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This project, carried out by the organisers of Vilnius International Film Festival, is a sign of support to both the aviation and movie industries, which are going through difficult times as a result of the restrictions caused by the pandemic.
Read MoreDue to COVID restrictions and closed restaurants, Kevin Hooper, a food runner at Haberdish, was out of work. He decided to take time for his other passion, photography and photographed 18 subjects for a portrait series telling the story of Charlotteans from different industries and different neighbourhoods during this pandemic.
Read MoreRenate Overhorst lives on the Amstelvlietstraat in Oost and wrote a letter to her neighbours informing them that they can hire her as a street sommelier. Neighbourhood residents can choose between three boxes, each with its own theme, such as the theme of spring wines. When clients inform Renate what they are going to eat, she looks for a suitable wine to go with it.
Read MoreAt Winston Knoll Collegiate, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program’s (DHH) students struggle to adapt to the new learning methods. The teachers decided to launch a project of creating an ASL (American Sign Language) music video, combining lyric interpretation with performance and expression.
Read MoreThe device, called the Safedistance, was previously used for monitoring vibration when using power tools. It has been reprogrammed to alert workers if they have broken the two-metre social distancing regulations, using Bluetooth.
Read MoreThe Daily Mail and General Trust are offering £3m worth of free advertising to small businesses who are struggling during COVID. The initiative opens for applications on May 13 and is run in partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses.
Read MoreThis platform allows users, without prior registration, to contact shops and restaurants nearby through WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook Messenger, to order food or groceries and support the local economy.
Read MoreCustomers in Ireland can now send a message to Lidl through the messaging app telling the chatbot the day and time they intend to visit, the chatbot will then inform them if this is generally a quiet, average or busy time to visit using real-time and customer transaction data.
Read MoreAs many travel and adventure businesses and their employees are suffering during COVID, from kayaking to food tours to mountain biking and more, this initiative enables people to buy gift cards to support them, and to spread the word with the hashtag ‘I will travel again.’
Read MoreWhen IKEA’s FRAKTA shopping bag became a fashion phenomenon in 2017, Zhijun Wang, also known for his sneaker masks, designed a DIY pollution mask out of it. Since then, the designer has created alternative versions using materials like italian supermarket Esselunga’s yellow bag, and even released a youtube tutorial to help people in need make their own masks during COVID.
Read MoreThe StoDistante installation, which uses white squares painted in a grid-like format on the square ground, has been implemented in Piazza Giotto, located in the town of Vicchio near Florence, Italy. The square markers act as visual representations of the distance people should keep from each other during COVID.
Read MoreThe initiative was launched by four friends concerned by agricultural supply and the shortage of harvesters due to border closures during COVID. They created this platform to enable people willing to support the farmers in their region to help with the harvest, by simply subscribing online.
Read MoreWith summer coming up and plans underway to reopen beaches, local councils in Spain are thinking of ways to make beaches COVID safe: the idea would be to make beachgoers book their space in advance via a mobile phone app, allowing only a certain number of people to enter the beach per day.
Read MoreIn Mosul, finding essential medication can be an expensive struggle, especially during COVID. Hadeed has created a new app that directs patients and relatives to pharmacies that provide the medication they need, and indicates where products are cheapest.
Read MoreThe initiative invites each person to do its bit to help the tourism industry in Spain, by asking people that have a reservation to just change the dates instead of cancelling it. In this way, they will ensure their reservation for a holiday when all this is over and, on top, will be contributing to support a key industry for the country's economy.
Read MoreThe masks have a small hole in the middle, which can fit a straw for sipping cocktails and keep socializing. Macomber and her assistant produced 40 masks in a week for $30 each, which were sold out in 30 minutes.
Read MoreThis fitness chain pivoted quickly and adapted to the situation. Therefore, they built their own platform to provide high quality video-conferencing that would work for personalized training, coaching and small group work. The online version of Innovative Fitness was already up and running by the end of March.
Read MoreMaptician, a startup based in Georgia, launched Maptician Flex, a platform analyzing floor plans and seating charts for risks around employee desks and in conference rooms or walkways. It also suggests options for staggering employee schedules based on where each worker sits and capacity restrictions and has a contact tracing system to help identify workers who might be in danger if a colleague gets sick.
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Read MoreWith this platform, small shops can open an online shop within 5 minutes, then advise customers personally just like in the shop thanks to a video chat. Customers like shop tenants only need a smartphone, Lokaler.kaufen is non-profit and free of charge for customers and retailers .
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