The NSW Youth Drought Summit on Living with Drought

What did the Summit achieve?
 

• Connected young people from across NSW with their peers to create a support network based on shared experiences of the challenges of living with drought.
• Developed a shared understanding of the impact of drought on young people, the support available (what works, what hasn’t worked), and the key gaps that need to be addressed.
• Provided a forum for meaningful, action-oriented discussion between young people, policy-makers and service providers about how to more effectively support young people and children experiencing drought.
• Strengthen confidenced in advocacy, analysis, collaboration and leadership among young people attending the Summit.
• Resulted in a concluding, public report – Generation Drought – from UNICEF Australia. Going forward, we will work with the NSW Government to implement policy recommendations.