From victim to victor after drink spiking incident

Drink spiking happens more often than you might think. It happens in nice restaurants in the middle of the day, and in nightclubs in the middle of the night. It happens to young and old. It happens to women and men. It is a serious problem.

It is important that we educate ourselves to this sad reality, and find ways to protect ourselves and create awareness.

This week in the KindnessCan podcast, Jane and Paul catch up with Peach Piche, who has taken her family's personal experience and turned it into a useful product to stop drink spiking.

Drinkerbell is a unique hair accessory that doubles up as drink cover. From victim to victor, Peach is passionate about creating awareness and offering solutions. Listen to the full story below in the podcast.

Meanwhile, if you missed the previous podcast, here's a recap. Jane Linley-Thomas and Paul Bushell chatted with Naomi Holdt about an amazing community initiative to inspire and treat frontline healthcare workers in the Greater Pietermaritzburg area.

It was an idea started by four KZN friends who wanted to let frontline nurses in their region know that the community truly appreciated all their hard work and sacrifices in this COVID-19 pandemic.

They decided to put together care packs for the ICU nurses to let them know we have not forgotten about them, as they battled the second wave in packed hospitals in the region.

And it's just grown from there. The Caring for Life drive has turned into a seriously moving and inspiring community event.

The outpouring of support has ranged from truck-loads of treats to hand-made cards from local families and pensioners.

"There is no doubt - we live in a kind province," says Bushell.

"I've realised that in these dark times, people want to see kindness. Kindness is actually the light and they want to be a part of it. When we get involved, that's empowering. So in the space of this pandemic that has been so disempowering for a year, this is something that we can practically just do, and the community is thriving from off it," says Holdt, a psychologist.

How can you get involved if you live in the Greater Pietermaritzurg area?

For more inspiration from the KindnessCan team, access past episodes below.