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  • Online network matches inmates with services after release, similar to a dating site

    March 05, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    The Inside Out Network is an online service that allows people who are incarcerated to search for and connect with organizations providing re-entry support, helping them begin to create a plan before they are released. So far, at least 1,600 people incarcerated in Arizona have enrolled in the program.

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  • Tucson crisis center expanding services for faster mental health care

    March 03, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    The Crisis Response Center provides mental health and crisis care services as an alternative to emergency rooms or jails. The center is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and offers a variety of services focused on recovery for children, teens and adults struggling with mental health and/or substance abuse. The Center is set to expand ahead of the new 988 dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Once expansions are done, the Center will have the capacity to serve between 400 and 600 extra visits a month, on top of the 800 to 1,000 adults who visit the center each month.

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  • Preventing Second Injury

    March 03, 2022 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Gresham, Oregon

    The Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) is deployed by first responders after a traumatic incident, like sudden death. Citizen volunteers are trained in “emotional first aid” and available to provide support 24/7. TIP has 14 affiliates nationwide, one of which responded to 213 calls between June 2019 and February 2020 with 100% reliability.

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  • How a rural hospital broke language barriers to provide COVID vaccines to immigrants

    March 02, 2022 |

    Side Effects Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Seymour, Indiana

    One rural hospital in Indiana vaccinated hundreds of immigrants from Central America by working with trusted community leaders and setting up a Hispanic Health Task Force. Health officials held vaccine clinics alongside trusted community members at locations that were familiar to residents, like a local Catholic church that offers Spanish-language services. The hospital and task force initially established community connections to distribute information about COVID-19, so they were able to utilize the connections to increase vaccination rates once the vaccine rolled out.

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  • Catching Crabs in a Suffocating Sea

    March 01, 2022 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Newport, Oregon

    Frances Chan, a researcher at Oregon State University first came across hypoxia or dangerously low-levels of oxygen in the ocean in Oregon back in 2002. To better understand the issue and empower crab fishers whose livelihoods suffered as a result, he helped develop "small, low-cost oxygen sensors" that fit into their crab pots and read the levels of oxygen in water in real time as they fish. This year, 38 instruments were sent out on eight boats, and with time, the information could help fishers adapt.

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  • Belarusian Diaspora Helps Victims of Repression

    February 28, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Belarus

    INeedHelpBy connects Belarusians living abroad with families currently experiencing government persecution and loss of income in the country. Donors have given over $1 million in emergency food aid directly to over 2,000 families in need. Donors pledge to buy at least two weeks of groceries and communicate directly with families to understand their needs. The organization verifies everyone’s identity, that they aren’t government infiltrators and that political repression led to loss of income for recipients. Connecting donors and recipients directly has also led to community building and emotional support.

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  • Faith based group offers hope to girls suffering vesicovaginal fistula

    February 24, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River

    Medical Missionaries of Mary is a Christian faith-based organization that works to complement the government's efforts of helping those experiencing vesicovaginal fistula by providing access to surgery for free. The group also addresses stigma around the condition and helps create a sense of community for patients.

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  • When the Doctor is Just a Truck Away

    February 23, 2022 |

    This Day Live |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The MTN Y’ello Doctor initiative is a medical outreach program that targets underserved communities via mobile clinic trucks. The mobile clinic truck increases healthcare access, helps with healthcare costs, and provides services like treatment for malaria, vaccinations, and screening for other conditions. The trucks provide healthcare to anyone who needs it but has a focus on children and expecting mothers. So far, a total of 97,844 patients have been treated for various ailments thanks to the mobile clinics.

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  • Switching Charcoal Burning To Beekeeping To Protect Environment

    February 22, 2022 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Former charcoal producers in Rwanda are leaving behind an environmentally taxing livelihood and make a steadier livelihood by learning a new trade — beekeeping. In 2021, an organization known as The APIARY started training people in six Rwandan districts, where over 28 people were trained to train others in their communities. So far, those who have switched have seen their income triple.

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  • Energy Pioneers

    February 17, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic, Litomerice

    A Czech city leads the way in alternative energy, saving money and improving the air. In Litomerice, solar panels adorn apartment bulidings and serve as a n example to surrounding areas of how communities and governement can work together to improve air quality, all while saving money.

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