Thanks so much for stepping up to meet the challenge of this virus with viral kindness! If you missed the next steps and instructions on how to start or join a ‘Viral Kindness’ Facebook group in your local community, here they are again: https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/covid_19_viral_kindness_dis/thanks.htm If you’ve already created a Facebook group to connect your local…
Category: COVID-19 NEWS
City starts soap donation drive
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 20 MARCH 2020 MEDIA RELEASE The drive is one of the latest measures implemented to help mitigate the spread and impact of COVID-19. Read more below: The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre is facilitating a soap donation drive, in support of hygiene efforts around the Coronavirus. …
Residents warned of potential scammers posing as COVID-19 health practitioners
CITY OF CAPE TOWN 16 MARCH 2020 MEDIA RELEASE The City has received reports of criminals approaching residents at their homes pretending to offer medical service and claiming to be doing home testing for COVID-19. The City would like to warn residents that no members of staff are assigned to perform door-to-door testing. For…
Community consciousness around the Corona Virus
Dear Residents, As we respond to this Coronavirus crisis as announced on Sunday by our President, it is our duty as a civic to assist in maximizing consciousness of the situation while minimizing fear. We call on our community for a human-centered approach that will diminish fear and not tolerate alarmist, racist, and xenophobic reactions. We…