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Ktc gives access to a practical A3-format Unicorn Canvas + post-its, to help businesses redefine their model in times of COVID, against a €10 donation to UNICEF. Ktc will pay for the material and shipping costs of the home-kits, so that 100% of the donation goes to UNICEF.
Read MoreThis initiative, promoted mainly by the non-profit organisation ‘United Way’ allows people in Guatemala to help each other and to make donations to give away boxes of food and basic hygiene products, to support a family for 15 days.
Read MoreThe initiative, launched by local organisation Rise Houston Church, aims at building and distributing handwashing stations that provide clean water and soap to homeless communities on the street.
Read MoreThis initiative was originally designed to help tackle the climate crisis. However, the team decided to launch earlier in response to the Covid-19 outbreak and direct all profits to NHS Charities Together as frontline healthcare workers continue to risk themselves and their families.
Read MoreThe goal of the partnership is to raise enough money to purchase and donate at least 30,000 Raw Juce meals to South Florida’s healthcare workers. To kick off the initiative, both Raw Juce and House of Athlete donated $5,000.
Read MoreThe Brewer’s Association has teamed up with Bottleshare, a nonprofit dedicated to the craft beverage community to create a new fund to help support US breweries that have been impacted by declining sales due to COVID.
Read More#WorkForDoctors is designed to help doctors and hospitals procure essential supplies such as N95 masks and PPE kits. Any hospital in need can directly contact the website that will then arrange delivery from its warehouse.
Read MoreSupport Your Locals aims at supporting the local producers building short and hyper-local supply chains, ultimately supporting the Dutch economy. In recent weeks, many initiatives have emerged under the banner of #supportyourlocalsNL and more are added every day.
Read MoreSignal for Help, or #SignalForHelp, is a one-handed gesture that women and children (and men as well) can use on a video call or in person to communicate that they feel threatened of domestic violence. The gesture lets victims find help in a safe way without leaving a digital trace.
Read MoreThe platform enables Paraguayan to ask for help or offer help and to know if people are available near their homes.
Read MoreTo gather funds for COVID-19, Instagram has launched a new fundraising option within Instagram Live, which enables users to raise funds during an Instagram Live stream. Facebook, on the other hand, has added a new feature to its fundraising options in order to enable business owners to create personal fundraisers to call on their customers for support.
Read MoreVeja launched the 'See with the Heart' movement, which helps Brasilian domestic workers with donations of R$ 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.
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