Help In Trying Times
I think we can all agree that the news has been rubbish all round locally, interstate and globally. Not going to lie, my guts are feeling well and truly kicked and agree with everyone saying it's ok to feel all the feelings.
For me, my thoughts always switch to 'help' mode in these situations. It's the 'glass half full' mode that can either be useful or annoying as hell. Hopefully it's the former. Anyway, I've been doing my search to find ways to help us, our local communities and global compadres and this is what I've gathered. I hope it helps.
PERSONAL
𝑴𝒐𝒕𝑯𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒆 / 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉 / 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒆 / 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒚 / 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 / 𝑶𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 '𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒔'
This is my way of jazzing up the old online catch up. I thought a Shed would sound more interesting (maybe...?). To be fair it is the people you meet in the shed that will be more interesting than the name. In addition to activity based 'sheds', I want to have specific group meets as well including:
those currently pregnant;
those with newborns, and;
those with teenage kids.
𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓
Saturday, 21 August | 10:30 AM
Yarra Ranges Council is hosting a free webinar with Clinical Psychologist, David Younger, an expert on natural disasters and emergencies for those experiencing feelings of stress, fatigue, and anxiety following the events of the severe storms in June.
https://www.facebook.com/yrcouncil/posts/197869349049942
𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔
Saturday, 21 August | 9:15 AM
For The Love Of Dance is providing free dance party and dance games via zoom. Follow the link to find out more.
https://www.facebook.com/for.the.love.of.dance.fitness
LOCALLY
𝑩𝒖𝒚 𝑳𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚
This is the name of the game. MotHs is helping where we can: We have an army of people helping post and promote local business updates to our the Yarra Ranges Local Business Facebook page. Businesses: The MotHs website is offering several months free to promote your business too.
GLOBALLY
𝘼𝙛𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣
The situation in Afghanistan is absolutely appalling. I can try but couldn't possibly grasp the level of fear Afghan women and girls and the LGBTQIA community would especially be feeling right now. Thank you to Jess Nabb for this shortened version of ways to help.
Listen to Afghani Voices:
@ArianaDelawari, @Miss.Eli___ , @Omar.Haidari , @Currently_GoingOn , @TheAfghan, @AfghansEmpowered, @HodaKatebi, @ShamsiaHassani, @Gulwali_Passarlay, @UnicefAfghanistan, @MiddleEastMatters
ORGANISATIONS TO SUPPORT ($)
Women for Afghan Women - https://womenforafghanwomen.networkforgood.com/.../123748...
Friends of Aschiana - Supporting Street Kids in Afghanistan - https://friendsofaschiana.org.uk/...
Children Without Borders - https://www.gofundme.com/f/afghanistanrelief2021
Emergency Relief Afghanistan - https://www.gofundme.com/f/idprelief
Care Australia - https://my.care.org/.../Donation2;jsessionid=00000000...
For further ideas, please follow this link: https://liberatedparenthood.org/tangible-ways-to.../...
𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒌𝒆
Last month, their President was assassinated, and now a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, during a pandemic.
ORGANISATIONS TO SUPPORT ($)
Care - https://www.care.org/
Hope for Haiti - https://hopeforhaiti.com/
UNICEF - https://www.unicef.org/.../massive-earthquake-devastation...
Medicin sans Frontiers (Medicine without Borders) - https://www.msf.org/
𝑺𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒔
ORGANISATIONS TO SUPPORT ($)
Medicin sans Frontiers (Medicine without Borders) - https://www.msf.org/
United Nations Crisis Relief - https://crisisrelief.un.org/
Seeking Help
This is a just a tiny snap shot of things we can actively do to help ourselves, our community and those desperately in need elsewhere. Please reach out if you need help or call friends and family who may not be doing ok.
Alternatively:
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
headspace: 1800 650 890
https://headspace.org.au/eheadspace/
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/phone-and.../
Above all, stay kind to yourself and to others. x