Hanna Gunnarsson, a Red Cross volunteer, can sit at home and help others with their shopping.
Foto: Inga-Lill BengtssonInga-Lill Bengtsson
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Hanna is a distance volunteer
Hanna Gunnarsson makes orders online for people in risk-groups, people who find digital techniques difficult. ”It's a neat way of doing things”, she says.
Hanna Gunnarsson from the Red Cross has two tasks. She helps people in a risk-group with their shopping.To help her she has a cellphone and a tablet.
They phone me and tell me what they need, and I place the order
– Once a week I send in their orders online. They phone me and tell me what they need, and I place the order at Ica Nära in Arkelstorp.
Once a week Hanna Gunnarsson helps with orders.
Foto: Inga-Lill Bengtsson– It's a neat way of doing things.
Then the customer can pick up their orders themselves. Several shops have this kind of service.
So you're a distance volunteer?
– Yes, you can put it like that. Corona-safe, she says.
She herself belongs to a risk-group.
– Most Red Cross volunteers aren't so young any more and they're not so keen on going in and out of shops themselves.
The online ordering service is available in several shops.
Foto: Inga-Lill Bengtsson