Y-Cure 2:  Youth Against Covid-19 Through Unified Response In Philippines. Philippine Community to be assisted via Helpline, Data Encoding and micro-grants. The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared COVID-19 a pandemic, pointing to the over 118,000 cases of the coronavirus illness in over 110 countries and territories around the world and the sustained risk of further global spread. Some six months on there have been over 31 million cases and almost one million deaths. During this same period in the Philippines the cases have gone from below 50 to over 287,000 with a daily case rate of between 2000-4000/day. 

The PRC recognized the need very early for PCR testing as a means to have a clearer picture of the case load in the country. It started its COVID testing operations by opening its first molecular laboratory, which has a total testing capacity of total of 4,000 tests a day, on April 14 at the mezzanine of its National Headquarters along EDSA. This was soon followed by another one at its Logistics and Multiple Center, just behind the National Headquarters, on April 29. Afterwards other molecular laboratories were also opened in Port Area, Manila, Clark, Subic, Batangas, Cebu, and Bacolod. 
The PRC molecular labs have been staffed by technical specialists and volunteers. Youth volunteers have been the backbone of the PRC HELPlines and data encoding of the patient details and reporting on results working on 24/7 rotating shifts. The NLRC via approval of its back donors recognized the importance of the HELPline and quickly realigned budgets to support these operations from May to September 2020. It is with the funding request document that the NLRC requests additional funds to continue the support to June 2021. The project aims at assisting the target population through several activities. These interventions can be put within the following categories based : 
(1). Support via HELPLINE. The support of the HELPLINE is open to all citizens of the Philippines who wish to book a COVID19 test, wish to reach out for technical guidance and support regarding COVID19 and it is envisaged will be utilised to support the roll out of the vaccination against COVID19 
(2). Support through community level micro-grants. The micro-grants will target vulnerable communities with interventions related to COVID19. A set of established criteria have been developed and through the first phrases of the project implemented successfully. The criteria include community/community groups most vulnerable to COVID19, those communities have not received support from other agencies and those most vulnerable. Identified community actions are documented into minor proposals and submitted to the PRC NHQ for review and approval.
(3). Psychosocial support to staff and volunteers. The project will establish a referral pathway to provide psychosocial support to staff and volunteers. The American Red Cross are currently supporting a research project on “the impact of COVID19 on the mental health of youth volunteers.” In discussion with the Youth Services Manager the recommendations from this report will guide the framework and methodology of the support mechanism to be provided to the volunteers The population to be assisted through the project is twofold, firstly it is volunteers between 15-25 who will volunteer to support the implementation of the PRC COVID19 Response Plan and secondly those members in the community that will participate in the micro-grants/social protection projects. Implementation throughout the 102 Chapters of the Philippine Red Cross