City councils, citizens and civil society organisations are creating measures in neighbourhoods and communities to sustain social cohesion and to keep our spirits up.
Offering a fear-free news service
A news website was created which provides easy-to-understand and unemotional news coverage.
Displaying changemakers’ responses to Covid-19
Ashoka features projects by its fellows and communities worldwide which are solving challenges in our global crisis.
Daily challenges for children
A WhatsApp channel helps parents in a neighborhood to exchange ideas for new activities with their children.
Local WhatsApp chat groups inform in 15 different languages
To ensure that those who may be not familiar with a country’s national language get all the necessary information regarding Covid-19, 40 immigrant associations set up Whatsapp groups in different languages.
Online language buddies
A Swedish organisation connects newcomers with online language buddies helping both to cope with the isolation.
Pharmacy produces disinfectant with community support
A German pharmacy produces disinfect with ingredients obtained through wide community outreach.
A platform to collect information and to provide digital tools which support solidarity and mutual assistance
Neighborhood networks help citizens to resist those members of society who use this crisis to discipline, exclude, and make profit.
Public volunteer programme to support a country’s health structures
To meet the growing demands within a country’s health system, a volunteer programme for doctors, nurses, paramedics, psychologists, and students and retirees with a health or nursing background was set up.
A hotline for providing vulnerable groups with necessities
This initiative connects the elderly and those in need with volunteers and supermarkets to help them with their groceries.
Virtual story time
Storytelling via videos on social media provides meaningful distraction in quarantine.
Direct mailings to patients in hospitals
A digital service of a hospital allows sending physical greeting cards to patients.
A print template for neighbor-to-neighbor support
A document available in 10 languages empowers communities to work together in times of crisis.