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Tackling the challenge of child malnutrition in simple ways: Kaduna State's approach

Bashar Abubakar

February 04, 2019 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

Food demonstrations and education campaigns enroll mothers in the fight against malnutrition and stunting among children. With 30% of children in Nigeria suffering from the effects of malnutrition, according to a 2018 UNICEF study, the state of Kaduna has implemented an emergency campaign. The Emergency Nutrition Action Plan includes home visits as well as proper nutritional and hygiene demonstrations at local medical centers.

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The streets weren't safe for drug users. So these countries created spaces for them.

Taylor Knopf

February 04, 2019 |

North Carolina Health News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

Despite hesitance and not complete buy-in, European countries are seeing signs of success from implementing drug consumption rooms. While the United States has been hesitant to adopt this tactic as a solution for fear of normalization of drug use, countries with these facilities are reporting less “injection-related litter in public spaces,” increased public awareness, less stigma, and fewer overdoses.

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Poverty Forces People to Surrender Their Pets. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way.

Linda Lombardi

February 04, 2019 |

TalkPoverty.org |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Across the nation, animal shelters are doing more to offer services and solutions for people giving up their pets, not because of any malicious intent, but because they can no longer afford to take care of it. In L.A., for example, Downtown Dog Rescue has been connecting low-income pet owners with resources like low-cost veterinarian care to help people keep their pets.

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Buffalo Exchange collects furs to give back to animals

Donny Morrison

February 03, 2019 |

Daily Emerald |

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Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

Second-hand clothing store Buffalo Exchange receives donations of difficult to sell fur coats and sends them to Coats for Cubs, which repurposes the coats into bedding for recovering wild animals. The real fur bedding soothes and comforts the animals as they recover.

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How Minneapolis Managed a Massive Homeless Encampment

Cinnamon Janzer

February 01, 2019 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis

In Minneapolis, they've dealt with one of the largest encampments of people experiencing homelessness - not by "clearing" it as many other cities do, but by collaborating with local organizations to help residents transition out of the encampment and into housing. Because the encampment's residents were predominantly Native American, Red Lake Nation offered up a small portion of tribal lands to serve as a navigation center for temporary housing while they work on a permanent center for the city's homeless population.

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Next-Generation Emergency Alerts — What's Working Where?

David Raths

February 01, 2019 |

Government Technology |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sonoma, California

As natural disasters become more prevalent - and more destructive - government at all levels is doing more to ensure that emergency alerts can reach everyone with mobile phones in the event of an evacuation or safety alerts. Solutions include state-wide systems, where counties collaborate with each other, as opposed to the old system where many counties were on their own, as well as layered systems to ensure a more accurate list of people to contact.

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Violent area of KCK sees big drop in crime after police start business checks

Kevin Holmes

January 31, 2019 |

KSHB-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

Parts of Kansas City were once regarded as high-crime areas, but thanks to a change in police practices, those crime rates have significantly decreased. Using a form of proactive policing that has officers on foot patrol and interacting with local business owners, these business checks have improved community moral while making the areas safer.

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The city with no homeless on its streets

Mat Trewern

January 31, 2019 |

BBC |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

Local UK governments look to Helsinki, Finland as an example of a city that has nearly eradicated homeless by offering people on the streets free housing, unconditionally. While often drug use and alcoholism persists in these communities, Helsinki officials see housing as the first step to recovery. What can UK cities learn from Finland, where the number of rough sleepers has fallen dramatically?

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To fight trafficking, Indian groups turn to the experts: survivors

Sarita Santoshini

January 31, 2019 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, West Bengal

In India, survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation are joining together to form support groups that aim to change community perspectives around prevention and rehabilitation efforts for young women. Not only has this created more awareness around the topic, but has also allowed those involved to gain a sense of agency and independence.

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How This Country Has Solved Homelessness

Laura Paddison

January 30, 2019 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Finland

In Finland, homelessness has been largely perceived as eradicated through its pilot of the now internationally recognized concept of Housing First, where people experiencing homelessness are offered safe, stable and permanent housing without the requirement of intensive services first. "Between 2008 and 2015, the number of people experiencing long-term homelessness dropped by 35 percent," a number that many countries are trying to replicate.

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