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Covid-19 Tech Support is a community of over 900 tech volunteers supporting COVID efforts worldwide. From IT requests for mutual aid groups to organising tech teams to build COVID projects, the volunteers want to remove technical obstacles and pressure for non-profits during this difficult time.
Read MoreLakshmi Menon has initiated the coVeed project, which exhorts people to craft paper houses and pack them with provisions to donate to the needy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More#KitaJagaKita connects those who want to help (Malaysians, corporate parties) with those who need it most (the vurnerable and the medical community) through an NGO/civil society initiative.
Read MoreFor unemployed people in Vietnam, businessmen and donors have set up Rice ATMs that dispense free rice at several cities across Vietnam. In Hanoi, rice contained in a large water tank pours into residents' bags from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Read MoreThe initiative aims at supporting workers on the frontlines by ordering a favourite dish on food delivery services and put the address of one of the hospital, fire station or nurse home in your city. People that participate are asked to share their Instagram account in their order so that workers can thank them directly.
Read MoreThe website created by two social workers shares information about all the ways people can help each other during COVID. Some of these suggestions include petitions, volunteering, donating to charities and other ways to keep busy and healthy.
Read MoreTo celebrate Easter, the Düsseldorf drive-in cinema together with the local catholic church organised a drive-in Easter service with space for 500 cars.
Read MoreUntil April 30, Right Hub's consultants will accompany companies and their HR functions through an evaluation of the information prospectus for people with disabilities and the identification of the most suitable tools to comply with the obligations of the legislation in force.
Read MoreThe website raises money for restaurants so that they can keep their kitchens running and deliver meals to people who urgently require them. These people include healthcare workers, elderly and homeless people.
Read MoreExpensify.org is reimbursing US families on SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits to purchase additional essential goods during COVID.
Read MoreUpinion helps NGOs gather insights from their communities with a secure communication platform built on top of social media messaging apps like Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp. Every week, the tool will send a short set of questions relevant to the community and the NGOs' interventions. Results will be provided through real-time reports.
Read MoreThe initiative connects people in the city of Nolo who can not afford to go buy groceries with those who want to donate and provide them with some support.
Read MoreThe company provides a service that usually uses eBikes to collect old glass, paper etc. Now it has switched to delivering food for the homeless and also partnered with a local green energy company for a fundraising campaign.
Read MoreThe initiative offers vouchers online which people can pay now to support local restaurants throughout Germany but only redeem later when restaurants open their doors again.
Read MoreThis platform provides a map with the local businesses you can find in your surroundings in order to support the local economy and, at the same time, provides visibility to the businesses to be found easily.
Read MoreThe book, aimed primarily at children aged 6-11 years old to help them understand and come to terms with COVID, is a project of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings.
Read MoreThe platform provides a free interactive Public Map where anyone can see and register points of sale for masks, alcohol gel, gloves and psychological help throughout Brazil for free or for honest prices.
Read MoreStay Home enables you to virtually discover a city of your choice (e.g. Berlin, Bangkok, New York). The nonprofit initiative will give all the contribution through the Facebook platform 'COVID-19 Fundraiser' to the World Health Organization to help fight COVID.
Read More#milgracias is a non-profit initiative, promoted by the creative agency Idearideas with the aim to expose the small helpful actions that other people do for us and to give people the opportunity to be grateful in the way they want and to whom they want during these times of crisis.
Read MoreGloo provides trusted resources and digital tools for churches, and the organisations that serve them, as they prepare for and respond to the impact COVID is having on their communities.
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