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  • Relief as joint efforts curb river blindness in FCT, Plateau and Niger

    July 15, 2023 |

    Premium Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau State

    The Carter Center, in collaboration with other organizations, launched a project to curb several neglected tropical diseases like river blindness. The Center and its partners provide health education through monthly visits from medical personnel to rural communities that are often most affected by these diseases and administer the necessary medication to fight the illnesses. Over the course of more than 20 years, the Center has delivered 27 million doses of disease-fighting medicine.

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  • Local organizations bring resources to the community, easing barriers to healthcare

    July 14, 2023 |

    QCityMetro.com |

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    Response Location: United States, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

    Care Ring, in collaboration with other organizations like the University of North Carolina School of Nursing, launched The Bridge, a community-based healthcare initiative that aims to make preventive care easier to access. The Bridge features a mobile care unit that provides free health screenings, counseling support and connections to community resources. Since December 2022, The Bridge has provided care to more than 100 people, 39% of which didn’t have a regular doctor.

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  • This woman-led philanthropy is cutting billionaires out of climate funding decisions

    July 14, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Fund for Frontline Power directs philanthropy funding to grassroots environmental justice organizations through grants. Thirteen environmental justice leaders, who are mostly women of color, organize the fund and ensure the community leaders are the ones who decide how the grant money is used once it is awarded.

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  • Beside the Waves, Beneath the Palms: the S.I.S.P. Story

    July 13, 2023 |

    Voyance |

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    Response Location: India, Kovalam, Kerala

    The Sebastian Indian Social Projects (SISP) works with socio-economically disadvantaged communities, providing social services like healthcare and employment assistance with a primary focus on educating youth. SISP has focused on educating the local female population, which has helped empower them economically and led to several women receiving jobs outside of their village. SISP has also educated several students who were forced to drop out of traditional school and provides supplementary activities along with their standard education, such as skating and coding clubs.

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  • Tracka, the initiative tackling corruption in Nigeria's public sector

    July 13, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kawu, Niger

    In an effort to fight government corruption, an initiative called Tracka monitors public spending allocations and holds town hall meetings in communities across Nigeria to educate residents about the budgeting process. The organization has engaged 967 communities and helped hold officials accountable for projects that were funded but never completed, such as an electricity substation in Kawu.

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  • How Philadelphia Kept Thousands of Tenants From Being Evicted

    July 13, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A program that came about during the COVID-19 pandemic requires tenants to be granted an opportunity for mediation with their landlord if they owe less than $3,000 in back rent before the landlord issues an eviction notice. If after 30 days there isn’t an agreement — or the tenant hasn’t shown up to the mediation — the landlord can follow through with the eviction. This program provides tenants with an opportunity to stay in their homes and has helped more than 4,000 people since starting in late 2020.

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  • L.A.'s new homeless solution clears camps but struggles to house people

    July 13, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Inside Safe addresses the significant homelessness crisis in the city by traveling to encampments and offering people hotel rooms to stay in where they are connected with permanent housing and other necessary resources, like mental health care. Hotel rooms provide people with a safe space to heal and rest while working with a case worker to find housing. The initiative has so far moved 1,373 people into hotel rooms and 77 of them have moved into permanent housing.

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  • Home-made Sanitary Ware Empowers Girls To Stay in School

    July 12, 2023 |

    The Citizen Bulletin |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

    The Inspire Women, Men and Children (IWMC) youth empowerment group is teaching women and young girls how to construct reusable sanitary pads in an effort to address period poverty and prevent them from missing school and work during menstruation. The group follows up with students to ensure they’ve properly constructed pads with safe materials and also further educates teachers on how to provide support to students who menstruate.

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  • The Solution To Unused Church Space Might Be Toddlers

    July 12, 2023 |

    Sojourners |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Smart Church Solutions specializes in church use, ensuring these large community spaces don’t go underused, particularly in rural areas. To make use of these churches, programs like We Love All God’s Children are using them to provide early childhood education. The program started in 2019 and has since opened 14 centers in churches throughout the state. The program provides school supplies, playground equipment and also trains professional staff to administer the curriculum.

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  • India's Community Radio Brings Its Villages Crackling to Life

    July 11, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India

    The Mann Deshi Tarang Vahini community radio station aims to educate and broadcast important information, like weather alerts and COVID-19 resources, to rural areas in the country where access to information is often lacking. Listenership varies by region, but in some areas the radio station has over 100,000 listeners across more than 100 villages.

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