City councils, citizens and civil society organisations are creating measures in neighbourhoods and communities to sustain social cohesion and to keep our spirits up.
Letters to fight social isolation
A postcard template lets people offer their help to neighbors in self-isolation. Measures to slow the spread of viruses can force people to self-isolate. During the current outbreak of Covid-19, many people have to stay
Provision packages for daily wage workers
Provision packages are being distributed to provide food for daily wage workers in India.
Donating computing power to support researchers
The Folding@home software runs while users do other things on their computers and provides CPU and GPU computing power to a team of scientists.
Bientina Instagram contest
An Italian municipality engages its youth in an Instagram challenge on how to stay positive at home.
Free postcards for staying in touch
Ireland’s postal service delivers free postcards nationwide to help everyone stay in touch and keep spirits up.
Women in detention make face masks
A reintegration programme for women in prison responded to the coronavirus outbreak by producing face masks from recycled materials.
Isolation rooms for homeless people
To support homeless people the City of Ostrów Wielkopolski organized special isolation rooms for homeless people, which are fully furnished and equipped with bathrooms and care agents.
Giving an online stage to members of the community
On the Facebook page of a municipality in Italy, people can contribute their skills and knowledge to the community.
EcoWalk
An Italian municipalitiy started a campaign to encourage people to combine jogging or walking with picking up trash, as a lockdown-compatible activity.
A platform helps to connect to self-help groups
A platform helps citizens to connect with local self-help groups and to issue a call for help in an emergency.
Collective responses to global health emergencies
A platform invites local and regional governments of all sizes to share their initiatives tackling Covid-19 and other health emergencies.
Tallinn librarians read to children over the phone during lockdown
The librarians from Tallinn Central Library read books to children over the phone, Skype or Facebook until the government-imposed isolation ends.