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  • How one Kansas City nonprofit is providing a solution for unhoused veterans

    September 05, 2023 |

    Wichita Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Wichita, Kansas

    The Veterans Community Project (VCP) offers a village of 49 tiny homes to unhoused veterans free of charge, with extremely low barriers to entry to ensure all veterans in need can receive support. The tiny homes are fully furnished and those who live in the village also have access to health services, education, employment referrals and a sense of community. The VCP also helps veterans become financially stable and seek out permanent housing. Since the VCP opened, 85% of veterans who have stayed in the village have successfully transitioned to permanent housing.

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  • On Their Own: Border Humanitarians Respond to a Crisis Created by Governments

    September 05, 2023 |

    The Border Chronicle |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Sásabe, Sonora

    With a lack of government aid and interference, border communities are stepping up to care for both migrants and local residents through efforts like The Sidewalk School and Casa de la Esperanza — nonprofits that offer shelter, programming and resource centers for migrants and locals in need.

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  • "If not me, then who?:" Building Ukraine Together NGO rebuilds the country and eliminates barriers between people

    August 31, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    Building Ukraine Together (BUT) gathers volunteers across the country to help rebuild homes, cultural centers and repair public facilities that were damaged or destroyed as a result of the war with Russia. With a team of more than 6,000 volunteers from several walks of life, BUT has repaired or created comfortable, safe living conditions for more than 5,000 people impacted by the war.

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  • A pad bank for girls to stay in school

    August 30, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Pad-A-Girl project by the Citizen Participation Advancement and Awareness Initiative (CPAAI) helps those experiencing period poverty, particularly girls in primary and secondary schools and underprivileged women. CPAAI offers washable pads that are good for five years, installed pad banks in area schools and taught the women and girls how to create washable pads themselves. The program launched in 2020 and has since helped more than 7,000 women and girls across 25 schools and communities.

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  • Replenishing the San Juan River

    August 30, 2023 |

    Santa Fe Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    The Jicarilla Apache Nation is leasing its water rights, up to 20,000 acre-feet of water per year, to the State of New Mexico. The state’s Strategic Water Reserve can then designate that water to conservation projects like ensuring endangered fish species can migrate through the San Juan River.

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  • Orphans, Vulnerable Children Are Getting A Chance At Education Despite Insurgency

    August 29, 2023 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    The Attaqwaa Foundation provides scholarships to orphans and families affected by Boko Haram insurgencies, as well as food aid, sanitary items, and health care supplies. The organization is currently sponsoring more than 30 children to help them continue their education.

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  • Delivering Addresses (and Access) to the Navajo Nation

    August 25, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Navajo Mountain, Utah

    The Rural Utah Project is working to connect rural, off-the-grid residents in Navajo Mountain with fundamental services like mail, emergency medical care and voter access that they were often denied due to lacking a formally recognized address. Google’s Plus Code tool is allowing simple 10-digit codes to be generated anywhere in the world and instantly located on Google Maps. The codes can easily be looked up and doubles as a formal address in most cases.

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  • This Manhattan adult learning center is seeing a surge in African asylum seekers

    August 25, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    As an increasing number of asylum seekers arrive in New York, the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center has expanded its services beyond English language classes to connect students with food aid, help them get official identification, and put them in contact with legal immigration services. The center’s enrollment increased by roughly 40 percent to 3,700 students this year, but it needs more funding and support to keep up with demand.

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  • How Harm Reduction is Saving Lives

    August 24, 2023 |

    Solutionaries |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    The Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition provides services and supplies to help drug users stay safe and stay alive with the goal of eventually getting into treatment, offering syringe exchange services, testing and treatment connection for Hepatitis C and HIV, case management support, and more. The coalition safely disposes of 100,000 syringes per year, and research shows that people who access services through a harm reduction program are five times more likely to seek treatment for substance abuse.

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  • Human-Wildlife Conflict Is Rising. "Wildlife Damage Management" Could Help

    August 21, 2023 |

    The Sweaty Penguin |

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    Response Location: United States

    The practice of Wildlife Damage Management uses cost-effective, non-lethal methods to mitigate human-animal conflict and prevent harm for both parties. Experts trained in the method use tactics like fencing, bug repellent, or traps.

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