Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary
In March 2020, the UK went into lockdown as did most of the world. As people reached out to Attika, about feeling anxious and confused, she wanted to do something helpful and the “Positive Solace” podcasts were born. Mental health has been her concern for some years and this led to the creation of a team which would make it happen.
Hosted by BBC’s Attika Choudhary, Positive Solace is a podcast that will empower your mind, spread positivity and wisdom. The guests are from different backgrounds, cultures, experience and learning. In their own, unique way they are doing what they can to help their community overcome the challenges and lead people to a better place. The conversations are not scripted: they are raw and show vulnerability and create a place where these voices can empower us all. So come join us as we laugh, get emotional and travel the world!
Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary
Choosing Love for the victims with Josie Naughton
A month ago, in the night of 6th February, a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and north-west Syria, affecting the lives of millions of people. It was followed by a second quake of 7.5 magnitude. So far, the death toll has exceeded 50,000 with 116,000 injured and millions who have been made homeless.
Thousands of aftershocks and two more recent quakes have left many people fearing to go back inside buildings: they sleep in tents or out of doors. Aid has come from all over the world - including £4.8 million from the organisation, Choose Love. This charity, established in 2015 to support refugees and displaced people fleeing from war or persecution, has grown to be an international aid organisation that also funds first responders and other help agencies in an emergency, like an earthquake. At first they supported 29 different local agencies that responded quickly to the emergency. Now they are focusing on getting everyone into temporary housing, seeing they have food and clothing, and helping those injured in the quakes to recover as much as possible.
Attika engages with Josie Naughton, co-founder and CEO of Choose Love and one of the masterminds behind this amazing charity. Selfless, determined and passionate, Josie and the work of Choose Love, in supporting the people of Turkey and Syria, symbolise the type of love we want to explore in this season: “We need more love and compassion, as we aim to become more humanised, especially at times like this,” says Attika.
They talk about the creation of Choose Love, its mission and the vision of its founders, and we get to know more about the remarkable woman who has devoted so much of her time and energy to making Choose Love what it is today. In fact as we celebrate International Women's Day on 8th of March, it is an appropriate time to listen to such a woman of vision.
If you'd like to help Choose Love in supporting the agencies on the frontline in places like Turkey and Syria - feel free to donate using this link: https://donate.chooselove.org/
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