{"id":35163,"date":"2020-04-14T15:06:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mention.com\/en\/?post_type=newsroom&p=35163"},"modified":"2022-07-11T14:08:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T14:08:43","slug":"volunteer-based-covid-solidarity-org-uses-social-media-to-find-helpers","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/mention.com\/fr\/newsroom\/volunteer-based-covid-solidarity-org-uses-social-media-to-find-helpers\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer-based COVID-Solidarity.org uses social media to find \u2018helpers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paris and New York, April 14, 2020<\/strong> — Mention, leading social listening and media monitoring platform is helping Public Health organizations to monitor and report during the Covid-19 pandemic, by providing free access to its platform [*]. The current volume of conversations about the pandemic has drastically increased across the web and on social media. Since the devastating outbreak, online sources are serving as main forms of communication for the general public to access accurate and reliable information regarding health and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Covid-Solidarity.org is one of the organizations using Mention to find helpers online and through social media. The organization connects volunteers and isolated people within neighborhoods, to assist with basic necessity shopping. The organization\u2019s aim is to foster more solidarity within society through social connections, both on and offline to make life easier for those who need help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur team is made of entrepreneurs, students and creative-minded people who have volunteered to drive this movement forward. This movement grew from a single Facebook post, that snowballed into people wanting to help, and looking for a way to get involved – that\u2019s when Covid-Solidarity.org was created. Our platform belongs to everyone involved, the sole purpose is simply to help those in need, by bridging a community of people\u2019s connections, knowledge and time.\u201d <\/em>– Olivier Rousseaux<\/strong>, Covid-Solidarity.org, Organizer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn one week we gained 5,000 volunteers through social media, and now have more than 600 persons helped and a success rate of 90% in match-making. We are able to pinpoint who is talking about the virus and filter that down to who is looking to help. From there we\u2019re able to connect with people and react faster to find more volunteers and convert them into helpers of Covid-Solidarity.org\u201d<\/em> – Olivier Rousseaux<\/strong>, Covid-Solidarity.org, Organizer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMention has always sought out to help companies work smarter and make better decisions based on relevant social insights: in times as such, this mission extends to our greater community to help better understand what is truly happening online. As a company that is not playing a part in the front-line work of this pandemic, we believe our service has a role to play for grassroots organizations such as Covid-Solidarity.org to convert online conversations into humanitarian actions.\u201d<\/em>– Jean-Philippe Baert<\/strong>, CEO, Mention<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more information about becoming a volunteer of COVID-19 Solidarity please get in touch via www.covid-solidarity.org<\/a>. or www.facebook.com\/covidsolidarity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mention\u2019s offer is available worldwide for eligible organizations [**]:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n