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Voices of Hope will partner with Age Concern NZ to distribute Christmas cards to older people who may be alone during the holidays.
Voices of Hope founder Genevieve Mora says Christmas will have the added challenge for some families who aren’t able to be together due to border closures and travel restrictions.
Meanwhile, she says the art of sending a card to someone at Christmas seems to have been lost over the years.
“We are encouraging people to revive the tradition of sending someone a nice card in the mail. This could be a family member, neighbour, someone you know of, or mail it to us and we can make sure it gets out to someone in need of a bit of cheer,” she says.
“Hopefully this will help someone feel a bit less lonely this Christmas.”
Voices of Hope is also asking the community to snap a picture of themselves holding a piece of paper with a written message to someone who may be struggling and post it to social media with the hashtag #uniteagainstloneliness.
Ms Mora wrote, “The world is better with you in it” on hers.
Info: https://www.thevoicesofhope.org/campaign-unite-against-loneliness
Feeling lonely? Call or text 1737 to talk to a trained counsellor.
