Coronavirus frontline health care workers in Hong Kong get boost with ‘thank you’ postcard campaign
- The student-led ‘Colour Away Covid’ project gives the public an opportunity to send words of appreciation to the city’s overworked frontline medical workers
- It also aims to raise awareness about mental health issues and how the pandemic is taking a toll on workers as they battle with isolation and loneliness
At the Wan Chai office of youth empowerment charity Kids4Kids, colourful postcards with uplifting messages and drawings are spread out on a table. “Thank you – you are a lifesaver but remember to look after yourself, too,” reads one. “Thank you for being so brave and for your tireless work every day. We really appreciate it,” reads another.
“We wanted to thank hospital workers for working so hard, not just during Covid-19, but at all times,” says project team member Hui Yu-hang, a student at Island School who, with other project members, has spent time at Bookazine locations throughout the city inviting people to write inspiring and kind messages on the postcards.
Hui, 16, says the project also aims to raise awareness about mental health issues and how the pandemic is taking a toll on frontline health care workers who are battling isolation and loneliness.
