Greenland’s emerging social conscience – Voluntary food delivery to people experiencing homelessness in Nuuk

• Published in: Qualitative Social Work
• Main Author: Arnfjord, Steven
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2020
• Subjects: Greenland; Nuuk
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473325020973209; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1473325020973209; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1473325020973209

Greenland experienced a 5-week lockdown during the COVID-19 crisis. The lockdown effectively took out all public social support and food supply for people experiencing homelessness in the capital Nuuk. This woke up Greenland’s social conscience in the form of a local NGO’s mobilization of voluntary...