Welcome to the June edition of the Impact Post. This month we have launched #RespondToRebuild, an initiative to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on our vulnerable communities.
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Bonding While Socially Distanced | Mental Wellness for Youth
Offline learning, delays in examinations and shrinking career opportunities have contributed to emotional distress among youth.
Listen to Leanne Pais, a Psychological Therapist, to understand how they can overcome stress and build meaningful connections while distancing.
Protecting Our Parents | Wellbeing for Elderly
Social distancing is also a major cause of loneliness,uncertainty and anxiety amongst the older adults especially if they are living alone.
Listen to Rohini Kesavan Rajeev, a Senior Psychotherapist( Marriage & Family) to identify ways to reassure and support the elderly.
Coming Next: Mental Health for Families - June 10
Readings: Food For Thought
COVID-19, inequalities and building back better
Threatening to derail progress towards the SDGs, COVID-19’s devastating health, social and economic impacts are set to worsen inequalities within and between countries. Governments and the global community have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ‘build back better’. In this policy brief by the United Nations, know more about the Socio-Economic Response Framework (SERF) developed as a response to the pandemic.
COVID-19 recovery: How to rebuild sustainable rural livelihoods?
There is a definite opportunity for sustainable livelihoods in rural areas to help recover from a COVID-19 impacted economy. In this Forbes blog, know how community-led volunteer programs, skilling, market access and empowerment of women entrepreneurs can make the rural economy strong, self-reliant and sustainable.
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