City councils, citizens and civil society organisations are creating measures in neighbourhoods and communities to sustain social cohesion and to keep our spirits up.
Debunking myths on Covid-19
Multilingual website offering reliable information on Covid-19 by experts and scientists.
Ramadan cooking for the homeless
In a German town, women from Muslim charities are cooking for homeless people during Ramadan.
EcoWalk
An Italian municipalitiy started a campaign to encourage people to combine jogging or walking with picking up trash, as a lockdown-compatible activity.
Providing hospitals and frontline medical staff with necessary equipment
To provide hospitals with missing equipment, an initiative crowdsources necessary materials such as masks and visors.
The Veterans Health Administration launches the Maker Challenge
To meet the needs of essential workers on the frontlines of the pandemic, Makers For Veterans (CAMVETS) set up a programme to create innovative solutions.
Offering a fear-free news service
A news website was created which provides easy-to-understand and unemotional news coverage.
3d-printed ear guards for people constantly wearing masks
3D-printed ear guards relieve hospital staff from the pain caused by wearing protective masks all day.
Children paint pictures for senior citizens
To ease the loneliness during the lockdown, children painted pictures to be given to retirement home residents as Easter presents.
Activating the tech community to solve Covid-19-related challenges
Bringing together tech communities and doctors, nurses and all operators involved, an Italian initiative aims to collect a selection of resources, technologies, intelligent machines and robots to tackle the effects of Covid-19.
Online pub quizzes
Pub quiz fans can continue their hobby online from the comfort of their home.
Displaying changemakers’ responses to Covid-19
Ashoka features projects by its fellows and communities worldwide which are solving challenges in our global crisis.
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.