Tag: COVID-19

SC Johnson and Save the Children Join Forces to Equip a Generation With the Life Skills to Battle COVID-19 and Future Public Health Threats

Stuart Mitchell

With a goal of enabling this generation of children to better protect themselves and their communities, SC Johnson and Save the Children are partnering to educate and enable children worldwide to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. This new partnership will focus on helping children and their loved ones respond to this and future public health threats. SC Johnson is donating $1 million to help vulnerable and marginalized children around the world. This donation will support Save the Children programs that shine a light on the importance of personal hygiene and…

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Children’s storybook released to help children and young people cope with COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

A new storybook that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced by a collaboration of more than 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector, including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Save the Children. With the help of a fantasy creature, Ario, “My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!” explains how children can protect themselves, their families and friends from…

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UNESCO launches ResiliArt movement in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic

Stuart Mitchell

Cancelled concerts, postponed festivals, delayed album launch and closed cinemas – COVID-19 has hit the cultural and creative industries hard. Still, creative workers find creative solutions. This is why UNESCO calls on all artists and creatives to join the ResiliArt movement. COVID-19 and the cultural and creative industries While billions of people around the world turn to culture as a source of comfort and connection during the COVID-19 crisis, the impact of COVID-19 has not spared the culture sector. More than 80% of UNESCO World Heritage properties have closed down,…

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Barclays launches £100 million COVID-19 Community Aid Package

Stuart Mitchell

Barclays is committed to helping its customers, clients, colleagues, and the wider community deal with the current unprecedented medical and economic crisis caused by COVID-19, and in preparing for recovery in its aftermath. Among other measures, the bank has already made available free everyday banking and overdrafts to 650,000 small businesses, waived overdraft and other fees for customers, and is helping to implement the UK Government’s support schemes. We will be setting out further programmes to assist businesses and households in the coming days and weeks. The company is announcing…

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UNESCO launches CodeTheCurve Hackathon to develop digital solutions in response to COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO, in partnership with IBM and SAP, has launched the CodeTheCurve Hackathon to support young innovators, data scientists and designers across the world to develop digital solutions to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. Aside from its terrible impact on the health of thousands so far, the COVID-19 crisis is having profound effects on societies, from reliable information sharing to education, with school closures currently affecting more than 1.5 billion students across the planet. “Solving this unprecedented global crisis will require the collective expertise and imagination of all of us,” said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General…

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