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  • Lifelong Heroes: Meet The Vets Who Rebuild Communities After Disasters

    November 11, 2015 |

    Elite Daily |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbia, South Carolina

    Team Rubicon, a non-profit organization of military veterans that provides disaster relief, has provided relief after flooding in Detroit, tornadoes in Oklahoma, a typhoon in the Philippines and an earthquake in Nepal, among dozens of other communities across the globe.

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  • What Happens If You Try To Prevent Every Single Suicide?

    November 03, 2015 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Suicide rates are rising in the U.S. The Henry Ford Health System in Detroit reduced suicide rates within their insurance plan by 80 percent by actively seeking at risk patients. They screen every hospital patient on every visit and immediately treat those in need.

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  • Trafficking: One woman's journey from Staten Island slavery to her own boss

    November 02, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    Part 2 of a series on solutions to freeing victims of labor trafficking around the globe. With the help of organizations like Damayan Migrant Workers Association in New York, former victims who have been freed from labor trafficking become advocates for others, demanding changes and becoming part of the solution to a vicious cycle of worker victimization.

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  • From trafficking victim to rescuer: 'I got her out'

    November 02, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Two Nepali relatives were trapped in the same home in the United States. One sneaked out after six months. Freeing her mother's cousin would take a little longer, but a Nepali organization was able to rescue her by providing a literal escape route.

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  • Preventing underage drinking takes more than scare tactics

    November 01, 2015 |

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |

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    Response Location: United States, Fairbanks, Alaska

    Rasmus and Allen are attempting to take the data they’ve gathered from their years working with western Alaska communities to establish Qungasvik as an evidence-based solution for not only alcohol abuse but also for other issues facing rural Alaska, such as suicide.

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  • Riverview Gardens High leads its district on path to success

    October 28, 2015 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, Ferguson, Missouri

    A high school near the heart of much of the Ferguson unrest has been the key driver in what state officials have called the most dramatic improvements of a school district in Missouri. Its graduation rate last year—83 percent—is the highest it’s been in more than a decade, accomplished in part by building relationships with students.

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  • One in Three: Breaking Brazil's domestic violence cycle

    October 04, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Pernambuco

    Brazil's Straw Hat project helps women affected by domestic violence leave abusive situations and enter the economy, creating a path to self-sustainability.

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  • Drought survival: What Australia's changes can teach California

    September 25, 2015 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria

    In Australia, what came to be known as the Big Dry dragged on for 13 punishing years. By the time the rains finally returned in 2010, the country had utterly changed in ways that California — with a similar landscape and economy, struggling to cope after four years of its own epic drought — could learn from.

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  • A Card That Gives Migrant Workers a Name

    September 18, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

    In India, corruption in the distribution of government ID cards leaves the poorest without legal identity or protection. A non-profit group is creating and distributing unofficial ID cards and legal aid for day workers in major cities in India.

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  • Can Surfing Reprogram the Veteran's Brain?

    September 15, 2015 |

    Outside |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    Many veterans return to civilian life with experiences that lead to post-traumatic stress disorder, but a surf program at Camp Pendelton is showing promise as a means of treatment. Although there is no one-size fits all solution for PTSD treatment, those that have participated in Ocean Therapy are showing decreased signs of depression as well as other promising benefits.

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