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Matthew Pierce, a teacher in Pennsylvania, used his stimulus payments to buy UberEats gift cards for students and their families.

Alberto Salas arrived in London from Mexico six months ago to work as a Spanish professor at Greenwich University. However, due to coronavirus, his classes were suspended. Stuck in the UK with nothing to do, he offered lessons on a social networking service, to see if his neighbours would be interested in learning. He soon received messages from locals in Lewisham and started teaching them via Skype for free.

This young gardener has been planting flowers, fruit and vegetables with his mother on lockdown. He also started a YouTube channel to teach people some tips for growing their own.

Mr Choudhury, who was fasting for Ramadan, initially made a pledge to raise £1,000 for victims of COVID19. He set a target to complete walking 100 laps while fasting during the month of Ramadan at the communal garden of his house. Within the first 9 hours of setting up a JustGiving page, he already raised more than £200,000.