a minute of kindness
More than 100 keen crafters around the world have come together to form a ‘quarantine quilt’, stitching together a picture of how we’ve experienced the pandemic.
This wife and husband tried to run a farm for seventeen years, but the soil was against them, so they started to look at their land differently and decided to let nature take over. They reintroduced various wildlife and with minimal maintenance let them take over, which can be fully explored in their book “Wilding: The Return Of Nature To A British Farm”.
“Action Nan”, otherwise known as Pat Smith, is an environmental campaigner, combing the beaches of Cornwall with many other volunteers, cleaning up the plastics that have gone to waste. But she also tries to cut it off at the source by trying to encourage local businesses to stop their use.
Eight-year-old Greyson Winfield is helping the people who need it most in his community of Conway, South Carolina. Greyson has been cutting the grass for key workers and helping to feed the hungry in a bid to simply make people smile. He recently started an organisation called “Helping Footprint” which helps buy food and pay bills for families in need.
When Muhammad Mahmoud first saw the videos of an explosion in Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut he felt it was his duty as a Muslim to help. So the 18-year-old organised a solo bike ride from Birmingham to his home city of London and has so far raised around £2,500 in the process.
When six-year-old best friends Ayaan and Mikaeel from east London learned about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen they decided to do what they could to help. The pair set up a lemonade stand in the hope of raising a small sum – but went on to raise more than £40,000.
When his son showed symptoms for coronavirus, his family went into self-isolation. A mobile DJ by trade, this dad decided to start a radio station from home. Starting as a way to bring joy to the locals, the station has been listened to in lockdown around the world.
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, this group has been manufacturing and donating PPE and care packages to key workers in the UK and abroad to ensure protection and reduce stress.
We spoke to this doctor (and DJ) about how he wanted to lift the spirits of his fellow frontliners with live DJ sets on Instagram. As popularity grew, he also brought on fellow record spinners and performers to entertain during the pandemic.
Travelling pianist Davide Martello drove 12 hours to perform for mourners at the memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis this week. The musician, also known as Klavierkunst, hoped his music would help spread a message of unity and give solace.