Loneliness Epidemic
5 posts
ADULT SUMMER CAMP
WHAT IT IS? If you never had the opportunity to go to a summer camp as a kid, I introduce you to ‘Camp Grounded’ (California, USA). This camp is only for…
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RUI-KATSU: CRYING THERAPY
WHAT IT IS? The ‘Rui-katsu’ crying therapies (Tokyo, Japan) — ‘Rui-Katsu’ means “to seek tears” — emerged in 2013 to offer Japanese people a means of escape that would allow them to express their emotions.…
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SWIPE FOR FRIENDS
WHAT IT IS? ‘Hey! Vina’ is an American app, created in 2016 by Olivia June. The idea of the app is “that nothing makes us feel more confident, secure, happy, and…
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DINNER FOR TWO – NEVER LONELY WITH A PANDA
WHAT IT IS? ‘Maison Saigon’ (Bangkok, Thailand) is a Vietnamese restaurant that came up with a simple and adorable idea with the only purpose to cheer guests up. For every table,…
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ADOPT A GRANDPARENT
WHAT IT IS? ‘Adopta Un Abuelo’ is an app designed to connect people with lonely elderlies. Over two million elderly live by themselves in Spain. Three hundred sixty thousand of them…
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