Covid: Students and retirees form long-distance friendships
Covid: Students and retirees form long-distance friendships By Alice Cuddy image captionMillie Jacoby's tweet about a virtual meeting with her "French grandma" went viral Millie Jacoby met her new "French grandma" for the first time last week via video call. The 21-year-old British student signed up to a scheme pairing language students with elderly French people, some of whom have been left isolated by the coronavirus pandemic. "I thought it would be a great way to improve my language skills and get to know somebody who was possibly lonely," Millie said. "My French grandma, as we call them, ...
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