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2020-04-08
Women Unpaid Care Work
United Nation Women make an effort to bring to light to he problems specifically women face, and in this time during the pandemic. This graphic is informational too highlight the extreem gap in the amount of work men and women have to do in the care department during Covid. Women have to put themselves at risk three times more than men. -
2020-04-10
Colombian stucked in SouthAfrica during Covid-19.
I came to SouthAfrica for 20 days to do a volunteer program in a game reserve. Couldn’t get to Colombia. Im living my Quarantine with a southafrican family who helps me and now we are very close. I was so lucky. This could be the worst thing of my life. But know im so grateful to meet these beautiful, warm people. My southafrican angels. -
2020-05-04
Suspension of volunteer work on the Appalachian Trail
This is the official guidance from the National Park Service Superintendent for the Appalachian Trail National Scenic Trail on the continued suspension of all volunteer activities on the AT. It is a continuation of a previous policy. -
2020-05-04
A beautiful people
So I am no story teller...I just wish to document an experience... Masiphumelele, affectionately known as Masi, is a township of an estimated 40 000 people in the South Peninsula of Cape Town, South Africa. If you know our townships, you'll know many of the residents live way below the poverty line at the best of times... hugely exacerbated by something like COVID-19 lockdown. So a huge initiative is feeding the people. And it is in this context that I experienced the absolute beauty of our people... Private individuals from all walks of life...many more affluent than their Masi neighbors...but not necessarily so... freely and generously giving of their time... money... energy... love...to come alongside Masi and deliver food parcels. Perhaps even more beautiful was the spirit of the Masi people. So welcoming... genuinely...not just because they may receive a food parcel. Children running alongside the vehicles, smiling, wanting to talk to the 'visitors' (not fully understanding social distancing 🤗). Residents going out of their way to help the donors find the intended recipients... they themselves not having much... but being sssssooo happy for a neighbor who might receive a parcel... even when they didn't and could well have done with one... the absolute gratitude and sadly the relief on the faces of those who did receive... just a basic parcel...but it meant meals for 2 weeks. And the heartbreak for the volunteers delivering the parcels... knowing that for every one who received, 100s more needed but wouldn't get... but not letting that sadness stop them... rather swallowing their own pain and carrying on with the work... knowing that at least a difference was made for a few people...like the story of the starfish. We often look at what COVID-19 has taken from us, and there is much lost. It has also given us so much...a glimpse into the beautiful souls of so many beautiful people...a privilege -
2020-04-01
Rapid Response WV
Funded by For WV's Future, this site is a joint effort by WV non-profits to help West Virginians during this crisis. Many people are out of work and need money, so various groups have formed around the country to help those that they can. #NortheasternJOTPY -
03/18/2020
The Garden is closed through April 30
Notifying public that all gardens, grounds, and buildings are closed, as well as all programs, classes, and events scheduled through April 30 are cancelled. -
03/28/2020
Bleeding Hearts
A blood drive on Phoenix, with social distancing imposed so we don't harm each other while trying to save each other. Seemed a little on the nose