Most #UnpaidCarers don’t time to rest, earn or even think about their own health & well-being.

In a recent episode of #PeopleFixingTheWorld on #BBCWorldService, where we were featured, our Development Director Ruth Patil shares how we’re working to change that through our #CarersWorldwideModel 👇🏽

Purple speech bubble with a quote from a carer Maryam, who attends one of our Community Caring Centres in Bangladesh which reads: "I always thought I was just a mother, that all the responsibilities were mine alone. But after coming here, my husband also cares a lot now which wasn’t the case before. This happened after coming to the centre."

We were recently featured on the #BBCWorldService programme #PeopleFixingTheWorld where some of the women we support shared their experiences and spoke about the importance of having access to our #CommunityCaringCentres 👇🏽

Screenshot of the BBC Sounds app showing the programme 'People Fixing The World' with the episode titled 'Who cares for the carers?' The episode artwork shows a group of women and children sitting closely together in a small, brightly painted room. A play button is centred over the image

We’re thrilled to share that we were featured in the latest ep of #PeopleFixingTheWorld on the #BBCWorldService! 💜🧡

The ep explores innovative ways in which #UnpaidCarers are being supported around the world.

Tune in to hear our Dev. Director Ruth Patil, talk about our work across South Asia.

People Fixing the World - The preschool in a retirement home Listen to People Fixing the World - The preschool in a retirement home by BBC World Service on Podcast Addict. A unique community in Chester in northern England, brings multiple generations together to encourage learning and connection. We explore how young children in the onsite nursery benefit from the time, attention and vocabulary skills offered by the older adults. Meanwhile the retirement home residents can benefit from increased social activity and a sense of purpose. We also speak t

This is so sweet! I love the term "grand friends"🥹
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Testing the Glide smart cane for blind people

Testing a smart cane for blind people
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#Glide mobility aid combines wheels & cameras, plus #AI gives information about surroundings.
#Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews #Technology #PeopleFixingTheWorld

BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, Recovery for all Making it easier to recover from illness through rehabilitation

へー、
麻痺で動かせなくなった手に、弱い神経刺激を与えて 機能回復するブレスレットだとか。
(*写真は 別のトピックのもの)
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まだ実験中だけど、うまく行けば 再来年には実用化だそう。

BBC Audio | People Fixing the World | Helping the children of sex workers The youth club in the Indian city of Kolkata that is making a difference

Children of sex workers often enter the sex trade as either sex workers or pimps. To help prevent this, Paramita Banerjee started a project in Kolkata's red-light districts.

I had so much fun working on this podcast. Hope you will listen!

#BBC #PeopleFixingTheWorld
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People Fixing The World - Making money go further - BBC Sounds How savings and credit groups and a cooking at home scheme are helping with money issues

This was an inspiring story packed #PeopleFixingTheWorld podcast ❤️

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People Fixing The World - The cows fighting wildfires - BBC Sounds How animals and space tech are helping tackle a growing problem.

I'm raiding BBC Sounds for lots of positive stories while I cook Christmas dinner.

With all the #Wildfires of the last few years, here are 2 initiatives to fix them that sound great - Sound Waves & Cows/Horses.
#bbcworldservice #ClimateCrisis #peoplefixingtheworld
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BBC Sounds - People Fixing The World - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of People Fixing The World on BBC Sounds.

love this programme ☀
#peoplefixingtheworld

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BBC World Service - People Fixing The World, A wheelchair that learns The wheelchair that uses AI and how clothes can help communicate feelings

Innovation at its best. #PeopleFixingTheWorld 'A wheelchair that learns'. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...