Good news despite the crisis: This is what set us up today
There is plenty of bad news these days. In this article, we give an overview of developments that have pleased us or that give us courage.
First Swiss app for neighborhood assistance launched
The agency Newcom Solution has developed the app "Happyday" at its own expense. At-risk groups in particular can use it to find support quickly and easily. Volunteers can offer their help for shopping, pet care or household chores, for example. More about the free app at Happyday.life.
By the way, Migros is also promoting neighborly help: The retailer is bringing back the actually buried social shopping app Amigos for a limited time. (Werbewoche.ch reported). At-risk groups are thus supported - and the existing, no longer used infrastructure is used once again for a good cause.
UPC unlocks children's channels
Whether it's pedagogically valuable to use the TV as a babysitter is another question. These days, however, many parents are probably glad to have the relief of the flickering box from time to time. It's the change that does it. UPC is lending its support and will be switching on all children's channels free of charge from March 25. So that children can at least watch something age-appropriate, if they do watch it.
SRF broadcasts 24-hour live show from empty Hallenstadion
As is known, all shows and concerts for the coming months had to be canceled. As a support for the music and entertainment industry, the artists Loco Escrito and Seven, supported by SRF presenter Nik Hartmann, have conceived the live show "Alles wird gut": Musicians perform in their band rooms or living rooms. All these performances are combined into the 24-hour event "Alles wird gut". Various presenters, for SRF Judith Wernli and Nik Hartmann, lead live through the show from the empty Hallenstadion. SRF will broadcast the event in full next Saturday on SRF zwei and stream it on Srf.ch, as well as partially on Radio SRF 3. "Alles wird gut" - now that's a message at the right time.
Color a picture every day
The illustrator Celine Geser, who last year was featured in the Advertising Week-section "Eyecatcher" provides a coloring picture every day and calls the project "Let's paint the world colorful". For young and old. Because: coloring is good for you. You don't believe it? Try it. Celinegeser.ch
Socialbakers opens the gates for NGOs
The social media marketing platform Socialbakers announces that it is helping non-governmental organizations (NGOs) manage their social media communications during the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, six months of free access to the Socialbakers platform will be provided to expedite and facilitate collaboration, planning, creation, and publication of important educational content on the coronavirus on social media. NGOs can sign up now at support_NGO@socialbakers.com to receive free access to the Socialbakers suite. The service is available to qualified NGOs and regions through September 2020 and includes the Socialbakers Smart package of 5 Pages.
Museum of Communication broadcasts live via Facebook
Special times, special measures: From March 24, 2020, the Museum of Communication will broadcast live and directly from the museum via Facebook from Tuesday to Friday at 1:30 p.m. in a test run. In this way, culture finds its way into the isolated home and offers variety. Viewers are invited to actively participate in the streams. To Facebook page of the museum. We find: A good way not to be forgotten even in the current crisis - and maybe you reach people in the state of emergency, which you would not reach otherwise.
Arte Concert shows a daily living room concert by violinist Daniel Hope
For all those who miss culture, Arte has a new recipe: "Hope@Home" - this is the current project of the busy and creative musical all-rounder Daniel Hope. From March 25 to April 7, Daniel Hope can be seen and heard live for about 30 minutes each day at 6 p.m. on Arte Concert, as well as on Arte Concert's Facebook page and YouTube channel. As guests Hope expects among others Max Raabe, Christoph Israel, Anna Thalbach, Sebastian Koch, Heike Makatsch. After the livestream, the living room concerts will be available for 90 days on Arte Concert as video-on-demand.
Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt give customers presents
Swisscom is also showing generosity to its own customers in the Corona crisis: Subscription and prepaid customers will receive additional data volume in April, those who use Swisscom TV will receive Teleclub as a gift, and stranded international travelers will receive roaming vouchers worth CHF 200. In addition, Swisscom is gifting elderly people with assistance services, schools and companies with home office solutions. Read more here.
Sunrise also presented an extensive Corona aid package a few days ago. The company is lifting the data limits for mobile subscriptions and is gifting Sunrise TV customers with additional children's channels. Payment periods for companies will be extended by three months. Companies will also receive home office solutions as a gift. Read more here.
Salt customers also benefit from Corona gifts. The company is offering business customers unlimited access to mobile Internet until the end of May 2020 at no additional cost for the switch to home office. Residential customers with a mobile subscription also receive a Sky children's program for two months.
