovative program aiming to engage students from SEAOHUN member countries to practice their risk communication in addressing acute social problems related to One Health. Launched soon after the worldwide lockdown, the COVID-19 Digital Awareness Challenge was meant to take the advantage of the limitations and provide the students with an opportunity to gain experience in risk-communication activities The students were called to raise awareness in their communities via preparing digital outreach materials including posters, flyers, cartoons, and videos. Students from across six countries demonstrated high enthusiasm resulting in one hundred ten submissions from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The competition judges reported that they found it challenging to identify four winners, as a majority of submissions were creative, informative, and conveyed good messages

Read more about SEAOHUN’s student's engagement activities here: https://www.seaohun.org/student-activities and https://www.seaohun.org/singlepost/why-one-health-matters

Estungkara team, COVID-19 Digital Awareness Challenge, One health Student Competitor