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  • How one father's love is helping shield Nigeria's daughters from cervical cancer

    July 03, 2024 |

    Vaccines Work |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    Following the national rollout of the HPV vaccine, teams emerged to manage critical components of the rollout, including supply chain management, education, training and data collection. Immunization specialists were also tasked with educating the public on vaccine-related myths and misinformation to assure people getting the shot was safe and necessary. With the help of these outreach strategies, the team managed to vaccinate 387,645 girls.

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  • The best plan to help refugees might also be the simplest

    June 23, 2024 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    The nonprofit GiveDirectly provides refugees with cash to help them sustain themselves, focusing on those living in cities, as they’re less likely to receive the same assistance as humanitarian camps do. Nearly 1,200 people were given $925 to spend however they wanted — some opening bank accounts, others starting businesses — and reported they were able to nearly double their monthly income and after six months, 88% of recipients were earning more money than ever before.

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  • What one Utah student learned in Hope Squad helped her save a friend's life

    June 21, 2024 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    The Hope Squad teaches students how to advocate for themselves and their peers and teaches the question, persuade, refer (QPR) approach to navigating mental health. While the students aren’t trained therapists, they help their peers get the mental health support they need. Over the years the program has referred thousands of students to mental healthcare professionals and decreased the rate of suicide in the school district.

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  • The opportunity gap should close, so Boston schools seek answers

    June 20, 2024 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Dorchester, Massachusetts

    To help close achievement and opportunity gaps for marginalized students, schools like Joseph Lee K-8 School are trying to take a more holistic approach to education, offering services and supports that help address the barriers students face outside of the classroom. The school has a free store with essential goods, an occupational therapist, mental health counselors, and a coordinator from an organization called City Connects whose goal is to evaluate students’ needs and help them get access to support, from Medicaid benefits to stable housing.

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  • Alhambra neighbors work together to help those less fortunate

    June 20, 2024 |

    KNXV-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Volunteers and neighborhood residents gather at the Alhambra Beloved Community Church in Phoenix, Arizona, each week to provide meals, showers, and a place to get out of the summer heat to people who need it.

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  • At the independent schools in Boston, parents offer solutions

    June 20, 2024 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Community schools such as Paige Academy and Roxbury Roots build on a long legacy of independent schools that sprouted as a way to better serve Black students who were often left behind by the public school system. Families say their children are able to be more engaged and at ease in a culturally competent environment that pays close attention to students’ needs.

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  • An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here's what happened.  

    June 19, 2024 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Denver Basic Income Project provided people experiencing homelessness with no-strings-attached monthly stipends that they could spend however they’d like. At the end of the pilot, twice as many participants were in stable housing, more of them were working full time, and the nights that participants spent in shelters decreased by half.

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  • Denver Basic Income Project shares results after one year of cash payments to homeless Denverites

    June 18, 2024 |

    The Denver Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Denver Basic Income Project has provided more than $9.4 million in no-strings-attached payments to over 800 people experiencing homelessness. The nonprofit gives participants monthly stipends that they can spend however they see fit. As a result, more participants are finding housing, building financial stability, and finding stable employment.

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  • Montana Creates Emergency ‘Drive-Thru' Blood Pickup Service for Rural Ambulances

    June 17, 2024 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    The Montana Interfacility Blood Network allows ambulance crews to pick up blood from area hospitals to transfuse to patients on the way to get the advanced care they need to prevent death or permanent brain injury en route to the emergency room. The Network is primarily for rural patients who face elevated rates of traumatic injury and have less access to healthcare. Since launching in 2022, the Network has helped three patients.

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  • When Is a Tiny House Too Small to Be a Home?

    June 15, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Tiny home complexes are emerging as solutions to combat homelessness throughout the country, offering a cheap and efficient way to provide shelter amidst the national housing crisis. In some cases, living in a tiny home community serves as a stepping stone to help locals achieve permanent housing.

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