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Ideas To Offer Help And Get Help During This Challenging Time

Ways to stay connected, support small businesses, and more.

Cynthia Marinakos
7 min readMar 23, 2020
Illustration by Cynthia Marinakos.

In Australia, it wasn’t long ago we were battling fires. Now, like the rest of the world, we’re tackling the virus. Once again it seems like we’re being tested. Once again we are called to show the power of our community. And our communities here — and all over the world are stepping up.

I’ve experienced wonderful practical support from businesses I support. For instance, US personal finance advisor, Ramit Sethi offered a 2-month grace period on course payments. This is incredibly helpful for me as the Aussie dollar has floored and homeschooling my child has affected how much I work.

Screenshot: Ramit’s offer to hold payments for online courses.

Another unexpected yet helpful instance of generosity came from my telecom company, Amazysim. They offered an unbelievable 20GB of data for free. This is so helpful as I run a business from home and connection has been sketchy online lately.

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Cynthia Marinakos
Cynthia Marinakos

Written by Cynthia Marinakos

Aussie Copywriter. I love rock climbing high ceilings and hiking amongst ferns.

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