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Using The Crowd To Save People After Disasters

Ben Schiller

February 19, 2013 |

FastCompany |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

CrowdFlower, a site which pays people to do microtasks, has found that it can be an extremely fast and effective medium between aid workers and locals during disasters.

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A Hospital Network With a Vision

Tina Rosenberg

January 16, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Twelve million people are blind in India, and are robbed of their livelihoods as a result. A hugely successful chain of cataract hospitals in India helped its business by treating half its patients for free.

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Is there a way through the West's bitter wild horse wars?

Dave Philipps

November 19, 2012 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

After controversy over the removal wild horse populations, the Bureau of Land Management was tasked with the order of protecting wild horse populations. After years of protection, however, the wild horse population has grown to an unsustainable amount. To mitigate the damage to the rural landscape while still maintaining a reasonable wild horse population, researchers are focusing their efforts on teaching wild horse advocates how to administer a form of birth control via dart.

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When Tragedy Strikes, Come Together

David Bornstein

October 30, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

American families tend to handle grief individually and feel alone after the tragedy of losing a child. In Israel, communities communicate to the bereaving family their support by creating permanent and public memorials.

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The Family Doctor, Minus the M.D.

Tina Rosenberg

October 24, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Delphi, Indiana

Thousands of clinics in America have no doctors. The primary care providers are nurse-practitioners – and their results are as good or better than that of the doctors.

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Repairing the Surgery Deficit

Sarika Bansal

August 08, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Zambia

In Zambia, the need for surgery is just as common as in the United States - doctors, however, are rare. So Zambia is training clinical officers – with no medical degrees – to do C-sections and hernia repairs.

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Fighting Depression, One Village at a Time

Tina Rosenberg

July 18, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Uganda

Different programs in various nations are training ordinary people and creating community groups to effectively satisfy the mental health needs of their communities. In many of these regions, "treatment gaps" – where there are little to no mental health treatment plans or resources – exist, but this new informal infrastructure helps to fill that.

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Amidst Drought and Famine, Niger Leads West Africa in Addressing Crisis

Fred de Sam Lazaro

July 12, 2012 |

PBS NewsHour |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Niger, Madarounfa, Maradi

Officials in Niger are addressing chronic severe droughts causing food shortages and leading to a widespread threat of starvation. They provide aid to malnourished children and resources for a crop planting technique called 're-greening,' which aims to reforest agricultural regions, restore soil quality and, in turn, increase food supply.

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Innovation for the People, by the People

David Bornstein

February 22, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

In a vast country like the United States in a world of lightning-fast change, it no longer makes sense to presume that governments possess, or even understand, the best ways to address pressing needs and promote “the happiness of the people.” The White House strategy of offering prizes to the public for their solutions to critical problems is working.

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Keeping the Water Flowing in Rural Villages

Tina Rosenberg

December 08, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh

In Tanzania, mapping of water points showed that nationally, less than half the existing rural water points were working—of water points that were less than two years old, a quarter had already stopped functioning. British charity WaterAid sets up workshops in poor countries like Tanzania and India to train mechanics in order to have a local fix for these problems. The mechanic position offers employment opportunities for women, fixes pumps for an average of 100 rupees (roughly $2.00), and repaired more than 1,100 pumps in the first 14 months.

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