A new online movement has recently become widespread across Canada as a way to provide help to communities, especially to those who are at high risk if they contract COVID-19.
BBC News reports that “more than 35 Facebook groups have been set up in 72 hours to serve communities in places including Ottawa, Halifax and Annapolis County in Nova Scotia, with more than 30,000 members between them.”
Acts of kindness across the globe have ranged “from delivering soup to the elderly in the UK to an exercise class held for quarantined residents on their balconies in Spain.”
Canadians, who has long been stereotyped by the media as “kind to a fault” have recently established the “caremongering” movement to help others.
Under the social media hashtag #caremongering, one can read about the dozens of acts of kindness being done across Canada.
The initial caremongering group was founded by Mita Han with the assistance of Valentina Harper.
Harper shared with BBC News that the pair decided to start the #caremongering movement to combat widespread fear of the coronavirus.
“Scaremongering is a big problem,” Harper told the BBC. “We wanted to switch that around and get people to connect on a positive level, to connect with each other.
“It’s spread the opposite of panic in people, brought out community and camaraderie, and allowed us to tackle the needs of those who are at-risk all the…
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