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  • Ukrainian Doctors Reach Out For Help, American Surgeons Answer the Call

    Northwell Health provides telehealth services and support to Ukranian doctors and hospitals in need of assistance during the war as they face an increased need of medical care.

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  • Solar empowers Pala'wan indigenous women to save basketry tradition, natural forest

    The installation of solar panels in communities in the Philippines without electricity allows Pala’wan indigenous women to weave more baskets at night and increase their household income.

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  • How a St. Louis Spice Drive Offers Refugees a Taste of Home

    The International Institute of St. Louis works with immigrants and refugees and partnered with a local grocer, Global Foods Market, to host an annual spice drive for those facing food insecurity. Spices aren’t normally thought of when people donate to food banks, but they can provide both flavor and a cultural connection to home. Last year’s drive collected nearly 30 pounds of spices and with matching donations, a total of 600 jars of spices were given to people facing food insecurity.

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  • In the Sacramento area, when affordable housing is done well, it changes lives

    Affordable housing communities serve various low-income populations from seniors to veterans to minorities and families. Gaining a safe and affordable place to live — with rent capped at 30% of their gross income — can help turn people’s lives around as affordable housing communities like Hope Cooperative connects residents with services like healthcare, job, and life skills to get back on their feet.

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  • Rwanda: Kitchen Gardens Tackling Malnutrition, One Community at a Time

    CorpsAfrica gathers volunteers to train community members on how to construct and maintain a kitchen garden, full of a variety of vegetables, to provide families with nutritious food. Volunteers conduct door-to-door education campaigns and offer support to those starting their gardens. As of May 2020, the organization had helped create 760 kitchen gardens in an effort to fight malnutrition-related diseases and boost food security in the region.

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  • What in the World is WWOOFing?

    World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms pairs volunteers interested in traveling with farmers who need help with their farmwork to facilitate agricultural education and cultural exchange. The volunteers do farm labor at farms around the world in exchange for lodging and three meals a day for the time they are there.

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  • How a Foundation-driven Response Keeps Indigent Students in School

    Students who live in Afijio, with qualifying grades and involvement in the community, can apply for scholarships and aids like textbooks from the nonprofit Abel Ogundokun Odeleye Foundation. The foundation is working to ease the financial burden on students who may not be able to complete their education otherwise.

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  • Why Arabic ballots are now being offered in Michigan and what this means for voter access in the U.S.

    Because Arabic-speakers are not entitled to translated election materials under the Voting Rights Act, Michigan organizers in Dearborn and Hamtramck instead took the issue to their city councils and were able to secure local legislation requiring the communities to provide Arabic-language ballots. The new resource was available for the first time during the August primary.

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  • Meet the people who help Spanish-speaking families decode life and learning in South County

    Within the Latino community, there are often miscommunications between schools and parents that have a big impact on students' education. To help build a bridge, some schools are hosting forums for Spanish-speaking families and including more inclusive language in messaging to allow parents to be more involved in their children’s education.

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  • States, tribes work to increase access to Native American healing

    It’s becoming more common for hospitals and medical facilities to employ traditional healers. Traditional services are free for Native Americans at facilities operated by the Indian Health Service and other tribal health centers that allocate money from their budget to provide the necessary infrastructure and staff for onsite traditional healing, but there are several groups and individuals rallying for traditional healing to be reimbursable through Medicaid to make it more accessible.

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