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Share Fundraising is difficult during a pandemic. Conceived at the end of November 2020, Little Artists was an art project by the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children that encouraged incredibly talented young artists to create original artworks to express the theme of “Togetherness” during these Covid times. Proceeds from the artwork would then go to support children in need in Hong Kong, catering to the needs of the children’s families, including working parents, single parents and low-income families. 42 children participated, with ages ranging from 6 months to 15 years old, creating some of the most heartwarming and encouraging paintings we’ve seen in a long time. ....
âNo one should have to go through thisâ: A fired employee sues Wayfair, accusing it of caregiving and age discrimination By Katie Johnston Globe Staff,Updated February 11, 2021, 9:35 p.m. Email to a Friend Not long after the pandemic shut down schools and offices around the country, Richard DiBona, a 53-year-old software manager at Wayfair, sent a message to his team letting them know he would probably be âgetting bugged moreâ by his kids due to his wifeâs new high-level job. A few weeks later, he sent another message noting that his wifeâs workload had intensified and he would be taking on an even greater share of home-schooling and child-care duties. ....
Alex Abramovich built up trust among LGBTQ+ youth facing homelessness in and around Toronto over more than a decade of field research, so when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he was in a good position to track its impact on that specific marginalized population. Coming out to an unsupportive family is the number 1 reason queer youth experience homelessness, Abramovich says, but previously (and especially in more suburban or semi-rural areas), they would often be hidden from view. “They’d be couch-surfing at different friends’ houses, but then COVID hits and, of course, those friends’ parents are going to be like, ‘No, you re not part of the family, you can t be here, you have to go back to your own home,’” said Abramovich, an independent scientist at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). “So many have been forced back to homes that are not safe places.” ....