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Researchers around the world are learning from indigenous communities. Here's why that's a good thing.

Benjamin Goldfarb

May 31, 2016 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Sahtú Region, Northwest Territories

In the Northwestern Territories of Canada, wildlife biologists received unfavorable critiques from indigenous communities for how they were going about with their caribou studies. By forming relationships with the indigenous peoples, they were able to change their approach and learn from the local communities about what was already working.

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He Survived Ebola. Now He's Fighting to Keep It From Spreading.

Jessica Benko

May 26, 2016 |

The New York Times Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Guinea, Faranah

A doctor in Guinea trains health workers to halt the transmission of Ebola, but also must work to increase trust in and reliance on health care workers among villagers through a "community agents" network.

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How One City Is Working To Get An Overdose Antidote In Every Home

Jessica Leber

May 09, 2016 |

FastCompany |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

To combat its heroin and prescription drug epidemic, the city of Baltimore is trying to make sure everyone has access to naloxone, a drug that instantly stops overdoses.

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In Texas, Mexican Firefighters Are Saving the Rio Grande

Jeremy Raff

April 28, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Texas

The Rio Grande River runs between the border of the United States and Mexico and supplies water to 5 million people across the nations. With wildfires continuously threatening the health of the river, an international firefighting crew known as Los Diablos are working to implement controlled, prescribed burns to rid the area of an invasive plant species that fuels the fires.

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They survived the earthquake. Now they're determined to keep their village healthy.

Sonia Narang

April 25, 2016 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal

For one village in Nepal, there's a silver lining to the earthquake: A year later, a new and better health clinic is rising from the rubble of the old. And it includes a birthing center.

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Schools work to aid children of domestic violence

Krista M. Torralva

April 23, 2016 |

Corpus Christi Caller Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Brockton, Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ Brockton Public School district has trained the entire staff at three elementary schools to recognize signs of trauma in children. Inspired by the book, “Helping Traumatized Children Learn,” by Eliana Gil, the district’s initiative has now inspired another text and has spread to school districts around the world. Core to the initiative is trying to work more proactively toward social emotional health.

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Brazilian Doctor Crafts System Hailed As 'Way Forward' For Combating Zika

Lulu Garcia-Navarro

April 10, 2016 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Brazil, Paraiba

Pediatric cardiologist Sandra Mattos had set up a network of doctors and hospitals working with tiny heart patients via telemedicine. Her system now also helps remote Zika sufferers.

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Former Prisoners Find Redemption Running a Prosperous Business in San Francisco's Public Housing

Chris Peak

March 31, 2016 |

NationSwell |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Facing job discrimination after years in and out of prison, a San Francisco man founded a company that employs public housing residents, regardless of their parole status, to sort trash from recyclables and compostable items. It's saving the housing complexes money, diverting trash from the waste stream and providing meaningful employment for those who often can't get jobs in the formal economy.

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Healing India's Traditional Healers

Sophie Cousins

March 09, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Suri, West Bengal

India has an estimated 2.5 million medical “quacks.” Can they be trained to do no harm?

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The all-female patrol stopping South Africa's rhino poachers

Jessica Aldred

February 26, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Africa

The poaching of rhinos in South Africa has seen a rapid increase since 2007, jumping from 13 deaths then to 1,215 in 2014. After concluding that guns alone were not the solution, a patrol of local women from impoverished areas were brought together in the Balule reserve to focus on efforts in removing snares, stopping bushmeat kitchens, setting up roadblocks and implementing educational opportunities in poor communities and schools. Since their start, the area has seen a 76% reduction in snaring and poaching incidents.

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