Posted: Feb 19, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 19
Social media project aims to connect parents who are struggling during pandemic
1 month ago
2:22The Village Project is using social media to connect new parents in Ottawa with volunteer ‘support parents’ who are willing to run errands, lend a hand or just listen. The CBC’s Omar Dabaghi-Pacheco reports.2:22
A group of volunteers has formed an online resource to help struggling parents make it through the darkest days of the pandemic — a resource some say they wish had been around when they were new moms and dads.
The Village Project is a peer-support network created by parents who are keenly aware of the challenges a new baby can bring, including postpartum depression and anxiety.