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Support Your Locals aims at supporting the local producers building short and hyper-local supply chains, ultimately supporting the Dutch economy. In recent weeks, many initiatives have emerged under the banner of #supportyourlocalsNL and more are added every day.
Read MoreSignal for Help, or #SignalForHelp, is a one-handed gesture that women and children (and men as well) can use on a video call or in person to communicate that they feel threatened of domestic violence. The gesture lets victims find help in a safe way without leaving a digital trace.
Read MoreThe platform enables Paraguayan to ask for help or offer help and to know if people are available near their homes.
Read MoreTo gather funds for COVID-19, Instagram has launched a new fundraising option within Instagram Live, which enables users to raise funds during an Instagram Live stream. Facebook, on the other hand, has added a new feature to its fundraising options in order to enable business owners to create personal fundraisers to call on their customers for support.
Read MoreVeja launched the 'See with the Heart' movement, which helps Brasilian domestic workers with donations of R$ 500.00. Anyone can help by making a donation, and domestic workers that need support can ask for it on the platform.
Read MoreCelebrities including Stephen Fry, David Baddiel and Elizabeth Hurley have modelled face masks featuring famous artists including Picasso, Matisse and Dalí designed by Ron Arad which will be sold to raise money for the UK's National Health Service.
Read More“Staying at home is not the same as staying quiet at home” is one of the sentences that can be read on the washable cotton masks. These masks from Mujeres Creando do not only offer protection from the corona virus but are also meant to question the authorities in a country where women are often victims to domestic violence.
Read MoreThe platform gathers donations - £1,267,348 raised so far - that are used to send food packages to NHS medical staff in UK hospitals.
Read MoreThis Berlin-based platform aims to help self-employed people who are struggling to find work during COVID-19 by connecting them with companies and projects.
Read More27-year-old Olivia Strong, a Scottish documentary producer, started a charity running challenge “Run for Heroes” on social media with the aim of raising £5,000 ($6,212), but it quickly went viral and has now raised over £5 million for UK healthcare workers fighting COVID.
Read MoreMaanch’s Coronavirus Global Response Dashboard lists projects around the world responding to urgent COVID challenges and gives information on project details and budget needs. To support projects, people can donate directly on the Maanch website to its Coronavirus Response Fund which then feeds into the highlighted projects.
Read MoreCerveja Nortada partners with the Portuguese Red Cross and Dott to launch a beer that celebrates the heroes of the frontline. All the profits from the beer will go to the Portuguese Red Cross to support the fight against COVID.
Read MoreThe platform Precisamos enables users to see on a map of Brasil the people who are able to help or who need help, in real-time, with the possibility to filter by categories like perishable food, talking on the phone, personal care, sewing, technical questions, deliveries or taking out a pet.
Read MoreThis website offers different measures that people can take to help fight COVID-19 without leaving their home. It offers virtual volunteering, initiatives to help locally or points to important projects in need of donations.
Read MoreThe Proof of Impact online platform allows and encourages people to help with contributions that will provide relief directly to aid workers, communities, and individuals who need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe celebrity couple announced that they have joined forces with Nocking Point Wines and Battle Creek Vineyards in order to launch their very own wine product that they have named ‘Quarantine Wine’. 100% of the profits from this wine will go to various COVID relief charities.
Read MoreLifeCrate provides 75,000 calories worth of food in one crate, allowing for one month of sustenance at little cost for elderly people (65 years old and more) earning low-income and living in Toronto. LifeCrate is worth $185 in store but is sold for $75, as the non-profit covers the rest of the costs.
Read MoreThe London-based initiative Runnerdeliveries.com helps the elderly and most vulnerable get access to groceries and other essential goods without having to leave their homes, by putting them in contact with people that can voluntarily deliver them their list of needs.
Read MoreDoe Pro Gol helps charity campaigns reach their goals and promote the culture of donation by publicising and involving people through a game of solidarity with football teams. People can simply click on the campaign represented by their favourite team and donate. The team with the most donations is on top.
Read MoreKomak (Persian for 'Help') is an app created by a group of volunteers that enables 'healthy' people to help people 'in need' with their groceries or getting medicine from pharmacies during COVID, available anywhere in the world.
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