TAQA – THE YOUTH WELL-BEING CHAMPIONSHIP

It’s not easy being a young person living in Lebanon these days! Understatement?

"I'm frustrated. I'm tired. I'm hopeless. I’m angry!" “I’m worried about my future” How many times have you said any of this? Or Heard it from your friends? These words that we keep on hearing and that sum up the feelings of most Lebanese nowadays, especially youth.

It’s not easy being a young person in Lebanon these days. We know. And while it sometimes feels that our Lebanon's crisis won't come to an end anytime soon, we reach out to you to remind you to take care TOGETHER of your WELL-BEING. There may be a million things you cannot control and one that you can. So we call for you to STAND UP and take matters into your own hands, for your own well-being and that of the other youth.

The TAQA, Youth Wellbeing Championship is an exciting new initiative launched by UNICEF Lebanon and INJAZ Lebanon that aims to bring youth together in teams to work collectively to innovate and develop their business ideas that are EXCLUSIVELY centered on youth WELL-BEING! Twelve winning teams will receive incubation support and a total of $36K as seed funding.

TAQA is an initiative organized by INJAZ Lebanon as part of the Generation of Innovation Leaders (GIL) programme powered by UNICEF Lebanon and funded by the Kingdom of Netherlands.

WHAT IS WELL-BEING?

If you've been reading the above and reached this far, you would have read four times already the word "well-being," but do you know what it means? Well, it's simply about trying to feel well, having good mental health, building a strong support and social system, practicing ways to manage your stress, and much more! It can be any activity or idea that caters to the mental, psychological, social, emotional, physical, or spiritual well-being.

Many elements can affect other’s well-being and your role throughout TAQA is to find an idea for a project or business that will result in making other youth, adolescents or children feeling better. Your idea can evolve around music, sports, mental health, fitness, arts, culture, theatre, games, social gatherings and connections, or even humor, you name it! The floor is yours to be free and to impress us!